On September 5, 2024 I celebrated 19 years of sobriety, and honestly, I'm of two minds. On the one hand, it feels great to be able to say I am clean and sober today. On the other hand, I do retain significant shame knowing that if I had been responsible and stayed...
Photo by FlyD on Unsplash Prison time can feel a lot like quantum physics. Sounds crazy, I know. But itās true. Quantum physics is an obscure, often confusing field of particle science. The short version explains that quantum physics involves the study of particles...
Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash We are happy to share these courses offered by Wise Communications and developed by our featured writer Dr. Eric Burnham. The information in our home-studies is based upon the finest work done in the field by the National...
Photo by Feliphe Schiarolli on Unsplash I still canāt believe it. When I think about it, it still feels impossible, but you guys are really gone. Honestly, it is difficult to resist an encroaching sense of bitterness toward a bureaucratic system that failed to take...
Prison is a place I have been for over half my life. I was 21 years-old when I stabbed a man during a fight that I started while drunk in 2001. I am guilty, and prison is a place I have been ever since. Prison is a place where I will turn 44 this month (April of...
Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash Many of our followers are familiar with Eric, who is a frequent contributor to our blog. Read below to learn more about his moving story. The world loves people who help themselves, and now Eric needs some support from the world. Please...
Photo by Taha Mazandarani on Unsplash I have been incarcerated for over twenty years now, a lifetime for many. When I was 21-years-old, I took a man's life in a fight that I started. Yet, while I unquestionably deserve to be in prison, I never wanted to be a man who...
As of August 2021, I have officially completed my PhD program. I have earned a Doctorate of Philosophy in Counseling and Psychology, with an emphasis on the integration of psychology and theology. I have reached the apex of academic achievement, and I have done it...
Doing time in prison is a universally difficult experience, and the overwhelming majority of those incarcerated came in totally unprepared for life on the inside. As a result, most come out worse than when they went in, but a few defy the odds and overcome the prison...
We live in extremely hard times. The last year was certainly one of the more daunting of my life. The theme of 2020 was "If it can be shaken, it will be shaken." And the theme of 2021 may be "transition." Yet, whether or not 2021 turns out to be a year of growth...