So today was the big day. Back in court. Actually it wasn't to bad because I received my plea agreement in the mail last Friday, so I pretty much knew what I was walking into.
I am very, very lucky~considering they found me passed out in my passenger seat of my car(keys in purse), they only charged me with a public intoxication. And this is also my 2nd offense.
Now just real quick, if you are not familiar with my story, I was charged with an OWI in August 2005, got sober, then relapsed recently and was arrested in July of this year. I wasn't back out for long, but it sure didn't take long for the trouble to start again. And I will also say, the way I was drinking was WAY worse after my relapse. We hear that all the time, but for anyone that has doubts~IT'S TRUE!
My girlfriend, "Hope" (from the whole "Joey" ordeal) went into rehab this evening. I wish her the best, but the more I have talked to her the last few days, I really think she has a long road ahead of her. She made reference yesterday to the fact that she just "wants to get this over with and go back to normal". Well, I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this, but if you're serious about recovery, your life is going to be far from normal. At least for a while. Going back to "normal" is setting yourself up for failure! Trust me, I know! She is so damn worried about loosing her job (which just so happens to be in a bar! Yeah, I said "a bar"), she's more worried about that then the "unknown" of recovery. I tell you what, that's what scared the shit out of me was the "unknown", not whether or not I was going to loose my job in the bar I was working at. I could care less. Anyhow, she is exactly where she needs to be right now. She just needs lots of prayers.
Speaking of our "friend" "Joey", that whole thing sort of blew over. After our heated discussion, we worked together to get Hope a bed at a local rehab, and just called it at that. Thank you for all of your comments, and I wanted to give an update on that topic. I still will avoid him like the plague, don't get me wrong.
I called a girlfriend of mine in recovery and she goes to alot of the meetings I like on the other side of town, so I'm just gonna glue myself to her for a while. We got sober a couple of years ago around the same time, she just didn't relapse like yours truly, so she has some time, and I really like her.
That's all I got.
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