My College Experience

My decision to attend Missouri western state university was because of many bad decisions and missed opportunity’s in my life. These self, doubt’s eventually led me to change the course of my life by making the choices to get clean and sober and to get an education. I was the youngest of eight siblings as I was growing up. I saw my brothers using alcohol and drugs. As I look back today I wondered why I did not think when watching that, their using was wrong. Then unfortunately one day in my teens, I decided to drink alcohol. This use of substance led to my use of marijuana. Then the next drug that led to my destruction was cocaine. For fourteen years I was in and out of the prison system, I was charged with stealing , burglary, possession of a controlled substance , and unlawful use of a weapon, I felt ashamed, guilty and depression set in. I “remember asking” myself what has my life become?” My life changed the day my mother passed and I was in prison. I am convinced that drinking led to my use of marijuana and what led me to drink was I was raped by four of my brothers at the age of six years old. The last year I was in prison I went through treatment …show more content…
And I hope to eventually work in other areas of social work. Observing these groups allowed me to strengthen my knowledge of social work group settings. As I mentioned before I have had personal experiences with drugs and alcohol I will use my own experiences to relate with this group of clients. I have been asked to volunteer at the Y.W.C.A. to observe first-hand the effects of domestic violence aided by drugs and alcohol on young women with Children. I shadowed a worker there and she said it was rewarding but it is strenuous work and not all are willing to help themselves and many of them are on drugs and can be manipulative and difficult to