Posted on Jul 18, 2016
Can I pull out of a self-referral to the Army Substance Abuse Program (ASAP)?
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I referred myself to ASAP because I passed out on leave in my uncles bathroom, and I woke up in a bed and walked up stairs and my family members just looked at me disappointed. Once my counselor did the evaluation, she just concluded that I drink A LOT. She asked all these questions about what problems it's creating personally or professionally, and I saw it's not creating any problems.
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Best to finish it out. You might learn more about yourself, we all have a tendency to minimize problems.
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MAJ Rene De La Rosa
Second this advice. It is a time of contemplation, and since you have disappointed your family members, it might do some serious good. Plus, you dimed yourself out, and the chain of command is looking closer at you. If you pull out now, this will get you seriously looked at!
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Son, let me tell you that if you have to ask this question, you need to stick it out. Do you want to see that look of disappointment in the eyes of your family ever again?
It IS causing problem in your personal life, and in your professional life. I bet that IF you pull out of it, if that is even possible, bout if you pull out then any alcohol incident at all would be used to give you that Big Chicken Dinner (BCD) in this age of a Zero Defect army.
More importantly, let go of the Alcohol. I did nearly 16 years ago and have not been sorry for one minute.
It IS causing problem in your personal life, and in your professional life. I bet that IF you pull out of it, if that is even possible, bout if you pull out then any alcohol incident at all would be used to give you that Big Chicken Dinner (BCD) in this age of a Zero Defect army.
More importantly, let go of the Alcohol. I did nearly 16 years ago and have not been sorry for one minute.
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See good senior ENL advice so I'll chip in the OFF perspective, albeit more bluntly. If you don't think you have a problem, you've not made Step 1. Drinking your brain into oblivion is a problem by definition. The issue is about what it has or has not affected and to what extent. Going through the program will allow you to sort it all out. BTW if you go through the program and are dismissive about all of it, you have a problem. You have to realize you either don't have or have a faulty "Stop Switch". Not addressing it properly will bite you in the butt.
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