I'm Just a Criminal
Being rejected for jobs due to my past
I write a lot about my struggles in sobriety. What I haven’t talked about is the wreckage of my past coming back to haunt me. I have been unemployed for five months. I finally got hired for a customer support job, then they rescinded the job offer and booted me out of training due to old pending charges from something I did in my active addiction.
I don’t know why it matters for a menial job, or why they care. But apparently they do. Recovery isn’t easy and things like this make me want to give up again. I’m trying so hard to do the next right thing and it seems like it doesn’t matter.
I will continue writing. I’m going through it though. I’m not going to give in and wreck my recovery over it. I will persevere. My daughter needs me to be sober and happy. But times like these make it hard.
I thank you all for reading and for your support.
I’ll cry it out and continue to look for work. I won’t give up this time. I can’t.
That's terrible how companies can make it so difficult for someone to get a job if they are not perfect. I hope you will be able to find a job soon.
I hate this for you, and many, many others. There is not enough allowance for grace and redemption in our world. People are always changing - we're all growing, learning, and evolving. Our justice system is anything but just, and lots of people are suffering for it, needlessly. ❤️