The Keys To Freedom (from David)

David sent me this blog post. It is dated January 11, 2010.

This whole incarceration thing continues to be a new experience every day. The rules, the food, the people are unlike my conventional life I left just a few months ago. But many of my experiences seem to be metaphors for the "old" life of my addiction.

When I'm transported between jails or to court I'm always shackled at my hands and feet. My hands in handcuffs which are attached to my body with a chain around my waist. My legs are in leg irons with about 18 inches of chain between the two so I can still walk. It dawned on me that these restraints were much like my old ways.

The leg irons are like my addiction, keeping me from making any real progress, holding me in place. The handcuffs are like the shame and guilt I felt every day, keeping me from reaching out for help.

Thankfully, the keys to these shackles, and my freedom, came with accepting Christ and working a recovery program. I'm freer now than I have been my entire life.

God bless,
David