I lost my license about 5 years ago. I finally got my chance for an appeal which I attended and thought went really well. Or so I thought. The appeal was denied for reasons of misunderstanding.

I attended AA for a couple of years and found it to be a somewhat negative experience, full of people trading one addiction for another. Not to mention I have difficulty with my lungs(2/5 of my right lung has been removed). The reason I bring this up is because almost all AA meetings are blue with smoke. The most important factor is that I have allowed God to do a great work in my life and have been relieved of any addiction urges for a very long time. I saw an alcohol counselor(one on one) for two years with great success. She wrote an extremely favorable evaluation(the evaluation process is the first necessary step in order to even get an appeal). Because I stated to the appeal officer that more than 12 years ago my actual drug of choice was marijuana and that was not mentioned in my evaluation, the evaluation from the counselor was not valid and he even seemed to suggest that I had been misleading. I guess it would have been better if I wasn’t so honest to have mentioned my previous(heavy, 3 year) marijuana use because it appears to be the main reason for his denial of reinstating my license.

He also made a point to state that I wasn’t in any recovery group and this doesn’t seem promising for continued recovery. Unfortunately, this man doesn’t comprehend the power of God’s recovery program. As a matter of fact, in all the time I was in AA I noticed that about 90% of the success stories were rooted in a Christ based recovery.

I contacted the counselor the same day I recieved the denial in the mail and explained(and read part of the denial) to her the situation and she said he is wrong and is not doing his job properly-especially since the evaluation she wrote was based on the reason I was sent to her which is the same reason I lost my license and was sent in front of the appeal officer-drinking and driving. I got the phone number of the office of the appeal officer and gave it to the counselor(she asked for it) and she is going to try and contact him through fax or phone to help me straighten this out since she feels this is wrong and she’s not even a Christian.

I have been drawing extremely close to the Lord in a stronger way in the last few months and I believe that Satan is creating confusion in this matter. I have been confronting many spiritual battles with great success by my obedience and submission to God’s will. This is another attack in the spiritual realm and I call on as many brothers and sisters to open their hearts to God and join me in prayer to win this one for God.

Of course I have an incentive in this, but I really do see this as something much bigger than a piece of (very important piece) plastic. This is something to defeat in prayer.

If you understand the spirit of this situation and recieve my message please offer your prayers that I will most greatly appreciate.

John