recovery in a residential drug treatment program. today drug abuse counselor sam watson will honor his achievement with a special token. this coin is really a token of your ability to cope. it has no intrinsic value itself, but coping and completing this program in 90 days is a very difficult task. so the ability to get through it without getting written up and kicked out is important. i wish you all the best on your journey, and i hope that you put the same effort into discovery house that you did here. okay? thank you. thanks, sam. you feel good to see somebody come in on day one and see the change in them. if we get too good at this, i ll be put out of a job, but that s okay. i ll find something else to do. prior to his release, he must complete one more task provide an orientation to the inmate who will take his spot in the drc, aaron sofield. grab two sets of blues and we ll change you up. leave the other two in there.
so that s kind of a bummer. but i got to accept my consequences. michael parapar walked up to an inmate in the drc program and took all his commissary and decided to tell the guy he needed to beg for them to get them back. i thought we were a lot more cooler than we were and i thought it was all fun and games and somebody else thought it wasn t. the next morning i came in i was aware of the incident. i him into my office, and i questioned him about the incident. at that point he admitted everything he did. i thought he was doing great. i mean, he was on his 68th day. the day before this incident i was telling my sergeant that i can t believe the growth that he s made. he was doing everything perfect. i wish i could go back to the program, but he s a guy i can t have back here. to me, what he did was that serious, unfortunately, he blew his shot. parapar s friend aaron
dangerous substance. he pled not guilty in hopes of making a deal for a lighter sentence. in the meantime, even though he and his girlfriend are housed in separate wings and can t see each other, costa says it s good to be under the same roof with her. and i miss the [ bleep ] out of her, and i feel closer to her now being in here. i know we re going through it together. i feel weak without him. i don t feel dead. i feel weak right now. it is not because of lack of nutrition or anything, but it is lack of thomas. costas and schlossberg hope to qualify for the new jersey court drug program. it was set up to help offenders with drug charges avoid jail or prison time. but the program is rigorous and requires a commitment to drug rehabilitation and frequent testing. and the anger issues. and the jail offers its own road to sobriety for the inmates who volunteer to abide by a strict set of rules. this is our drc program.
i don t want to have to do this again. to accommodate his request, the judge gave him a longer sentence than he normally would have, 180 days. but sofield is eligible for early release upon successfully completing the program. what have you learned in here about addiction? the main thing i ve learned is that i can t do it by myself. my thinking has changed since i ve been in here. i totally don t think the same way i did when i first came in here. aaron has a better chance than most of the guys we have in here. we has a very supportive large family. he s bright, he s got college, he has a driver s license, a place to live, a car. that s more than many of the people who leave here have. getting better is making a decision. it doesn t just happen. it s saying, you know, i m not going to pick up a drink or a drug, i m going to get the help i need. yes, sir. all right, good luck. and we ll see you. we ll see you during the week, okay? yes, sir. thank you. thank you. tod
aaron sofield continues to deal with his addiction, and the jail s drug rehabilitation center. aaron sofield s growth was amazing. he came in with the attitude, maybe i ll do this program. from that day, just progressed into, wow, i do have a problem. i do have something in my life isn t going the right way. and i need to change it around. in fact, sofield who was in jail on a theft conviction recently turned down a chance of freedom in order to complete the program. he went to court, and he told the judge that he wanted to stay in this program, which i thought was important. a lot of people will not do that. i have court two weeks ago, i think. the prosecutor and judge told me i could leave. time served, you know. basically get out. my stomach told me, i couldn t leave. i was only here like 30 days. every other program i ve been to, 30 days, i was right back to the same thing. running the streets. it s not good. i want to get this to work this time.