of respect. he s put up with a lot of [ bleep ] nonsense in this place. people coming to him complaining about this, complaining about that. but i m thankful, really thankful for him. he put that structure back in my life. being in jail has got me clean now for 2 1/2 months, and i don t think i ve ever been that clean in over four years. my body is kicking back to, you know, a normal cycle, which is a good thing because for a while i thought i wasn t going to be able to have children. alyssa schlossberg has also had a heroin addiction. she s currently charged with distribution of cocaine and hopes to take part in the state s court drug program. schlossberg would need to plead guilty, but then instead of jail or prison time, she d be sent to an inpatient facility and follow protocol for drug testing for as many years as the court deem
it s not good. i want to get this to work this time. 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 we
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in a few days he ll be released from jail and continue his 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. 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
aaron sofield is an admitted heroin addict. he s a week into the 90-day program. it s little boring. same stuff. i ve been through two rehabs before. so i know what it s about. what do you miss about the streets? the thrill, running around, just the rush that we get. i m really not missing my friends. you know? girls. you know, everybody misses girls. but my friends and that, i really don t care. i make friends no matter what. sofield s newest friend in the drug rehab center is michael parapar who is only weeks away from completing the program. you also have a lot in common like we both shot heroin, we both smoked pcp. he s a young cool kid. he speaks what s on his mind. he doesn t care who you are, he says what s on his mind. i ve been using since i was 14 and alcohol since i was basically 6.