A self-help book about what Shaun Attwood learned when he was forced to reappraise his life in the harsh reality Arizona's penal system, including supermaximum-security prison. The people imparting wisdom to Shaun range from his psychotherapist, Dr. Owen, and his meditation master, Andrew, to Two Tonys, a Mafia mass murderer serving 112 years for killing rival gangsters, and T-Bone, an ex-Marine using formidable fighting skills to stop prison rape. These lessons - told via anecdotes and Socratic dialogue - will force you to re-examine your life and what is truly important. They include: • Love the Right Person: a dysfunctional relationship can derail everything you have worked for • Take Time for Introspection: the foundation for personal development is self-knowledge • Identify and Overcome Addictions: unacknowledged addictions can creep out of control and devastate your life • Value Your Family: make time for the people who love you unconditionally • Make Slow and Careful Progress

Sentenced to 9½ years in Arizona’s state prison for distributing Ecstasy, Shaun finds himself living among gang members, sexual predators and drug-crazed psychopaths. After being attacked by a 20-stone California biker, Shaun writes about the prisoners who befriend, protect and inspire him. They include T-Bone, a massive African American ex-Marine who risks his life saving vulnerable inmates from rape, and Two Tonys, an old-school Mafia murderer who left the corpses of his rivals from Tucson to Alaska. They teach Shaun how to turn incarceration to his advantage, and to learn from his mistakes.