I have to have a $200- substance abuse evaluation on January 5th.
It's going to take 1 1/2hrs and I have to have a 30min follow up appointment 2 weeks later to find out how much counseling I need, and that will cost me another $60.

I'm going to be assigned a case manager who will help me find an approved counselor in my area. I have to check in with my case manager twice a month by phone at a cost of $60/mo. That doesn't include the cost of the sessions or the out-of-state fee.

I apologized for my behavior on the phone the other day (I spoke to the same woman). And said that I had done some research on the subject and better understood what was going on, that it is the law, but wished I had the opportunity to find this out much sooner... that I was never given an exit interview and the instructor never mentioned a word about it to me. She said she thought I was handling the whole situation very well given the circumstances. I also told her I quit drinking in July. She seemed pleased by my reaction to everything and said she would be leaving all these positive notes for my evaluator.

I figure I'm stuck in this situation, so I'm better off just accepting it (at least for the present). I doubt being a ***** is going to work in my favor here.

I'll wait until after I figure out how much counseling they heap on me, how long it's going to take, and how much it's going to cost before I start to flip out again if I can help it.

As far as I can tell, I'm not in danger of being in contempt of court.