the only thing i can advice i can give you is.. dont count your time forget about the calinder it will depress you on holidays dont get into trouble inside follow the rules read. read alot and make one or two good friends that are not into doing anything stoopid people that keep to themselfs, play games but dont gamble it can get out of hand fast, and a fight might break out over a pack of kool aid.. chest rummie spades, dont worry time flies fast try to get into the kitchen if you can get construction work time flies or if you can get out to clean the freeways thats cool too... you will get us to it eventually just stay out of the politics go to church and read im shure you will be sober and you will realize who is thier for you dont be supprised if only moms is thier for you and no one on the outside... you might never smoke again after this but dont get sad and dont get depressed time will seem to be at a stand still but by the time you get out alot will have happened.. good luck budy....
thank you, my new friend.
i did 4 months in IL already. i kept to myself. read a new book every 3 days. did a lot of jigsaw puzzles and A LOT of sleeping. i have a wife and child with a strong family on her side who really care about me. my parents are good people, but they kinda warned me about this coming so they don't have a lot of sympathy. i'm pretty good at keeping to myself, simply because people drive me crazy. i hate playing spades, it just seems so "jail like" to me. so i should have an easy enough time staying away from the wrong people. i'm a welder by trade and after reading some info about sheridan it looks like i might be able to get some type of welding job while there. my biggest worry is for the well being of my family while i'm away. they count on me a lot and it's gonna be really hard on them not having me here. i have a good job i have to leave, but my boss will openly accept me back once i get home. i just have to get thru each day so i can have my life back.
looks like it's gonna be a few years before i can smoke again. i'm ok with that. i dream about it almost every night. i'm sure once i get past all this i'll be a smoker again. i just won't devote my whole life to it. i blow glass on the side out of a shop here at home. it brings in a lot of extra income. pipe sales is my bread and butter so i'm kinda involved in the "scene" from that. i haven't been allowed to make pipes since this all happened so i have been doing a lot of marbles, jewelry, and whatnot. it's cool to expand my skills, but i really miss making pipes. i doubt i'll be allowed to make pipes until after i'm done with my 3 years probation. it seems so far away at this point. i'm hoping it all goes by fast.
i just really want my life back. i fully admit my guilt in all this. i just don't feel the punishment fit the "crime". especially living in CA where this is all a way of life. it's the hydro shop and smoke shop ads on the radio that get me the most. i have a stack of MMJ cards and dispensary cards yet it's all off limits to me now. i guess if i would have just followed the rules ...