Reply #1: Please don't tell all to authority figures

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Please, don't put on your bar exam application the stuff about whatever it is you are recovering from, unless they might know about it or be able to find out easily. Being open and honest with your group and sponsors is great, but not with authority figures that will control your life. I've heard WAYYYY too many stories in A.A. meetings and recovery message boards of people telling, for example, their doctor about something as innocent-sounding as attending A.A. meetings, and then they can't get health insurance in the individual market! So no way can one be self-employed or otherwise get insurance by buying it. Maybe health reform will change that, but don't count on it surviving in its present form.

Good luck on your recovery and legal career.