Returning to the real world
After a few years of being addicted to Oxycontin I have finally began an outpatient treatment program as of a few months ago. It has really served me well and helped kep me out of trouble I could have potentially put myself in, but now I am trying to take the steps it takes to create a stable life for myself financially. The problem is that I don't have many college credits. In fact I do consider myself reasonably intelligent, but scholastically I do not do well. I am unable to focus long enough to get through all the assignment, text book reading, and everything that is entailed with college. I do very well in English and writing, but math & science are not my strong suits. I am reasonably informed with different issues and topics, but I have a different style of learning. I am more of a kinesthetic learner. I have been diagnosed with adult ADHD but found treatment still did not improve my focus with subjects I had little interest in. So basically college does not seem to be for me. I really want to get a great job that will ensure me with a secure stable life since I have come this far in my recovery, but after a job interview where my interviewer essentially ripped me new one for having little college credits (mind you this job doesn't even require college she just prefers it) I feel very insecure, and hopeless because I just don'tever see college success in my future. What kind of jobs can a 25 year old woman get that pay well enough, give enough hours, with insurance benefits that is not being a server? Or a cashier? I need advice...