I hate having to do this again. I am so grateful still for everyone who helped me out last year.

Last year, I was falsely arrested for a DWI that I did not commit. Move forward to the present, I am still fighting my case in court 14 months after the fact. I have listened and complied with everything that has been demanded of me by the courts, as well as appeasing CPS for the case that was opened on me after my arrest. One of the conditions from CPS to keep my son and avoid family court was to admit myself into a rehabilitation facility for a drug evaluation to see if an actual 6-month treatment program was warranted for me. Upon completion of the evaluation, I was clean of marijuana for 4 consecutive drug tests I was given, and the rehab concluded I didn't need to be admitted into a treatment program because I was sober and it wasn't necessary to put a sober individual in treatment, and I was discharged from the facility.

In the time since then, I have been in and out of court with constant adjournments of my hearings. My lawyer was working with the DA on a plea agreement that seemed to be all set to be put in motion back in August, which is the last time I personally attended. My hearings have been adjourned every time since then. The DA tried to be slick and altered the plea agreement without mine or my attorney's knowledge, and even with evidence from the counselor who tended to me during the drug evaluation, is claiming the evaluation isn't sufficient enough proof of my sobriety. Even though my counselor submitted a letter stating every day I attended, was tested, and the results of each test, as well as the reason as to why I was discharged because treatment wasn't necessary. Now the DA has altered the plea agreement and is demanding after 14 months of sobriety that I must be admitted into and complete an actual 6-month drug rehabilitation program even though evidence given shows I'm clean and I also have submitted clean urine samples every time I report to the probation office on the days of my court proceedings just to obtain the plea agreement that was settled on initially. It makes absolutely no sense and I see it as a complete abuse of power from a biased official.

I've reached a level of financial exhaustion over this case. My attorney charged me $10,000 for his services. As of now, he has told me my $10,000 has been exhausted and then some, now I have an outstanding bill with him I was not aware of until today of almost $2,300 more dollars and climbing. I'm desperately trying to get caught up with this.

I have no idea what I'm going to do at this moment. I can't afford to look for a different attorney and a public defender will do a lot less for me than has already been done. I'm on the verge of financial collapse over this and on top of it if I have to subject myself to 6 months of rehab that is going to have to come out of my own pocket because my insurance won't cover it, which is going to lead me into a financial situation where I may not be able to pay my rent or feed my son, let alone myself. I'm going to be absolutely ruined between lawyer fees and forced unnecessary rehab.

I'm not expecting anyone to help me. I'd be absolutely grateful if I could get some help because I have reached a new level of desperation I never thought I would ever see. Anyone who sees this, thank you for simply reading my story. I'd be eternally grateful if any help came my way, and I'd ask please share my story around because the end result of this, if it goes completely south for me, is I lose everything including my son and I could end up in jail for 3-7 years. I'm a good person and I've never been in any trouble with the law in my life before, and for a first-time offense, which I again never committed in the first place, I am facing the most dire of potential consequences. I don't know what I'd do if I ever lost or had my son taken away from me. That's what's most important to me, and he needs his father because I'm all he has and he's all I have too. The effects this would have on him if it came to fruition would be catastrophic. He's of special needs and all the progress he has made would be completely erased. Again, to anyone reading this, thank you for hearing me out and I'm sorry it has come to this.