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Article: Start to heal.(Letter to the editor)
- Article from:
- Wind Speaker
- Article date:
- September 1, 2006
- Author:
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Dear Editor:
When we come to a point in our lives where we are not content, we can't seem to fit into mainstream society, we have a history of incarceration and addictions. We are anti-social and involved in criminal activity. Our lifestyle's unstable. We have tried many times to make a change. For some reason we end up using and end up back in jail. The longevity of this cycle has severe consequences, longer periods of incarceration and shorter life spans due to health problems, overdose, suicides, violence.
We are tired of this lifestyle. We want to be free of our past, even if it means giving up drugs and alcohol. We knew this day would come. We are ...