When that world fell apart for her at 17, she spiraled into drug addiction and then prison. I wish that she could see herself getting out of prison, getting sober, and finally finishing those college papers.There were others, but this instance is just one of several turning points in her life that brought her out of darkness to emerge from the prison system with a determination to expose the injustices there.īlakinger was a promising pairs figure skater. I wish that the me nodding out in a cold cinderblock cell could see ahead five years, or even ten. I have been too out of it to pay attention to my surroundings, and I’ve lost my glasses, anyway, further blurring the corners of this unfamiliar world. I am tightly wound, a taut rubber band of perfectionism and self-destruction. I was seventeen and alone, sitting on a cement step somewhere around Brattle Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I was arrested for drug possession, and while I was handcuffed and in the back seat of the police car, the pills I had swallowed began to kick in. But then the drugs kick in, and I accidentally nod out for an hour or so in the bathroom. I leave behind the small digital scale, assorted pills, and my backpack of schoolwork. I like to be prepared for when I might need more heroin. I am only ten minutes from where I’m going, and it’s cold outside. But I want a cigarette more than anything. I am out of clean clothes, I cannot find my glasses, my English paper is late, and my pockets are not big enough for all the heroin I have. Insights from Chapter 27 Insights from Chapter 1 Insights on Keri Blakinger's Corrections in Ink Contents #4 I am tightly wound, a taut rubber band of perfectionism and self-destruction. #3 I was arrested for drug possession, and while I was handcuffed and in the back seat of the police car, the pills I had swallowed began to kick in. #2 I like to be prepared for when I might need more heroin.
#1 I am out of clean clothes, I cannot find my glasses, my English paper is late, and my pockets are not big enough for all the heroin I have. Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
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