> So were you ordered into a program because of the
> alcohol bust?
Yes. A DUI. I was guilty. I would not have gotten the jail time except that I was .22 -- pretty high.
Whether I was "ordered into" a program is not clear to me. This is a long story. For now, I will say that "they" offered me several very good programs, and I have declined them. They didn't like that.
For me, quitting drinking is something I think I must do on my own. I want to, but it isn't something that I can get to because of a program I required to attend.
Still, what got me stopped was expired stickers on my car. This relates (again) to me trying to quit drinking. Things do get complicated.
> Can you clean your record when you complete a program?
I don't know. Virgina makes it complicated. They want you to do all kinds of things.
> Did you get to read, watch TV or what?
None of that. I hallucinated.
That may sound odd, but there was not much else to do. I imagined things. I got pretty good at it.
This was okay at first, but then it got a little weird. I'm not sure I want to wade back into that pond.
> Did they offer you early release if you signed up for
> one of the experimental medical programs?
Not like that. They cut one day off my jail sentenace for every day I was a "good boy". A ten day sentence became five.
It really was not all that bad. Still, I don't recommend it.
> Did you get to read, watch TV or what?
Adding...
You get to do nothing. There are no TV's, no books, no periodicals, no nothing. You can talk to your fellow inmates, sleep, and hallucinate. That is all there is.