beautifulshades
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I am terrified. I did something that I thought I would never do. Usually I have a screaming conscious and usually follow the law. Well last year there was a HUGE misunderstanding where I went to the hospital (this is where my severe Interstitial Cystitis/painful bladder syndrome came out of remission, also a few weeks before I lost my retail job of 4 years and had to temporarily drop out of college; now filing for full disability...I'm only 24...) Well at this hospital, since my bladder disease is really not understood by many doctors, I started to sign in to see if I had a kidney stone or if it was my disease, well the doctor at the time heard me say my name when the doors opened up and yelled in front of everyone and their mother that she wasn't going to give me any narcotics....SHE CALLED ME A DRUG SEEKER!!! I was so embarrassed that I walked out she (In which later she lied on the paperwork saying that she tried helping me and that she admitted me and denying me ice cubes...ridiculous) At this time however, I was starting to feel faint from the pain I was in when I got into my car and I didn't even get to far down the street where I tried pulling over to call my husband because I couldn't drive anymore because I was about to pass out behind the wheel, accidentally hitting my little side mirror on a hoopdee. So I got out, asked a person walking if they had a pen (so I could leave my info on the car I barely hit)...this whole time holding my abdomen and then the police came up. They didn't see ANYTHING, but I told them that I accidentally hit the car and I was leaving my info, I was balling at this point. So the did th whole sobriety thing on me, which i told them I couldn't do because I was in soo much pain, but they yelled at me and treated me like a criminal and made me do it anyways. Then they cuffed me and put me in the police car. I passed out then. They took blood and urine and found a little bit of my meds from the night before (not enough to impare driving I might add), but they still tried giving me a dui. YEAH the B*** of a doctor called the cops on me, so I was treated as such because she told them nasty allegations about me. Anyways I was able to get that undeserved DUI to a careless driving charge with a small fee, an victim panel, and a 2 year suspended 30 day jail sentence. That was in late August 2009. So two days ago I did something extremely stupid, though nothing can be an excuse for what I did, I am having a lot of things going on in my life right now. I am extremely ill, struggling to pay bills, medical and credit card collector coming at me from all sides and many other things. So that night I was not myself, and I shopped for groceries, I noticed I was going over my budget, and instead of doing what I usually did, I put 6 small food items in my purse. I went and checked out, spending almost 100 dollars and went to leave. The door guy stopped me and looked at my receipt and let me pass. I was stopped outside the doors by LP and brought in. Well all together, including the toilet paper that the cashier forgot to ring up, the total I didn't pay for was about 30 dollars. I am so ashamed... So I was charged with petit larceny-or petty theft and I am not allowed on any of the outlets of that store for 12 months. I plan on completing the NASP before my arraignment. I am too sick to go to jail and any physical labor. I need to take my medications, some being pain meds, on a normal schedule. I am wondering should I claim no contest, explain my situation, and show m completion of my NASP and try to get it dismissed then. Or not guilty and try to get this dismissed with a public defender (I cannot afford a lawyer obviously)? I am so scared and I don't want this moment of weakness stamped on my forehead, especially since I am trying to get disablility, and am going to try to do one-two classes a semester, and I need financial aid. This is my first offense with petty theft. What should I do?
