gunbunny
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my daughter this past Saturday. If you're not familiar, she is currently serving time in Ohio's Reformatory for Women. I'm not proud of this, but I'm not ashamed either, it's better than the alternative, visiting a grave.
I have never been to a prison before, so this was a new experience for me. It makes me wonder how people smuggle things in. We were searched pretty well.
She looked pretty good, all things considered. She has lost the drugged out look. She also made more sense than she's made in a long time. She confessed to me that her habit had gotten so bad that at one point she was taking 30 pills a day. I'm not sure how she isn't dead already. She also told me that being in prison was probably what was keeping her alive right now. She was an addict and she just couldn't be around other active addicts. She told me that she was attending AA/NA meetings twice a day. The huge thing though is that she acknowledged the fact she has a problem and is an addict.
She said that she misses her freedom, but not the pressure or temptation of the drugs.
When I asked her what her plans were, she said she wasn't sure. So I guess she still has some work to do yet. The one thing that surprised me was when my grand daughter told her she wanted to go back to live with her when she got home, she told her that she wouldn't be able to just yet. That she needed to get some things straighten out before she could be a good mommy again.
I'm hopeful that she really means these things and isn't just blowing smoke up my butt. I've told her she needs to stop confusing my big heart for a door mat. I'm done with the lies and the B/S. Her husband can go pound rock salt in his ***. He's a drunk and I have no use for him at all. I told him his wife is wearing state issued shoes and they hurt her feet, all he had to say was "at least she aint barefoot". He has money for budlight and marlboro's but not $28.00 to buy his wife a pair of shoes. I dealt with it, but it just pisses me off he's not willing to help her. so much for "for better or for worse".
With any luck the two of them will part ways and she'll leave him. I've been hoping he'd move some woman in and make that easy. But so far he hasn't.
Well I've vented enough, back to our regularly scheduled programing!
I have never been to a prison before, so this was a new experience for me. It makes me wonder how people smuggle things in. We were searched pretty well.
She looked pretty good, all things considered. She has lost the drugged out look. She also made more sense than she's made in a long time. She confessed to me that her habit had gotten so bad that at one point she was taking 30 pills a day. I'm not sure how she isn't dead already. She also told me that being in prison was probably what was keeping her alive right now. She was an addict and she just couldn't be around other active addicts. She told me that she was attending AA/NA meetings twice a day. The huge thing though is that she acknowledged the fact she has a problem and is an addict.
She said that she misses her freedom, but not the pressure or temptation of the drugs.
When I asked her what her plans were, she said she wasn't sure. So I guess she still has some work to do yet. The one thing that surprised me was when my grand daughter told her she wanted to go back to live with her when she got home, she told her that she wouldn't be able to just yet. That she needed to get some things straighten out before she could be a good mommy again.
I'm hopeful that she really means these things and isn't just blowing smoke up my butt. I've told her she needs to stop confusing my big heart for a door mat. I'm done with the lies and the B/S. Her husband can go pound rock salt in his ***. He's a drunk and I have no use for him at all. I told him his wife is wearing state issued shoes and they hurt her feet, all he had to say was "at least she aint barefoot". He has money for budlight and marlboro's but not $28.00 to buy his wife a pair of shoes. I dealt with it, but it just pisses me off he's not willing to help her. so much for "for better or for worse".
With any luck the two of them will part ways and she'll leave him. I've been hoping he'd move some woman in and make that easy. But so far he hasn't.
Well I've vented enough, back to our regularly scheduled programing!
