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What do your friends and family think of your being in
drug court?
Seattle
- [My family] loves it. My daughter. . . . I couldn’t be around
her and my grandkids. Now I stay with her and my grandkids and she talks
about the difference in me. And she’s glad I’m in drug court.
- My brother . . . we got caught at the same time and he opted out of
drug court and now he’s on methadone and private pay. He’s really
the only family I have. Well, actually, I’ve been talking to my dad
a lot and he’s really proud of me.
- I been in treatment prior to ’91 and ’95 and I’ve been
with the same man for 14 years, give or take a few times that I went out
on the streets for a few years. He didn’t like the AA approach or
the outpatient approach or anything like that, but see, once I got into
drug court, he had to accept it, and now he’s all good with it. So
it got to the point he had to accept it and I’m glad.
- My stepfather didn’t talk to me for 22 years. Now it’s really
fun. All that changed.
- Well, I still haven’t told some people. A lot of my friends that
I have known all my life are addicts. When I feel like I’m not going
to get judged, then I’ll say it.
- I don’t say anything about it. I’m proud, don’t get
me wrong. I don’t need to go to work and say I got 5 years and such
or drug court, but if they ask me, I’ll be honest and say I’m
trying to get my life back together.
- Well, it’s work and school. My instructor at college almost right
away I told her I was involved. She was very, very supportive . . . and
came to my graduation, and that was totally cool. It meant a lot to me.
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| An Honest
Chance: Perspectives on Drug Courts |
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