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Orange is NOT the new Black

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I have never once watched " Orange is the New Black " but I titled my post similar to this b/c well, the setting is the same... jail.  For the past 3 months, we have had this REALLY BIG thing hanging over our heads. Truthfully, my youngest son has had this REALLY BIG thing hanging over HIS head and since it affects his life, it affects mine. I've debated whether or not to write about this, but I feel it's a good lesson to put out there. Plus, this "thing" has had its long ugly fingers wrapped around our necks for a lot of weeks. Back in January, while I was enjoying a girl's weekend at the beach, my son, while unbeknownst to me, was enjoying a weekend with some friends in the little town of Salisbury. His good friend attends college there. So what do typical college-aged boys do on the weekend? Well, they go to bars and drink and play pool and dance and hang out. These boys did just that except J drank way more than he should have and while all his f...