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From a jail cell in 2002, Mike Starks sought a lifestyle change so he might not face a 13th stint in prison.“In jail and in prison, you’d have these moments of clarity. ‘You can’t keep living like this,’ you know?” he said. “I didn’t want to be in prison, but I also didn’t want to change my lifestyle.”But this time was different.“I had tried everything, but I hadn’t called on God.

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