Reintegrating into Society After Incarceration 

Ahe' hee for your supportive comment! Much appreciated 🤙🏾

Ahe' hee 🙏🏾🤙🏾

Agreed, which is why we found a community member like Harlen. It was a great opportunity to get him on but a personal great experience to meet him in person. He is the real deal and we appreciated his honesty. 🤙🏾

Ahe' hee for your comment & support for Harlen! Much appreciate your understanding & compassion! 🤙🏾

Ahe' hee for your comment and support! We appreciate community members like yourself for your insight. Glad you enjoy our channel. Have a great rest of your week! 🤙🏾

Ahe' hee for your comment and support for Harlen! 🤙🏾

That's a great idea, we'll pass the word 🤙🏾

We do as well, it's something for the youth to learn from 🤙🏾

Thanks for your comment. We're assuming we thought people need to rely on services? That was the point of the question. The point of the question is to publicly ask them if there is a service for problems in the community. I agree a lot of problems can be overcome by the individual themselves but doesn't hurt to ask if there is a program out there, that we could've highlighted if there is an individual watching and could utilize that service. Does that make sense? Ahe' hee for sharing a piece of your personal history. How many years sober are you? Keep up the great work and wish you all the best! 🤙🏾

@@Spagoshi , 20 years in June. I do support community, self help, and private support organizations. When I hear " services" I think bloated, administration heavy, taxpayer funded bureaucracies. Those I oppose.

@@pattilemonhouse7911 Ah I see where you're coming. Agreed. Congrats on your sobriety! Any insights you can share on how you stayed on track? Ahe' hee for your comment

@@Spagoshi ,Enough was enough and I picked up the phone book and called Alcoholics Anonymous. I didn't delay, I went immediately. I stayed quiet and listened first. Started sharing, found someone who agreed to be a temporary sponsor. Meetings, meetings, meetings. Found a serious room without much cacaphony. Temp sponsor advised moving on to a permanent sponsor. I found her in a woman's group. She worked a very strong program, she had helped other women. Together we studied the book, word for word, in order. She advised me through all 12 steps, vigorously. From call to completing all 12 steps, and reading every single word in the book took about 18 months. I maintain and practice all steps. That's it, very briefly. Results may vary. 😊

I did time with Harlan. I got out bk in 2021. I've been doing good ever since. I was sorry to hear that Harlan violated his probation, but at least now he's out and I'm glad to hear that. 👍🏽