Court Ordered Drug Rehabilitation

I began high school in the state of Florida. I had a 3.3 GPA in both 9th and 10th grade. In 11th, I transferred to an Environmental and Biomedical Science “Magnet Program”. I took AP US History, AP Environmental Science, and AP English Language and Composition. My remaining classes were honors/gifted classes. My grades were decent, but I couldn’t pull above a 3.4 because of my previous years. Regardless, I had As in all of my AP classes, and was doing fine in everything but math, which is expected. Unfortunately, about 3-quarters of the way through the year, I struggled with bulimia and had to go to a rehabilitation center, which prohibited me from going to school. When I got out, I was told that I would receive no credit from the school because the credits were ANNUAL, not BI-ANNUAL. They told me I’d have to take 11th grade over. I moved to Washington State; just a family situation. Upon enrollment to my new school, they told me that even without the credits from my 11th grade year, I still had enough credits to be able to be a senior, and that I’d meet the graduation requirements this year. Pretty sure this is because high school in Florida is 9th-12th, and high school in Washington is 10th-12th. Anyways, they placed me in terrible classes and REFUSE to switch me out. Something to do with attendance. They have me in Chemistry, Algebra 2…classes that I’ve practically already taken, and that look absolutely horrible on a transcript. They could at least throw in some honors and AP classes! I have the option of graduating as is, or possibly taking my 11th grade year over. Problem #2: If I decide to take 11th over, they still won’t move me into AP classes, because of the attendance issue. If I’m going to go to school for two more goddamn years I want it to get me into a good college.

I’d ideally like to get into a state college, do well, and transfer after two years. I want to get into a good graduate school for Biology, and pursue a PhD in Evolutionary and Sociobiology.

I have high hopes. I’m a smart girl. I messed it up for myself. Does anybody have some brilliant plan to get me out of this mess? Or at least some advice on what to do?

My email address is:

damndelions@yahoo.com

Thanks!
To LD: Thank you, great idea. But would you recommend retaking the 11th grade, or going forward without it? I think that emphasizing that I decided to go to school for another year when I could have easily graduated would only add to the impact. Easier said than done, of course.

My son got arrested for letting a lot of “minor” traffic tickets that he let go until he finally got a warrant issued and he is in jail for 6 months.
The inmates are released back into the general population with no rehabilitation required or even available. My idea: Since the percentage of inmates in this correctional facility (privately owned) have no High School Diploma (92% at this facility) Why not make G.E.D classes mandatory and require them to get the G.E.D.? Because the percentage of inmates who return to this facility 2 times or more is 73%
how would the average taxpayer voice their idea? I know it would probably be up to a Judge making this part of their incarceration requirements/ I know very little about politics. I would love to know how this aspect of the law works.
Additional details: You see, my son was a high school drop-out couldn’t get a job, got bored…got into trouble, but I know NOW that he was bored in school therefore just quit. He is very intelligent, this is his second time in jail. Can’t get into a college without a high school eqiv., now his drivers license is revoked. His father and I have been talking about his future and how it looks bleek. So, that’s how the idea came about. Because the way we look at it, there needs to be a way to offer some kind of “answer”. (Yes, he was raised right. our daughter graduated with honors and went to college.)
Its just a viscious cycle that I am struggling with. He now knows that he should have listened to us and tells us this, but with no education, no dr. license,,,,,aarrrggggg

i recently went to court to retain custody of my 2 yr old son, i went in front of the judge submitted a dna test police reports and such his order was mother is to complete 9 months of intensive impatient drug treatment, there was a no contact order issued he also made it pertantly clear that she can only see him at my approval under supervision after she completes 9 months of rehab

we recently moved to dobbs ferry from florida the order was issued in florida is there a law that protects me fro running into future problems seeing as the judges orders clearly state that i am the custodail parent and that she is to have no contact which means no calling me my wife my mother grandparents etc… weather it be her or anyonbe else doing it for her

my 2 year old son is very happy with the only woman he has ever called mommy he is very happy he is taken to the park he is given nothing but unconditional love and this women who the last time saw him in febuary of 09 he cried as soon as i put him in her arms which was @ a halfway house and she still went out and smoked cracked

i dont get it i know i have to tell my son about her and i cannot wait until he is to old but he cant be to youbg either i do want him to know about her i will not ever tell him about the bad things i want him to choose if he wants a relationship with her assuming at that time she has long term sobreity (meaning 2 plus years)

i do not want him to resent me because he one day finda a birth certificate or sees pictures etc… i am just concerned about my son he has a good life and she (his biological) is only that and he will know her by her first name she has other kids whom she has nothing to do with i am just confused as to how to handle this situtation i knopw i am protected by the law i also know when the biological is sober she is not a bad person but i also know she cant tay clean to save her ass longer then a few months and all i want is for her to get well so my son can decide if he wants her in his life once he is old enough meaning somewhere between 5 & 7 yrs of age if i can find a correct way to tell him without tramatizing him because he has a Mommy and doesnt need a person in his life that wnats him to call her mommy yet is only there once every few months for day or so he was a convenience she used to ask me to keep him awake so she could play with him @ 11 pm @ night when he was only a yr old if he wouldnt eat she would force feed him i one time had to take him out of her hands and tell her to get the f**k away from my kid another time i had to pick her sorry azz up off the floor as she was passed out on drugs (many times)n i just dont know what to do i want the best life for my son and if that means she is a part of it somehow some way ok as long as he knows that she is only the biological , not the mommy

my son has so much love given to him by my wife and her sister and brother in law and all her cusins and her parents and ofcourse my mother and grand parents and aunt and uncles and cousins and so on please anyone who has experienced such things pos on this,thanks,

May GOD as you understand him/her/it bless you and your family

i have a family friend that has been in and out of rehab for cocaine and heroin and is now over 18… is there any way to get court ordered rehab for this person(texas)? she recently got a dui and is under 21. i know texas has a zero tolerance for that. will she be put on probation? or will the just take her license from her? i know for a fact that she would fail a drug test if she was put on probation. what can her family do… they tried once to put her in rehab after turning 18 but she checked out right way.

thanks in advance for any help you can lend.

he has a prescription drug problem and im in the process of leaving but knowing him he will go after me but i dont even want him to have visitation until he gets help. can i have him ordered by the judge to go to rehab?

I have an uncle who is addicted to cocaine, but has no desire so seek help. We have tried to help him, but he thinks his whole family hates him and is just out to get him. He has never been arrested for it, but if he did, how many times would he have to actually go to jail before the system sees fit to order him into rehab? Will they do it after the first offense? I don’t think he sells, I just think he is buying it for himself.

He lives at my grandma’s and has the blinders pulled over her eyes. She doesn’t see the problem, but in two years he cannot get a job. He keeps lying and making up excuses about why he can’t get work. He is sucking my grandma dry of all finances and she is even pawning everything she owns jUSt to give him money so he can “go find another job.”

Please help!!! Has anyone ever been through this and how can we help him?????
No one in our family is able to pay for him to go into rehab, that is why I want to know how the courts can help us out.

there are no police records or court orders. i want to help him before things get that bad.