the judge gave him a longer sentence than he would have, 180 days, but sofield is eligible for early release upon successfully completing the program. what have you learned in here about addiction? the main thing that i have learned is that i can t do it by myself. my thinking has changed since i have been in here and i do not think the same. aaron has more of a chance than most guys. he has a large supportive family, and he is bright, and has college and a driver s license and a place to live and a car, and that is more than many of the people who live here have. getting better is making a decision. it is not just going to happen, but it says that i am not going to pick up a drink or a drug, and i will get the help that i need. okay. we will see you in the week, okay. yes, sir. and today, i know that i won t use, but tomorrow is tomorrow. and in the 90 days i m in here, i won t, because i know i can t,
waiting for charges for theft and forgery. it is a strict regimen that the inmates must adhere to for 90 days or they are dropped. we have rules, and it is kind of funny, but if they don t have their keys on them or the locks on the lockers or leave out the books or the chairs down, and we want them focused and thinking, and we don t want them too comfortable, but always working on themselves. sofield faces an additional challenge. i m 6 3 , and if you turn your feet hit this thing, and i have drug dreams, and it is natural, but you are having drug dreams and you are not using drugs. sofield has battled addiction to heroin for the last several year, and he believes if he does not get clean this time h he is going to lose the support of his family and everything else that he values. mr. lopez, the c.o. in charge of the program, i give him a lot
i will not lie, because i think about getting high, and it is always in the back of my head, but that is it, i can t get high ever again. i am 29 and still a little bit young, but i have been around a lot compared to system of the kids in here that are still young, and they think about it, and everybody thinks about it, this is it, i can t get high one more time, but there is never one more time when it comes to heroin. one more time, and you know how many times i said that? and it leads to the next day and the next day and more and more and more and never one more time when it comes to that. coming up i am 6 3 , and my feet hit this thing when i am trying to sleep. you wake up every time you try to turn and it is freezing. aaron sofield struggles to fit in the drug rehabilitation center. and going opposite of the american and alyssa sloshberg returns to her religious roots. i did not lie to you. yes, she did, in a nutshell.
forgery and he is three weeks into the program. it is the same stuff, and boring. i have been through other rehabs before, so i know what is going on. what do you miss? miss being on the streets and the rush that you get. i am not really missing my friends. girls, and everybody is go g ino miss the girls, but my friends, i really don t care. i make friends no matter what. sofield s newest friend in the drug rehab center is michael who is a few weeks from completing the program. we have a lot in common. we both used heroin and smoked p pcp. well, he speaks your mind and he don t care who you are or what you are, and he speaks his mind. i like that. i have been using drugs since i was 14, and alcohol since i was basically 6.
approaching his first month in the drug rehab center, aaron sofiel sofield. after the discomfort of fitting into the bunk, and feeling bored. it is just boring and repettive. he said that seeing inmates like him dropping out has renewed his will. and it may not mean a lot to a lot of people, but it is just a coin, but it shows that you worked through the program, and you deserve it. it means a lot to me, and it means a lot to the people who care. i am really ready to take the right steps, but i am not going the lie, it is going to be hard. but i think that i can do it. this is by far my favorite picture. alyssa schlossberg also admits to drug addiction and quite possibly an addiction to her boyfriend thomas costa who is housed in another part of the