Flesh and Blood Page #5

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- Oh, God.

- Recovery name is Lloyd.

[Group] Hey, Lloyd.

You know, and I'm in this process.

You know, I'm from Baltimore.

And me too,

like in and out of prison

and stuff like that.

You know, I had 10 years before.

But I didn't use the tools

that I know now to stay clean.

It's a struggle when you

come home from prison.

And doing a lot of time.

It's so hard to adapt before you...

[Cheri] How much time did you do?

Altogether I did, like,

19 years all, total.

And you're only 19, right?

Heh.

Politicians give you

this great song and dance

in front of the cameras.

When the cameras go off,

you're right back in the same reality.

In Pennsylvania, they

spent more money on prisons

than they did on schools.

In your short 86 years,

what would you say are some of the magic

to trying to exist in this war zone?

Well, to be alive is to be aware, they say.

[Man] Mmm hmm.

And...

So you don't think there's

a lot of aware people?

I think that's very true.

Mmm.

[Grey Haired Woman] Basic

to addiction is unawareness

of what life is all about.

[Cheri] So why...

I learned a lot about

recovery when I was in jail.

Because everybody in the jail

cell with me was an addict.

And they were always talking about

what they were gonna do as

soon as they got out of there.

And would start their

whole cycle over again,

which is going to bring them

right back where they were then.

You got to have a strong mind.

And I was set on getting

clean and staying clean.

I now have six years, nine

months and four days clean.

[Man] Congratulations.

God works in mysterious ways, you know?

It's a good feeling being here.

Who brought us all together?

[Group] God grant me the serenity

to accept the things I cannot change,

the courage to change the things I can,

and the wisdom to know the difference.

God's will, not ours be done.

- What's up, man? - What's

up my dude? - What's up, Hec?

- How you doing, man?

- Good, man, I'm doing good. How you doing?

- I'm good, man, good to see you.

- Good to see you, too, man.

- Yeah, man. - What do you

know? - Yeah, been a minute.

So how long you gonna be in town?

I'm here, man, I'm back now, yeah.

Assad!

This is my son, Mark.

Mark, I've heard so much about you.

Yeah, hey man, nice to meet you.

It's nice to meet you, too.

Yeah, thanks for having us.

He just came home from prison.

I know.

How's it been to be back in real life?

It feels good, man, feels really good.

The yard is just bigger.

Watch yourself, though.

Yeah, that's true.

I spent half my life there,

until I decided, you know what?

Nothing I do is worth that.

[Mark] Mmm hmm.

Nothing.

You know, people always use the excuse,

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