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    Default Re: How to Get Records from a Court-Ordered Treatment Program

    I'm trying to figure out what good the records might do for the case in County B. Is she looking for these records simply to try and plead for mercy with the court or the DA in that county by arguing, "I'm doing good in recovery so I don't need to be punished for my prior bad acts."

    County B may not care about how well she might be doing in recovery. And, frankly, I know a great many addicts that do well in recovery programs because they are predictable and allow them to go through the motions. Attend meetings? Check. Pass a drug test every Thursday? Check ... just use meth/heroin/etc. over the weekend. Go to church and make a good show for the fine people there? Check. It's not hard for a person who is well versed in manipulation (as many addicts are) to make a good showing of doing well in a recovery program.

    I hope she IS doing well and has taken to the concept of sobriety. However, experience has told me that this is the exception and not the rule atleast until the addict/thief has suffered actual consequences of her actions. If this is her first pop and she has been able to get away with diversion, experience and stats tell us that this will likely not be the end of her sad tale.

    As others have said, she can pursue these records herself ...I doubt they will do any real good for County B, but, if she's trying to throw herself on the mercy of the court, maybe it will ...

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