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Jules
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Hello everyone!
I was booted from the military for drug abuse (general discharge under honorable conditions) close to a decade ago. The drug abuse was my personal way of self medicating after experiencing a violent and traumatic incident while in service. I have a medical diagnoses for anxiety, but not PTSD and have never been on any related medication for it. My question is, what's the first step I should take to start flying again? From scrolling through previous posts, it seems like I'm going to need to hire an aviation lawyer. Should I do that first? Does anyone have specific recs for a lawyer? In addition, I considered getting a membership to AOPA to access their services, but it looks like they're only offered for incidents that occurred while a member.
I know this is going to be a long process, so I'm hoping to at least start on the right foot.
I was booted from the military for drug abuse (general discharge under honorable conditions) close to a decade ago. The drug abuse was my personal way of self medicating after experiencing a violent and traumatic incident while in service. I have a medical diagnoses for anxiety, but not PTSD and have never been on any related medication for it. My question is, what's the first step I should take to start flying again? From scrolling through previous posts, it seems like I'm going to need to hire an aviation lawyer. Should I do that first? Does anyone have specific recs for a lawyer? In addition, I considered getting a membership to AOPA to access their services, but it looks like they're only offered for incidents that occurred while a member.
I know this is going to be a long process, so I'm hoping to at least start on the right foot.