belated congrats on your 3 weeks mark 
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You gotta your own little special place in my heart brother, nuff said
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Today , atm I travel to the supreme court in the north of the Netherlands, itās about a real old case that happened 3 years ago but had his roots from the time I was 16 and the person I got into a fight with was the man who sold me drugs at that age.
Fair enough, I was in withdrawal back then and had no money so he refused to help me out and I threw a tile thrue his window. That damage was insured by the housing coorperation, you pay monthly a mandatory extra for glass insurance.
However, when I got to live back in the south of my city I started to run in to him several times couse he also lives at the other side of the mallā¦ He was trying to bully me in paying damage that was done 20 years ago and assaulted me a couple of times but he is oldā¦ No glory to get out of that so like 5 times I pushed him, and then said āI will not fight youā while walking away.
One day , I drop my wallet, pick it up and get slapped right in the faceā¦ Again I walked away and told him that that was the last on on my account .
He followed and grabbed my shoulder, I still had the shitbag attached and I just smashed him with one hit to the groundā¦ so convinced in the self defense laws I was foolish enough to make a statement which later bit me in the ass. The first judge litteraly saidā¦ " You walked away 7 times, you should have walked away one time more " but I knew that he took my kindness for weakness and just wouldnāt stop. The first sentence was 30hrs community service ā¦ That part I would have done on the toilet if it came to that but I had to pay 300ā¬ to him couse the man broke his 60+ drinking, heroin and coke adjusted body and that amount was exactly also what he was trying to blackmail of of meā¦ So I am onw to the appeal now. I believe in justice, and thit beforeā¦ Wasnāt justice.
For me walking awayā¦ Multiple times was a miracle itself, but after pulled in that fight for the 8th time and with the medical recovery I was still in I had no choice anymoreā¦
Letās give justice another chance today ! I hate going to courtā¦ Bin there, done that but this should be the last time in my life.
Last 4 years a lot changed in myself and some things are just not part of my life no more
Only this situation, avoided more then over a year
or two but he wouldnāt stop bothering me and with a proud but also frustrating feelingā¦ I walked away time after time .
But after the slap in my face, still walking away but assaulted again I acted. ā¦
Thatās it.
Now itās up to the judge ! Even declared guilty, I am not.
In God we trust
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Either way itās the end of that chapter for good today.
I hate going to courts too, even when I used to be in uniform going to them, 
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Gnarly 
if I hadnāt declared myself to the police or just had asked for a lawyer there wouldnāt even be a caseā¦ I was so confident that I was in full right that I honestly told what was the case. In which I was incriminating myself by telling I punched onceā¦ To badā¦ But that punch ā¦ There was a lot of power and history coming out.
Now time to convince the judge and trust the systemā¦ Fingers crossed
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Hopefully your counsel stresses how you were harassed by an incident that happened when you were young and youāre not that person now.
Sending calm strength your wayā¦
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Hey all, checking in on day 436. I hope everyone has a good one today.
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Checking in during a post-work beach walk, sober for 16 days. Iāve been shades of drunk for so many years Iāve completely lost sight of any other coping mechanism other than booze. Being sober, not hungover, or in search of booze for today has freed up my morning to go for a walk.
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Amazing work, Big Dogg - or should I say Big Cat. Inspiring. 
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Great share, Menno. 8 years. Wow. The time we wasted between usā¦
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Ohhh thank you for the tip! Iāll do so.
Congrats on day 4, Molotov 
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Beautiful share, Chad. I hope it goes well. Thereās nothing quite like helping another human - and helping to save their life is another level altogether.
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Checking in at the end of day 233.
Turning in early tonight. Need to catch up on some sleep.
So grateful for all of your shares.
Have a great sober day, wherever you are.
Goodnight. 
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Day 438 clean and sober today. First time last night that I ever had a dream within a dream. I dreamt that I was at a concert and relapsed and I had to tell my boss what I did. They were going to have to fire me and I would be kicked out of my apartment. As I was waiting to see if I could get back into the program I realized that it was just a relapse dream. I ran over and asked them to drug test me and I was clean. Then I woke up now to realize it was all a dream! Iāve been having using dreams a lot lately but I use and wake up, this was really weird. Thinking about it this morning it occurred to me that my life is so good right now that Iām afraid to lose it and maybe thatās why Iāve been having dreams like this. There is no good feeling when I get high in my dreams, itās actually complete terror of what am I going to do now that Iāve lost everything again. Anyways, I hope everyone has a wonderful day today, love you guys!!! 
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Huge congratulations, Eric! I am so happy you share your journey with us 
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It is done
High court really took like 90 minuits for a small case like this was.
Fun fact. The d.a. from when I was shot wich tried to convict me back then made promotion and now was the attorney general in the case against me and he still acted a bit harsh. The court eventually took a lot of time hearing me out and I had a good opportunity to lay out the given facts. I really believe the case is going to be dropped in full due to plausible self defenceā¦
Becouse it happened so long ago my nemesis (attorney general) came up with some bullshit parole violation and 7 months of jail time but that was instantly swiped of the table and crushed by the court ā¦ " you really are going for it a.g. " they said but your claim is unrelated and we are in no way going to disrupt this young manās life with what you are trying to get on the table, his last conviction stands 6 years ago and this was about a fight and the self defense question and it is not about the history between you bothā¦
Feeling confidentā¦ And otherwise weāll go supreme court ā¦ Thatās the highest of the 3 and if that is needed I will do it couse innocent is innocentā¦ Or at least self-defence is self-defence
Ruling is in 14 days
Bless
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Wish you the best! It all sounds to be going in your favor, especially when the AG made himself look petty and vindictive. Fingers crossed!
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Congratulations on reaching 600! Youāre an inspiration to us all.
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Congrats on your 500 days, I hope your family member will be ok.
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Congrats @Dazercat on 600 days!!!
You inspire me so much!! 
And you are kicking that sugarās butt!! 
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