I Am Depressed That I Was Labeled and Alcoholic. Please Help Me.?
Question by Annie: I Am Depressed That I Was Labeled and Alcoholic. Please Help Me.?
Hi. I am quite depressed. I would greatly appreciate some hopeful guidance.
Anyways, as a teengaer I was convicted of DUI. I started drinking when I went off to college because I was deeply depressed. A couple weeks before college started I was raped by my boyfriend’s best friend. His friend told everyone that it was consensual and I was harassed constantly by all kinds of people, called a wh***, sl**, etc. It really got to me.
The DUI was a huge wake up call that I CAN’T PUT OTHER INNOCENT PEOPLE IN DANGER just because I was abused…It really changed my life. I now don’t go out at all……….Just stay home, study, go to school, volunteer, do my organizations at school.
I don’t believe I am an alcoholic. However, during probation the probation officer gave me a self-report measure (survery) to fill out. Because I filled out so much little answers (I said I never woke with jitters or drank before 11 am, which was all true.) She said I was “in denial” and called me an alcoholic. I was sent to a rehab program and because I did not admit to being a life long alcoholic, they labeled me “alcoholic in average denial”.
I haven’t drank since the arrest. I NEVER WILLD RINK AGAIN.
I am applying to law school this coming fall. I don’t know what to say….I want to say the truth taht my DUI was a huge wake up call and it convinced me never to rink and change my life. But then I am worried they may say that I am lying…..Since my probation officer labeled me an alcohlic.
What do you think>? I HATE that label of an alcoholic.
What do I do?
Best answer:
Answer by sassy dude
Here is a copy of a letter i got in the mail. i am sure you will agree that getting this is the ultimate wake-up call.::
The Rugged Cross Ministries
Del Rio Texas
” For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son”
September 2008
Dear Mr.
I hope today finds you well and walking in the spirit of brotherhood. The Reverend Billy Sol Hargas has asked that we reach out to you and ask that you lend a hand in our Ministries. I have a great favor to seek of you but first I must ask that you meditate and reflect on the importance of what we ask.
As I am sure you know , from watching Billy Sol work miracles for the lord, he cannot work alone. We have a vast Army of testifiers to his good deeds. In fact when Billy Sol goes out into the field of deliverance he brings along some examples of the very scourges he is praying to the lord to heal.
Now I am sure you can remember seeing our Brother “Jim” (may he rest in peace finally). Jim was best described as a prime warning of the plague of the devil “Alcohol”. Many called Jim a drunken “Sot”. Billy Sol used to bring Jim out onto the stage and show the non believers what pestilence and excessive drinking could do to a poor creature. In his final days it was necessary to allow Jim to carry his bottle out on the platform just to keep him around as a example.
The sad truth is that we now have lost the battle with Jim and he has gone over to meet his maker. We are therefore in a quandary. We have formed a search committee to find a replacement for Jim. It was in the course of our work that your name was proposed. I am writing to you to ask that you consider giving up the worthless life you are living and join our efforts for the Lord. The position does not pay very well but we feel we can offer a few months more existence to someone who has fallen as far as you have.
Please answer our call and help us in our work.
Thank You
B. Boots ( Chmn, Search comm.)
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