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Originally Posted by badgirl
Thinking this Military thing through I have to say, the military IMO is something that has to be a part of you to go into it and make something of yourself, Just because someone who is a drug addict and needs a life and a kick in the ass wants to get straight isn't any reason for him to join the Military who has someones son, daughter, husband etc depending on him to get his back when he need it. I wouldn't want someone using the Military for rehab to be the one watching my loved ones back when bullets are flying. It has to be IN the person to change and stop looking for things to change it for him. First it was his parents, then grandparents, now the military? Its not the militarys duty to give him a life, if he isn't strong enough to change for himself, why the hell would he change for anything or anybody else? You need to take a real good look at where your life is headed and set your mind to change it. You will end up losing everything because of drugs and you want to blame all your hard times on someone else, blame the drug, its the drugs fault, but drug addicts will never ever blame anything on the drug.
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This is exactly right.
- Upon joining, you are not going to be able to change your mind... If you do decide to smoke weed again, your ass will be booted out with a dishonorable, which will make your resume even less shiny than the glowing one you are working on now.
- It's not fun... sure there are good times, and as hard as you work, you get to make great friends and party hard (no drugs damn you); but for an addict, I think the high stress and work hard, party hard, atmosphere would be very bad for you.
- If you don't have any pride in your country and/or willingness to put your life on the line for it, then this is not a good option for you. That pride in what you do is often all that you have to keep you from going crazy.
However, you are at a young enough age that the military could be exactly what you need to get you back on track, not to mention I'm sure your parents and family would be proud of you, no matter how pissed they are now.
But I would not do this just to get off drugs and try to get on your feet. You obviously have no will or desire to serve your country, (which don't give me rep, because I don't consider that a good thing) so I would go with living with your grandparents, and trying to find god to help you get through your problems.