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Monday, April 20, 2015

No More Tax Refunds

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Sorry I've been so absent. Between how I've been feeling and our big move, I really have not had any energy. I know I've been ba...
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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Official Mail from FMC Carswell

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It has been ten months since I left FMC Carswell. So today, when I received an official piece of mail from the facility, I was only joking w...
Saturday, April 4, 2015

Prison Dreams

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They happen. I had one just last night and they are so very real. I was inside again. I was back in prison. It was a prison dream. Only, bec...
Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Another Flare

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It's been a couple weeks now that I've not been feeling too well. The worse part is the fatigue. Every afternoon I could lay my head...
Friday, March 27, 2015

Freckles, RDAP, and Going Home

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As I get ready to do my last group with TDAT - that's the aftercare for the Residential Drug and Alcohol Program (RDAP) that I did in Ca...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Divorced Parents

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I always envy those divorced parents who are still friendly and can be friends after the chaos of separation. I have a friend whose parents ...
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

My Lower Extremities

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I'm part of a research study. I'm not the researcher, but the one being researched. At the local medical school, they asked for volu...
Sunday, March 22, 2015

Freckles Prepares for FREEDOM!!!

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I'm getting ready to enter my last week of home confinement and my last week under halfway house supervision. I release from BOP cust...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

The Real Rock Bottom

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In Alcoholics Anonymous they call it the Big Book or sometimes the Blue Book. I think NA has a similar book. Most 12 step programs have some...
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

You Applying for a Job?

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Every month or so I make my way downtown to the federal building and go through my pockets to empty myself of all possible metal. I take off...
Monday, March 16, 2015

The Arts, Education and Prison

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Spring break has come to a close and today was a long day of work and class. Mondays start for me in the office. Then I go to a short semina...
Sunday, March 15, 2015

Halfway House Time (by Freckles)

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Another great Freckles adventure: How much half way house time does one get? And does this time include my calculated home confinement? This...

The Unstructured but Productive Week

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As spring break comes toward its end, I can report it has been very productive. It's been hard to maintain my new healthier eating habit...
Friday, March 13, 2015

A New Car

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Knew that title would get your attention. No, I did not purchase a new car. Sporty leased a new car yesterday. She knew the kind of car she ...
Tuesday, March 10, 2015

The Realities of Change

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It's not until we are within difference that we can actually see that life has really changed. As you all know, I love my family. I love...
Sunday, March 8, 2015

Spring Break

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So far I have been to a GA meeting, visited with several GA friends, spent time with my mother, walked a mall, taken a nap, fixed my parents...
Friday, March 6, 2015

The Broken Anklet

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I've worn it for about 14 months or so on my left ankle. It was yellow and blue and made of a string that was lighter on one end and dar...
Wednesday, March 4, 2015

The Monthly Report

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Like clockwork as it is set to do, I hear the ring - beep, beep, beep... I look to my phone. It is my monthly reminder that my supervision r...
Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Midterms

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I've decided that midterms are some sort of hazing ritual that should be made unlawful, just like hazing at fraternities/ sororities. Ha...
Sunday, March 1, 2015

Scaling Down

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It's hard to imagine my life prior to incarceration. I lived in a two bedroom, two full bathroom apartment to myself. Every storage spac...
Saturday, February 28, 2015

A Letter from the Inside

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I received a letter from someone who is still at Carswell this week. It was not someone I was particularly close to, but she took a liking t...
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Friday, February 27, 2015

Freckles' HWH & Employment

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Your HH should be there to help you with your transition. They should be supportive and try to make your job hunting as easy as possible - b...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015

15 Locations

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Since I posted that little survey asking for where you all read this blog from, I've had 20 of you reply - THANK YOU! Many more of you h...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

A Warmer Climate

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I think for the time being I need to write about something a little more positive. I've thought for sometime about moving to a warmer...
Monday, February 23, 2015

The Fabulous Meeting

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Ah, and then there's hope. My favorite word, once again. Hope, hope, hope, hope, hope. I have it again and I'm smiling. I couldn...
Friday, February 20, 2015

Freckles - the HWH and Medical Care

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In coming from a medical facility - I really didn't have "high hopes" of prompt or proper medical care while at my half way ho...
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

A Chance to Say "Thank You"

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I've been asked to speak at a regional gambler's anonymous conference as a closing speaker. Being the closing speaker is great... le...
Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Timehopping and Forgiving My Former Program

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I was looking at an application on my phone that has me look back at this day in time and "repost" things to facebook if I think t...
Monday, February 16, 2015

Where are they now?

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I decided to do some research on my friends left in Texas. I knew some of them may have been transferred away, or were hoping to, so, I went...