One of our great romantic national myths is that no matter what you have done wrong, it’s pretty much always possible to remake yourself. But over the course of the last several decades, reinvention has become harder than ever for a huge and growing class of Americans: people with criminal records.
Thank you for sharing. I PM'd you. You shouldn't feel judged here. Here you only that fella that doesn't golf. M
Shame sucks, it's amazing how a single moment or event can shape us. Don't let it. Hold your head high and don't let that bull-shit voice in your head fool you. When people see you, old friends and new alike, they're not thinking that. They're probably thinking, "wow, doesn't golf is kicking ass in life." Good luck!
It's a flawed kind of thinking that assumes that someone with a record is more likely to do wrong than someone without one. People can learn from their mistakes, and some people that do wrong have not been caught. The record is punishment, and many crimes do not warrant perpetual punishment.