I’m not sure if something can be done.
Published: June 24, 2009
Updated: June 24, 2009
My husband went to court and was charged with two years probation. He had a paid lawyer that was no help at all. No one tried to speak with him about the case not even the solicitor. And I can’t understand that. A few other people we know that have been charged with the same thing recieved a one year probation term and the other 9 months probation. They both were women. Is that discrimination? I don’t know but I do know something is not right. We found out today that his lawyer is also representing the person who was giving us the scripts. Is that a conflict of intrest? I don’t know that either. It just does not seem right. Did his lawyer know. Yes. He knew where we were getting them from. Did anyone else know. No. He was never asked and which we probably would not have told anyway. But apparently no one cared. If you are willing to tell someone you have a drug problem and you know you do and want help,why won’t they help you. We don’t have the funds to get help. Neither of us is working but recieve 200 dollars a week. What are we supposed to do. We want help. We are addicted to pain medication and have been for 3 years. What can we do? How can you make someone that you know has a drug problem report for probation in 2 weeks for a drug test? I think that is inhumane. How can you get off of drugs that fast? There is no way without help that we can’t afford.We have 2 children which i love with all my heart. I want this for them too because it is unfair to them for there parents to be addicted to drugs. We don’t want to be anymore. We do want help. I can’t stress that enough. But is there anything I can do to lessen my husbands sentence because of the conflict of intrest?
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It has been a while since this was written, but if help is still needed, visit a church and ask for help. Also look in the yellow pages for assistance. Stop worrying about the punishment. Probabtion is another incentive to keep him off of drugs.
You need to focus on your children. I have no doubt you love them, but to love them to the fullest, you also need to love yourself. Get involved in a support group. They’ve been there and will understand what you are going through. You must remember that even the most expensive treatment centers cannot get you off drugs. Only you can. It was you that got on them and it will be left up to you to get off them. Overcoming any problem is about baby steps. If being sober for a year seems impossible, then start being sober for a hour. Pretty soon, an hour will lead to a day - a day to a week - a week to a month - a month to a year - a year to a lifetime. YOU CAN DO IT!!!
The whole idea of the punishment is to teach you not to do what you have done.
They actually don’t care about if you can stay sober they actually view it as your own problem that you shouldn’t have in the first place. People are robbing people for drugs and beating up people while high on drugs so since drugs has become a huge problem they have lowered the hammer to deal with the problem. Keep the chin up fight the problems and eventually you will overcome.
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