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Chanting to a Stone Wall

For this prisoner, the endless discussions about various practices in meetings is a luxury he doesn't have

I am in prison trying to clean up the wreckage of my past. I've been in and out of the program for many years. I've been reading issues of Grapevine for a while here. There's not much else to do in a cell for 20 hours a day.

A few things upset me about some of the articles past and present. Specifically, I mean the useless griping about seemingly trivial things like holding hands in meetings, saying the Lord's Prayer, or people who have other addictions.

From where I am sitting, it would be an honor to say any prayer with anyone anywhere for any reason. I don't want to die of... Login to read more
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