Humble Accountability

This week Coach Blu interviews a special guest he worked with years ago. Portia Louder talks about her 4 and half years in federal prison, events that led to her addiction, and ultimately recovery, redemption, and healing. Portia shares how she found freedom in prison. This is a powerful example of taking accountability and seeing the good in the absolute worst. Check out her book this October, Living Louder. Here is an excerpt about her interaction with Blu Robinson.

Before I was sentenced, I met with a therapist and told him I wasn’t sure how to prepare for my sentencing.

“I’m facing up to seven years in prison, and I can’t imagine being away from my family for even one year. How could I ever prepare for seven?”

“What you are facing is difficult, but there are worse things,” my therapist said. “You could spend seven years in your addiction, being isolated and disconnected from your family and everyone around you. I think that would be worse. In prison, you would still be able to become an amazing person. That’s not the case with addiction.”

Become an amazing person. That stuck with me. I needed a goal, something to hold on to. I went back to the unit and wrote down a list of things I could do to become an amazing person. That night I laid in my bunk and begged God to give me the strength to move forward. “I need help.” I cried. “I want to make the best of this, but I can’t do it alone.”

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