Daveswife
02-26-2003, 12:24 PM
Addiction Has a First Name
Prisoner's Soul News – February 24, 2003
Prisoner’s Soul Friends:
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Please forward our newsletter, in its entirety, to others. Also feel free to print out and send appropriate parts of this message to inmates that you communicate with. People wanting to subscribe to this newsletter may do so automatically by sending a blank message to:
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Our Condolences
Sadly we learned recently that Ken “Duke” Monse’Broten’s oldest son, Guy, passed away in October 2002. Kenny has five stories in our book, “Chicken Soup for the Prisoner’s Soul.” He would like to help many people, especially kids, fight addiction any way he possibly can. Below is an excerpt from Kenny's story “Addiction” from his book, “Messages from the Heart.”
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Addiction Has a First Name
by Edwin Allen Lee
aka Ken “Duke” Monse’Broten
Over the years I've fought many tough men with my fists in prison yards. Two of those men were ranked heavyweights. The single toughest opponent I've ever faced, the most dangerous one—the one that truly hurt me the most and scares me yet today—is the one that beat me so badly that my entire family suffered from it. That opponent is called Addiction.
Addiction has a first name, several of them—and they’re all tough ones—Drug Addiction, Alcohol Addiction, Cocaine Addiction, Crack Addiction, and Heroine Addiction—to name a few. Addiction fights us all differently and is so slow and cunning you don't even know it's destroying you and your family. And worst of all, it will convince you that it's your friend, while getting you to drop your guard for a split second so it can kill you. Yes, that's the toughest opponent I've ever faced.
If that's the opponent some of you face, I want to ask you to do me a favor. Read this carefully. I ask you to never give Addiction the chance to beat you like it beat me. I would ask you to recognize and never doubt for a second the cunning of this murderous devil. I would ask you to stay close to others who fight Addiction daily. Fight it in GROUPS as AA and NA teach us—NEVER do it ALONE. Never ever give Addiction a chance. Beat it for me and a million other people who have suffered its sadistic wrath.
You see, if you can help me teach young people how to beat Addiction, at this time in their lives, at their young age, not only have you rescued their entire family from Addiction, but you paid for an insurance policy in full, which guarantees that they and their family will no longer suffer from the wrath of Addiction. I will have made a million people, just like me, winners through you, in a fight with the most dangerous opponent I've ever faced.
So do me this favor. Help me teach others how to win the fight against ADDICTION, and make us all winners.
by Edwin Allen Lee
aka Ken “Duke” Monse’Broten
Addiction Has a First Name. Reprinted by permission of Edwin Allen Lee (aka Ken “Duke” Monse’Broten). Copyright ©1997 based on an excerpt from the story “Addiction” from the book “Messages from the Heart.”
Ken “Duke” Monse’Broten, pen name Edwin Allen Lee, is a grandfather and great grandfather originally from Park River, North Dakota. He has written numerous articles and short stories. Ken is author of “Messages from the Heart” and co-author of “Cissy's Magic,” and contributing author with five stories in “Chicken Soup for the Prisoner’s Soul.” He may be contacted at:
Kenneth Monse’Broten #3571494
Snake River Correctional Institute
777 Stanton Blvd.
Ontario, OR 97914
(Editor’s note: When sending mail to Snake River, be very careful that you send nothing unusual. Their mail system is very strict. Ink on paper is safe. No stickers inside or on the envelope, except the stamp. No business cards or anything that resembles them.)
Prisoner's Soul News – February 24, 2003
Prisoner’s Soul Friends:
~~
Please forward our newsletter, in its entirety, to others. Also feel free to print out and send appropriate parts of this message to inmates that you communicate with. People wanting to subscribe to this newsletter may do so automatically by sending a blank message to:
p-soup-subscribe@***********.com
Our Condolences
Sadly we learned recently that Ken “Duke” Monse’Broten’s oldest son, Guy, passed away in October 2002. Kenny has five stories in our book, “Chicken Soup for the Prisoner’s Soul.” He would like to help many people, especially kids, fight addiction any way he possibly can. Below is an excerpt from Kenny's story “Addiction” from his book, “Messages from the Heart.”
~~
Addiction Has a First Name
by Edwin Allen Lee
aka Ken “Duke” Monse’Broten
Over the years I've fought many tough men with my fists in prison yards. Two of those men were ranked heavyweights. The single toughest opponent I've ever faced, the most dangerous one—the one that truly hurt me the most and scares me yet today—is the one that beat me so badly that my entire family suffered from it. That opponent is called Addiction.
Addiction has a first name, several of them—and they’re all tough ones—Drug Addiction, Alcohol Addiction, Cocaine Addiction, Crack Addiction, and Heroine Addiction—to name a few. Addiction fights us all differently and is so slow and cunning you don't even know it's destroying you and your family. And worst of all, it will convince you that it's your friend, while getting you to drop your guard for a split second so it can kill you. Yes, that's the toughest opponent I've ever faced.
If that's the opponent some of you face, I want to ask you to do me a favor. Read this carefully. I ask you to never give Addiction the chance to beat you like it beat me. I would ask you to recognize and never doubt for a second the cunning of this murderous devil. I would ask you to stay close to others who fight Addiction daily. Fight it in GROUPS as AA and NA teach us—NEVER do it ALONE. Never ever give Addiction a chance. Beat it for me and a million other people who have suffered its sadistic wrath.
You see, if you can help me teach young people how to beat Addiction, at this time in their lives, at their young age, not only have you rescued their entire family from Addiction, but you paid for an insurance policy in full, which guarantees that they and their family will no longer suffer from the wrath of Addiction. I will have made a million people, just like me, winners through you, in a fight with the most dangerous opponent I've ever faced.
So do me this favor. Help me teach others how to win the fight against ADDICTION, and make us all winners.
by Edwin Allen Lee
aka Ken “Duke” Monse’Broten
Addiction Has a First Name. Reprinted by permission of Edwin Allen Lee (aka Ken “Duke” Monse’Broten). Copyright ©1997 based on an excerpt from the story “Addiction” from the book “Messages from the Heart.”
Ken “Duke” Monse’Broten, pen name Edwin Allen Lee, is a grandfather and great grandfather originally from Park River, North Dakota. He has written numerous articles and short stories. Ken is author of “Messages from the Heart” and co-author of “Cissy's Magic,” and contributing author with five stories in “Chicken Soup for the Prisoner’s Soul.” He may be contacted at:
Kenneth Monse’Broten #3571494
Snake River Correctional Institute
777 Stanton Blvd.
Ontario, OR 97914
(Editor’s note: When sending mail to Snake River, be very careful that you send nothing unusual. Their mail system is very strict. Ink on paper is safe. No stickers inside or on the envelope, except the stamp. No business cards or anything that resembles them.)