They have to walk. A couple of months into his stay at the halfway house, Graves asked parole officers to re-examine his home plan. The situation was improving, he told them. And the parole investigators agreed. The only obstacle for Graves now was to finish his Corrections Center stay.
Graves is perhaps a rare breed of halfway house resident.
He isolated himself from the rest of the group, he reports, to make sure he never took a step backward. But it still didn't help. He's back to the beginning of his 12-step program today. However, in the end he's thankful for his stay in the halfway house. He has a plan now.