It was my first actual charge on paper. I got caught on misdemeanors two other times but they are since long gone off my record. This time I got caught with a QP of pot a few weeks before I was moving back down to Texas. The prosecutor tried to throw the book at me, which he really did for me being a "first time offender" in the courts eyes. I did a month in jail was supposed to do 5 more but they let me do some house arrest. Thats how my post count got so high, I joined this forum while on it lol.
But in December after I complete my probation the felony drops down to a misdemeanor and then that will be off my record soon after, so its going to get better but its been tough since June of 10' when I got caught.