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I am a counselor
我是一名顧問
BY JASON MERRICK
作者：杰森·梅瑞克
(And this caption accompanying a two-page photograph says)MERRICK, not pictured, is the director of inmate addiction services at the Kenton County Detention Center in Covington, Ky.
（本文有一張占了兩頁的配圖，底下的文字說明是）梅瑞克，未在照片中，是肯塔基州卡溫頓肯頓郡拘留中心囚犯戒毒服務中心主任。
The program treats inmates like these at the jail on Dec.8, 2017.
該項目旨在治療監獄里的這些囚犯。照片拍攝于2017年12月8日。
(Article by Jason Merrick follows)I thought I was the bad guy, the one who ran through everyone's life, blew through everything.
（以下是杰森·梅瑞克所寫文章的正文）我以為我是個壞人，一個闖入大家的生活，然后搞砸一切的人。
Finally, one day I had what we often refer to as the moment of clarity,
終于，有一天，我們經常所說的那個“醒悟的時刻”發生了，
where I admitted to my significant other that I had a problem, and I did not know what to do.
我對我的另一半坦白了，承認我遇到了問題并且束手無措。
I fully expected her to sever all ties and no longer speak to me.
我也做好了她和我斷絕所有關系，從此不再跟我說話的準備。
But she said, "Jason, I want you to get the help that you deserve."
她卻對我說，“杰森，我希望你能得到你應得的幫助。
And that broke down the barrier to treatment, to recovery.
接受治療，恢復健康的阻礙瞬間土崩瓦解。
I had to come to terms with the shame and guilt surrounding the wreckage of my past.
我要和不堪的過去帶給我的羞愧和罪惡感妥協。
The lives I had impacted, the wasted time.
過去被我影響到的那些人的生活，還有浪費的光陰。
In recovery I realized that I can use the most disgraceful, embarrassing moments in my past to empathize with other men who are coming through the program.
在康復的過程中，我意識到，過去我那些最骯臟，最令人難堪的時刻到頭來竟然可以為我所用，幫我對參加這一項目的其他人感同身受。
It was almost magical—the shame became something that I could use.
羞恥竟然變成了可以利用的東西，簡直可以說是奇跡。
My past has become one of my most valuable assets in helping people today.
在我幫助他人的時候，我的過去成了我最寶貴的財富之一。
It really does take an army to strengthen our communities, to support men and women who are re-entering society.
強化我們的社區，幫助我們的男男女女重返社會的確需要費很大的工夫。
It's not just what we do within these walls.
我們在這些高墻內做的這些還遠遠不夠。
This is something that takes months, even years.
要做到這一點，需要長年累月的努力。
But we can solve this.
但我們是可以解決這一問題的。
The conversations are finally shifting to solutions."
對話最終會轉變成切實的辦法。”
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