kujhawk48
Oct 28, 2007, 01:12 PM
I don't even know where to start.
I'm a 23 year old student who has struggled with addiction in the past, and now my future seems hopeless. I have a felony on my record, and my DL has been revoked for 4 years (not 3 like I initially thought). I was hoping to apply to the School of Social Welfare at KU here shortly, but now that light has yet faded away, at least for the next 4 years (because you need your own transportation for Social Work). A year ago I was working towards becoming a nurse, but when I got my felony, that dream faded away too..
I had changed my life dramatically since the beginning of the year, and have tried to look at the positive side of all the bad choices I've made in the past, and the consequences I faced thereafter. Not only did I have to change my major from what would have been my DREAM JOB (being an RN at a children's hospital) but now I can not even pursue Social Work right now.
I really am starting to wonder if I even have a purpose here on Earth, or if I am just a lost cause getting in the way of others. I go to an aftercare group, and once I am off house arrest, I will continue to go to the NA and AA meetings (which I enjoy going to) that I have attended regularly for months now, but nothing nor nobody I have talked to recently has helped me to lift my spirits up.
I honestly don't know what to do...
I'm a 23 year old student who has struggled with addiction in the past, and now my future seems hopeless. I have a felony on my record, and my DL has been revoked for 4 years (not 3 like I initially thought). I was hoping to apply to the School of Social Welfare at KU here shortly, but now that light has yet faded away, at least for the next 4 years (because you need your own transportation for Social Work). A year ago I was working towards becoming a nurse, but when I got my felony, that dream faded away too..
I had changed my life dramatically since the beginning of the year, and have tried to look at the positive side of all the bad choices I've made in the past, and the consequences I faced thereafter. Not only did I have to change my major from what would have been my DREAM JOB (being an RN at a children's hospital) but now I can not even pursue Social Work right now.
I really am starting to wonder if I even have a purpose here on Earth, or if I am just a lost cause getting in the way of others. I go to an aftercare group, and once I am off house arrest, I will continue to go to the NA and AA meetings (which I enjoy going to) that I have attended regularly for months now, but nothing nor nobody I have talked to recently has helped me to lift my spirits up.
I honestly don't know what to do...