“[Angel Tree] made me feel like even though I was in prison, I was part of something. I remember just being grateful for that.” —Alice
Alice lay in a hospital bed, the machines blinking and beeping softly around her. She knew she was going to die. Just one month prior she had plans to cross state lines with a large amount of methamphetamines to meet some “associates,” a plan she knew was likely to land her back in prison.
But then the stroke happened. Instead of continuing in her criminal activity, Alice had spent her time trying to recover her faculties.
While in the hospital, Alice received visits from her daughters, who begged her to stop using drugs. They wanted their mother back—but Alice wasn’t ready to stop using. Not until she had the heart attack just a few short weeks later. She knew if she ever used drugs again—even just once—it would kill her.
“God took the ability for me to use drugs again with that heart attack,” she says.
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