My legal issues came to a close today after successfully completing California’s Prop 36 program. The charges (drug related) were all dismissed which is the outcome prescribed by the legislature when they initiated Prop 36.

Prop 36 is a treatment rather than incarceration program for non violent drug offenders. Fortunately I qualified.

So…all charges were dismissed and I have over 13 months clean.

steve

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This is worth seeing…..

Tags: counselor, Fireproof, Forum, living4recovery, Rehab

Does this qualify for Prop 36?

original article by Fannee Freaker

September 3, 2008 – 5:13 pm

MacKenzie Phillips Heads To Rehab

Following a recent arrest at LAX for possessing heroin and cocaine, former One Day At A Time star MacKenzie Phillips has entered rehab, according to her lawyer Blair Berk.

Airport police reported that Phillips was found to have what appeared to be these illicit drugs in her carry on luggage on August 27, 2008. She was charged with two felonies – one for for possession of heroin and cocaine and a misdemeanor charge of unauthorized possession of a hypodermic needle.

If Phillips is convicted on all charges, she could face three years and eight months behind bars for the felonies and another six months for the misdemeanor. She’s scheduled to be arraigned on October 3, 2008.

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Lately I am taken aback by the lack of services and followup on promises made to those in need.  When we can’t keep basic commitments to those who’ve served and are in the public eye…..it leaves slim hope for the rest of us.

From a recent article http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/military_the_enemy_within

By ALLEN G. BREED and KEVIN MAURER, Associated Press Writers

Soldier in famous photo never defeated ‘demons’

PINEHURST, N.C. – Officers had been to the white ranch house at 560 W. Longleaf many times before over the past year to respond to a “barricade situation.” Each had ended uneventfully, with Joseph Dwyer coming out or telling police in a calm voice through the window that he was OK.

But this time was different.

The Iraq War veteran had called a taxi service to take him to the emergency room. But when the driver arrived, Dwyer shouted that he was too weak to get up and open the door.

The officers asked Dwyer for permission to kick it in.

“Go ahead!” he yelled.

They found Dwyer lying on his back, his clothes soiled with urine and feces. Scattered on the floor around him were dozens of spent cans of Dust-Off, a refrigerant-based aerosol normally used to clean electrical equipment.

Dwyer told police Lt. Mike Wilson he’d been “huffing” the aerosol.

“Help me, please!” the former Army medic begged Wilson. “I’m dying. Help me. I can’t breathe.” Continue Reading »

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a repost from and older (1998) but still valid article……

from http://www.city-journal.org/html/8_3_a3.html

At a recent Prop 36 counseling meeting we were asked to indicate our DOC by a show of hands.

As I recall out of 18 people there were only two who called crack their drug of choice.  The others were heroin (1) and the balance being meth……….wow.

The counselor indicated that 4 years ago the preponderance of attendees claimed crack but that has now changed to meth.

Cheap, and available…..a nightmare waiting to happen.

Tags: crack, crack cocaine, living for recovery, living4recovery, meth, Prop36