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Sunday, July 12, 2015

Hi. It's Been A While.

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Why have I not been writing? No good excuses except that I intend to start writing again now, so let me catch you all up with what is going ...
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Friday, June 12, 2015

Very Interesting Article!

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Why Orange is the New Black Differs from Women's Federal Prison
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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

7 Years

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Seven years ago, I walked into my first gamblers anonymous meeting. My parents begged me not to go at the time, fearing I would be admitting...
Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Six More Months of Federal Supervision?

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I heard back from my P.O. yesterday. We had a nice conversation. He wants me to come in and fill out the travel authorization paperwork agai...
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Friday, May 29, 2015

One Year

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I've been out of prison a year. In that time, I had the shortest stay possible at a halfway house, a month of home confinement, fought m...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Grades

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Last semester was one of my worst semesters academically since I've been back in graduate school. Instead of A's, B's and C'...
Tuesday, May 12, 2015

An Emotional Year of School

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It's my week between classes. The official academic year ended Friday and summer session starts next week. I have a lot of catching you ...
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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