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so guys here’s a little thread update on the horror that happened to me yesterday:
i used to be an active drug addict, i have been diagnosed with Substance Use Disorder, and i am currently in sustained remission (2 years!!) However there was instances where i was arrested....
i used to be an active drug addict, i have been diagnosed with Substance Use Disorder, and i am currently in sustained remission (2 years!!) However there was instances where i was arrested....
and sadly there was a night where i made the horrible mistake of driving while impaired. No one was hurt thankfully, but i did get a DUI at age 19 in May 2017
I didnt go to trial until Dec. 2018, when i had already completed 4 months of inpatient treatment (rehab)
I didnt go to trial until Dec. 2018, when i had already completed 4 months of inpatient treatment (rehab)
the courts saw my certificate of completion, and the fact that I was in Intensive Outpatient Treatment (IOP) and a letter from my part time job, and a letter from the Sober Living Halfway House i was living at, and decided that my license would be revoked for 1 year.
for the year of 2019, i had no license, and the court decided i had to complete my IOP program. The program was 4 hour long sessions that took place 3 times a week.
My monthly rent at my halfway house was $750.
We weren’t allowed to work 3rd shift while living there.
My monthly rent at my halfway house was $750.
We weren’t allowed to work 3rd shift while living there.
it was hell. Due to IOP, i couldn’t get a full time job, and i barely made rent.
But if i didn’t complete IOP, i would go to jail.
It was hell, but after 3 months, i did it. No license, nearly no food, and three different part time jobs. I did it.
and i thought it was over
But if i didn’t complete IOP, i would go to jail.
It was hell, but after 3 months, i did it. No license, nearly no food, and three different part time jobs. I did it.
and i thought it was over
Come 2020, i moved back home after living in a Halfway House where i was drug tested 3 times a week, for almost a year.
I decided i wanted to do good, and that I wanted a career doing good.
I got my driving license back in January and I began an Emergency Medic program.
I decided i wanted to do good, and that I wanted a career doing good.
I got my driving license back in January and I began an Emergency Medic program.
And i did fuckking amazing. I made the top of my class, and after multiple certifications, in August 2020, i became a certified EMT.
I was so proud of myself, i saw this as my first accomplishment of my life. I did good.
Except every job application kept getting rejected.
I was so proud of myself, i saw this as my first accomplishment of my life. I did good.
Except every job application kept getting rejected.
Yesterday, i found out why.
I had finally gotten a job at a County Emergency Station, at one of the busiest in my state, when my coordinator called me.
She told me their insurance would not accept me.
I had finally gotten a job at a County Emergency Station, at one of the busiest in my state, when my coordinator called me.
She told me their insurance would not accept me.
Apparently, due to the DUI in 2017, there was a restriction on my drivers license.
It’s a Blood Alcohol Restriction, even though my crime never involved alcohol.
Due to this restriction, insurance companies for jobs involving driving will not cover me.
It’s a Blood Alcohol Restriction, even though my crime never involved alcohol.
Due to this restriction, insurance companies for jobs involving driving will not cover me.
I called the DMV, hoping maybe that the restriction will be lifted come this next January.
I was told the restriction will stay until 2023.
I was told the restriction will stay until 2023.
I am unable to get a job in my career field for the next three years.
I worked so hard all year, in the middle of a pandemic, to become a healthcare worker.
I worked so hard to make something of myself, to try and give back to my community, to finally do good with my life...
I worked so hard all year, in the middle of a pandemic, to become a healthcare worker.
I worked so hard to make something of myself, to try and give back to my community, to finally do good with my life...
And it’s all for nothing.
I did everything the courts asked me to, i followed every step and requirement, I was assessed to be in sustained remission from a disease that had killed 6 of my friends this year and taken the life of my very best friend, I had to write her obituary
I did everything the courts asked me to, i followed every step and requirement, I was assessed to be in sustained remission from a disease that had killed 6 of my friends this year and taken the life of my very best friend, I had to write her obituary
AND IM STILL BEING PUNISHED.
I cant get a job because I did what the courts told me to do.
I will be punished for 6 years, from 2017 until 2023, meanwhile convicted rapists in our judiciary system will be lucky to serve a full year behind bars.
I cant get a job because I did what the courts told me to do.
I will be punished for 6 years, from 2017 until 2023, meanwhile convicted rapists in our judiciary system will be lucky to serve a full year behind bars.
this thread is getting long now, but i just wanted to say that our current system punishes drug addicts whether or not we try to recover and do better for ourselves or not. It literally doesn’t matter. The courts do not want us to recover, they just want us to suffer.
