Organized monotony

Jail was complete misery. I was always dope-sick from detoxing. And the jail controls everything, even when you can eat. They strip you of your total freedom. And jails are so overcrowded. It’s organized monotony.

They do have AA in prisons. It wouldn’t have helped me because I never would have been honest with myself. Until I got honest with myself, nothing worked.

I did force myself to read in prison, since there was nothing else to do. Since all my teachers wrote me off as incapable of learning, I’m pretty much self-taught. I can’t put limitations on what I can do. I discovered that I love reading. I especially liked biographies. One of my favorites was “An Education in Rebellion: The Biography of Nikki Sixx,” about the bassist and songwriter of Motley Crue.

Now I’ll pick up anything and read it. You can never stop learning.