first smoked pot when I was 12 years old. My mother used marijuana, to relax and cope with the stresses of life. At first it was something to have fun and be social with my new peer group, but shortly into my freshman year it became a daily activity. It stole from my schooling and really crippled my education. Sadly this did not bother me. My marijuana use continued into my 20’s at a consumption rate of two to three grams daily with brief unwanted, periods of abstinence. Over the next few years I began to experiment with other drugs such as hash, psychedelic mushrooms, ecstasy, alcohol, and at my lowest point methamphetamine. The hash being less than a half gram mixed with marijuana, and was very seldom used due to its high cost. Mushrooms
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It’s my present desire to join the Commercial Aviation program which will potentially present the hurdle with the FAA, as I understand there is a “good moral character” component to the ATP classification. To meet that challenge I will be enlisting the necessary counsel to aide in navigating that process, as required. Due to a strong commitment to my own well-being through an even stronger addition recovery program I do not anticipate any negative implications for achieving the goals I’ve set for myself. I am resolved to achieve lofty, yet attainable, goals for myself; something I might once previously have thought …show more content…
Clearly I was a troubled youth. I had given up on myself. I had become complacent with my life being a mess, and had untrustworthy people surrounding me. Due to this conviction, I was slowly but surely able to start examining my life and begin healing. It started with how I defined the word “success.” At one point in my life, I most likely would have, foolishly, told you I had it. Now, I’ll say I know how to obtain it. Beginning with honesty, one of my many tools obtained on this journey; honesty with self and others. Additionally, abstinence from, drugs, alcohol, and the people who will drag you in their misery. Another tool learned is accepting the helpful hand of those who have traveled a similar path, and have reinvented themselves, I find these people in groups like AA (alcoholics’
It’s my present desire to join the Commercial Aviation program which will potentially present the hurdle with the FAA, as I understand there is a “good moral character” component to the ATP classification. To meet that challenge I will be enlisting the necessary counsel to aide in navigating that process, as required. Due to a strong commitment to my own well-being through an even stronger addition recovery program I do not anticipate any negative implications for achieving the goals I’ve set for myself. I am resolved to achieve lofty, yet attainable, goals for myself; something I might once previously have thought …show more content…
Clearly I was a troubled youth. I had given up on myself. I had become complacent with my life being a mess, and had untrustworthy people surrounding me. Due to this conviction, I was slowly but surely able to start examining my life and begin healing. It started with how I defined the word “success.” At one point in my life, I most likely would have, foolishly, told you I had it. Now, I’ll say I know how to obtain it. Beginning with honesty, one of my many tools obtained on this journey; honesty with self and others. Additionally, abstinence from, drugs, alcohol, and the people who will drag you in their misery. Another tool learned is accepting the helpful hand of those who have traveled a similar path, and have reinvented themselves, I find these people in groups like AA (alcoholics’