When I was 16 years old, I was a Junior at Point Loma High School and at the end of the year I got caught with prescription pills on campus. I was arrested and charged with 3 felonies and 3 misdemeanors. I was then sentenced to a year of probation along with 60 hours of community service and 6 months drug class. I was doing pretty good all the way until April when I got caught up with a detox drink in my class room. My teacher saw it and called my Probation officer and then it got counted as a violation and they gave me a court date. When I went to court they sentenced me to 21 days in Juvenile Hall. During those 21 days I was just thinking about how it would be possible for me to turn my life around, and from there on I knew that the only way to start being successful rather than miserable is to start doing better in school. So I kept doing good in school and participation in Juvenile hall. When I was released I was really happy and I made a commitment to start making better decisions and to do whatever it takes to get off probation. I started getting good grades, clean drug test results for my p.o. & finished all of my community service & drug class stuff that I had to take care of. I started realizingh that ironically I was really glad that I went through this experience as a minor rather than going through this experience as an adult because my situation could've been way worse! I learned a lot from this experience and hopefully others learn from theirs too.
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