whats the worst or best communit service you have had to do because of the drug game?

[neversickanymore]

We as drug users or addicts often give many hours of our lives to make the community a better place.. From washing cop cars to cleaning up older citizens leaves whats are some of the best or worst things you have had to do in the name of making the world better?


Worst: I had to chip through 22 solid inches of dog piss and feces, filled ice by hand, in ten below weather, being sprayed at every swing of the pick with this wretched mixture. I had to clear fourteen dog kennels at the humane society. For claiming to be so humane they didn't really show it with me

Best: probably working for habitat for humanity in their restore making money for their housing builds..
or working in the rare books section of my university library..

 

[RobotRipping]

Well i did 30 hours of community service at the most ghetto food bank ever. It was actually really sad to work there, just seeing the people come in with their kids, knowing their parents were most definitely spending all the money on coke/alcohol. It kind of messed me up but i realized how important volunteers are to help those kids and families who are legitimately suffering. Everyone at that place volunteered, they were all old people and cool as fuck.

I'd take constant smoke breaks with them as they'd tell me stories about how they were the first ones on the street to get a light bulb, i never had respect for old people before that, they really taught me some shit.

In that sense, it was the best/worst community service i've done. The rest of the community service i did i completely forged everything and lied about it and got away with it lol. TBH though i really should volunteer, i had no idea how important it is, and the fact that most of the people came from the local catholic church or whatever really impressed me, they were decent, good, honest people who didn't even judge me for being a drug addict/theif/convict or whatever. They enjoyed the help and it was a great learning experience.

I am glad the judge hit me with community service in the end; it sucked but i learned a lot and never committed another crime aside from ingesting illicit substances, so you know what, i was actually rehabilitated by the fucking system lol.

great idea for a post btw

 

[weekend addiction]

Best (and only): Helped this cool guy paint some stuff at my church. Learned how to paint and had a fun time. Also helped him build some minor woodwork and decorations. Was not part of the "game" at all just a kid caught with a few pills he shouldnt have had. Didn't even take them I just bought them to be rebellious and cool.

 

[GBM]

I would volunteer at the food bank in my city, sorting food into bins for people to pick up. It felt good to help a bunch of people o[ut like that

 

[XThexXTank]

Back when i was 14 i got arrested for breakin an entering/possesion (i had shit on me) an got 30 hours community service. Fourtunately for me where i had to do com. service the guy was sick so instead i had to go out collecting trash an fill 5 of those large black trash bags. Did that ina bout 3 hours so i got off easy.

An 2 years ago i gota dui an had to do 125 hours of com. service wich is a fuck ton. It was workin at a goodwill store though so it was a breeze nothin bad at all an the people i worked with were chill so it was done real quick.

 

[ohshea]

Never been assigned community service, well i had been but that was in another state and i have moved since before completying..

ANYWAY...

i was assigned a court ordered "rehab" program which was 20 self paid classes and 30 aa/na meetings. Along with this, you were required to take and pass 2 "random" drug tests...my instruction was a perv so hed let the girls know when our tests were so we could prepare. They were weird tests, they werent a mouth swab, they were a super dry sponge on a stick, so dry it was rock hard, and you would have to suck on it and then press it down into a little plastic tube to extract your saliva, and had to do these sevral times to extract about a teaspoon or more of saliva. Basically no way to fool it, even though i tried once by putting ice cubes in ny mouth hoping swab would absorb ice water. Didnt work. I knew if i didnt pass this test before the end of the program they would fax the courts and a warrant would be issued. So i buckled down and began methadone. Started on a tuesday, to give myself wiggle room until saturday incase i slipped once or twice. And i passed the test.

And ive been on the 'done ever since. It saved my life. All because of being put in this court ordered program i thought was silly and pointless. I never thought id ever see myself be able to wakeup and not do a shot of heroin. Its a miracle, and the way i kicked heroin is not common, but say you need to have the want for change inside you and be ready on your own terms, and i didnt think i was, but deep down inside i knew i was because i was sick and depressed with this lifestyle. And that little kick from the judge was exactly what i needed.

Albeit, i didnt complete the program on my first chance. Got arrested, spent a week in jail, released with instructions to enroll in program, completed half and dropped out after first drug test despite completing nine classes, a warrant was issued, went under the radar for a year, got rearrested and spent another week in jail, judge gave me one morecance to complete program because hed seen id already done half, reenrolled and ended up getting on the done. I wasnt ready the first time around, but it took me a year to realize this needs to end.

Heroin is still part of my life, but it isnt the defining point of my life anymore. I indulge everyonce in awhile in the night, but can live without.

Just thought id share a positive story of a court ordered case.