Sharing Stories of Hope and Redemption, 0317 ALBJ, 78 The Alabama Lawyer 122 (2017)

Sharing Stories of Hope and Redemption

Vol. 78 No. 2 Pg. 122

Alabama Bar Lawyer

March, 2017

In the following pages you will have the opportunity to read several anonymous articles written by Alabama Lawyer Assistance Program committee members or by attorneys who have been involved in our program. You will also get to read two articles written by Alabama lawyers who do not wish to remain anonymous. These two attorneys have made the decision to disclose their names in an effort to reduce the stigma that is still prevalent in our culture, and in legal circles. These courageous people have all experienced the devastation of active addiction and untreated mental health issues. More importantly, they have found a path to a “new freedom and a new happiness!” They have been moved to write these very personal stories because of the gratitude they have for the gift of recovery that they have been given. The great news is that there is a way out of the seemingly impossible downward spiral of addiction.

Our hope is that law students, attorneys and judges will read these stories and become willing to...