My name is andrea arroyos and I’m from lubbock texas.. im currently serving time at FCI Aliceville in Aliceville Alabama… I have been dwn 3 yrs total but hve 2 yrs here…im here for a meth conspiracy…i never thought i would end up in a federal prison, but yet here i am.. when i was out in the streets i was doing the most n just living it up, not thinking about the consequences of my actions…i can honsetly say tht coming here actually saved my life because i was aliving a dangerous life out there n really wasnt thinking about alll the people i was actually hurting along the way.. Scince my incarceration back on may 17,2021 my dad was murdered in Mexico on May 23,2021 and it really messed up my mentaltity because we were’nt on the best trems when he passed…The sad thing about it was i didnt actually find out about his death until mid june and tht is something tht i hve to live with for the rest of my life…. I dindt knw how how to handle it but thank god i had some really good friends at the time because thy helped me through it.. i hve learned to appreciate my family because at the end of the day, thy are all i really hve…i didnt realize how truly blessed i was until my incaceration.. I got my ged here on august 17,2023 n tht is real big for me because i never really took the time to get it outside… i mean i did go to classes out there but always quit going after so long….i also did another class tht thy offered here called Threshold n it was really helpful for me as well n it helped be closer to my kids whom i was estranged from for at least 10 years but let me tell u it was well worth it…ive done classses for House of Healing,ive taken biblical classses n right now i am in a program called The Life Connections Program and let me tell u it has helped me in more ways than i can think of. when i talk to my daughter on the phone she tells me tht she notices the change in me ntht she is very proud of me n let me tell tht means the whole world to me we talk on a daily basis…i still hve a lot of work to do with myself n also i still hve a long way to go to get my other kids back in my life and i knw tht one day it will happen.. I plan on going back to college to further my education and i want to major in business but right now its very hard to get college courses in here.. its been rough but i will make it.. I am serving my community by participating in our community service projects here in this prgram by crocheting blankets for the community on the outs and im eager to to do a lot more as well..
