it s addiction recovery counseling. it s a four-month program which is a state-of-the-art addiction treatment program. it s the first one ever in the world as far as we know that s completely run and has counselors who are inmates, who are trained inmates. it s one thing to sit across the desk from somebody in a suit and tie who s not in recovery, who s never been there, that doesn t have know the first thing about getting busted, going to a county jail or going through a prison experience. it s a whole other thing when you ve got a guy sitting across from them, right, that s been there. that can totally relate to what this guy s saying. in addition to helping his fellow inmates, rusty hopes his efforts may influence his parole. i worked my points down through the years after coming into a level 2 facility, and i ve been to the board 17 times. i ve received 17 one-year denials. i ve been disciplinary-free for
for, oh, geez probably about 18 years now, 19 years. but the current program i m in, it s called a.r.c. it s addiction recovery counseling. it s a four-month program which is a state-of-the-art addiction treatment program. it s the first one ever in the world as far as we know that s completely run and has counselors who are inmates, who are trained inmates. it s one thing to sit across the desk from somebody in a suit and tie who s not in recovery, who s never been there, that doesn t have know the first thing about getting busted, going to a county jail or going through a prison experience. it s a whole other thing when you ve got a guy sitting across from them, right, that s been there. that can totally relate to what this guy s saying. in addition to helping his fellow inmates, rusty hopes his efforts may influence his parole. i worked my points down through the years after coming into a level 2 facility, and
it s called a.r.c. it s addiction recovery counseling. it s a four-month program which is a state-of-the-art addiction treatment program. it s the first one ever in the world as far as we know that s completely run and has counselors who are inmates, who are trained inmates. it s one thing to sit across the desk from somebody in a suit and tie who s not in recovery, who s never been there, that doesn t have know the first thing about getting busted, going to a county jail or going through a prison experience. it s a whole other thing when you ve got a guy sitting across from them, right, that s been there. that can totally relate to what this guy s saying. in addition to helping his fellow inmates, rusty hopes his efforts may influence his parole. i worked my points down through the years after coming into a level 2 facility, and i ve been to the board 17 times.
it s called arc, it s addiction recovery counseling. it s a four-month program which is a state of the art addiction treatment program. it s the first one ever in the world as far as we know that s completely run and has counselors who are inmates, who are trained inmates. it s one thing to sit across the desk from somebody in a suit and tie who is not in recovery, who has never been there, that doesn t have know the first thing about getting busted going in a county jail or going through a prison experience. it s a whole nother thing when you ve got a guy sitting across from him, right, that s been there, that can totally relate to what this guy is saying. in addition to helping his fellow inmates, rusty hopes his efforts may influence his parole. i work my points down through the years after coming into a level 2 facility, and i ve been to the board 17 times. i ve received 17 one-year
i was so young, i just felt like you know what, my life is over. i ve got a life sentence. it s over. i came to prison and started into the same behavior. i was like for the first nine years, i was using whatever i could, drugs, prison alcohol. just trying to do anything that i could to escape the reality of my situation and what i had done. you know. and that just self-medicating, again, the same way i was on the street. all the pain, everything that came up for me, that was my solution, to self-medicate. and that s what i did. in his struggle to conquer addiction, rusty discovered a passion for counseling others. i ve been in 12-step programs for, oh, geez probably about 18 years now, 19 years. but the current program i m in, it s called a.r.c. it s addiction recovery counseling. it s a four-month program which is a state-of-the-art addiction treatment program. it s the first one ever in the