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slaveboyforyou -> RE: I didn't get an answer (from an ex-con) (8/6/2009 1:01:05 AM)
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meth, mostly.
That's what my little brother got popped for, Greedy. It was in Florida too. He was on probation for a 2nd degree battery conviction in 2001. He hit a guy in the face with a golf club outside a bar. According to him and his friends, they were watching a fight and my brother took the golf club away from some drunk guy. A rather large fellow (I saw him in court, he was a big dude. My brother is skinny and 5'11") saw him take it. He advanced on my little brother, and my brother warned him to back up. The guy didn't, and my brother popped him. So he got put on 6 years of probation for that.
On to Florida. He's a carpenter, and he got a job doing construction in 2004 after a hurricane down there. He got pulled over in the parking lot of the hotel his crew was staying at. He had meth, chemicals to make meth, and some weed. So he and his entire crew all got popped for cooking meth, intent to deliver, possession of instruments of crime, and possession of methamphetamines. They didn't even fuck with the weed charge; it was dropped. So he got his probation revoked. Florida extradicted him back to Arkansas, and he got 6 years. He paroled out after a year and a half. I hate to say it, but prison was good for him. He got off the junk, and he straightened himself out. His parole officer just put him on unsupervised status a couple of weeks ago. Florida released their hold on him a few months ago when he paid off his fines and fees. He's doing really well; I'm proud of him.
I understand the addict mentality. My drugs of choice have been alcohol and marijuana. I haven't smoked pot in 10 years. It made me paranoid and I really didn't enjoy it after awhile. But I remember waking up and sparking a bowl pretty much everyday when I was in my early 20's. My entire lifestyle was marijuana back then. All my friends were potheads; I budgeted pot as a necessity with every paycheck. When I quit, I lost a lot of friends. But I made new friends. I still smoke cigarettes and I still drink like an Irish sailor. But, I don't get into trouble anymore. I don't go to bars and pick fights like I used to do. I thought getting into fights was hillarious when I was younger. I don't do that anymore. It's stupid, and the consequences are too great.
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