My question involves criminal law for the state of: TEXAS
Ok so I'm going to explain this very sticky situation the best way I know how. I hope the details can help someone to understand what are my options as of now, and be able to give some legitimate advice. So... 4 months ago my father and my step-mother seperated after a family altercation. The night of the incident my step-mother had already been taken the wrong anti-depressants(on a totally different med for a week or two without telling anyone/unknowingly maybe), came home in a bad mood, started to put up the food I was cooking for some reason, and basically blew up on me for cooking in "her" kitchen. Note: (My father was watching us the whole time trying to mediate) She grabbed a plate of food, and I grabbed it to, telling her to let go, and then playing "tug of war" with the plate. Well she's bigger than me but I finally pulled the plate away slinging the food across the room. This made me angry considering that I spent 3 hours trying to make this for our family and then gone. So I proceeded to just throw the plate in the trash, missing, and the plate hit the ground, then broke. She cut her foot trying to pick up the pieces even though I was saying NO let me clean up MY mess. Later on after more arguing, she left in the SUV being our only means of transportation, never to return until she came by to get her things 2 months later. BUT before she left as we were arguing she told me that she was "going to get me back" for an arrest that was made on her for domestic violence when I was 12. So 3 months later, the detectives show up at my apt. with a warrant because my step-mother claims that I squeezed both her hands by her thumbs though that is impossible as my dad was a witness throughout the whole event. So I find out, eventually turn myself in, and bond out. My dad will testify that did not harm her and this was a false statement. Though listen to this part that doesn't make me look good.
Ok now the bad part. On fourth of July, I was drinking with my family(not stepmom), and without knowing what I was doing drank waaay too much blacking out halfway through the night. Apparently, on the way home, my father and I started to argue about the past. It progressed getting more heated as we were around each other. He told me to "give it my best shot" in the front yard after I supposedly was trying to fight him. He pushed me, I put him on the ground, accidently hurting his shoulder as he landed wrong. then got up and just went to bed. So I wake up about 45 minutes later with a cop at my door(in my boxers unfortunately) telling me to step outside to take me to jail. So eventually, 3 days later I bond out. Texas Assault Family Violence laws have become more strict within the past 5 years. I've read up on the Texas family assault website, after having EVEN a second CHARGE, not conviction, within 12 months looking at a possibility of 2-20 years in prison among other things like converting these misdemeanors into felonies. I have a clean record until a month ago. I would really appreciate somebody giving me a heads up on what I'm really looking at here( any alternatives?, possibility of dismissal?, probation?, jail time?, fines?) My whole reason for coming to TX was to go to school for nursing and now if these charges stay on my record then I will NEVER be able to reach that goal. Not to mention any other decent job that might pass me by. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME HERE!!! Thank you!

