Wanting to start truckin, one DUI

Thank you for your service, and I think it's great that you've reached out on this forum. As someone who has also had to deal with a DUI, I'd just like to encourage you to primarily stay focused on remaining clean & sober right now. Although it's great to see you're planning ahead, you're already having to deal with a LOT of new life changes right now and it's very easy to slide backwards when you're such a newbie in the recovery world (no offense intended). I encourage you to find a somewhat easier job for a couple of years, focus on staying sober & clean, and let some time pass on that DUI conviction. You will still need to tell future driving companies about it, but a little time will do wonders for you... until that happens, many HR folks will wonder if you'll even be able to say clean & sober. Good luck, but remember dreams can come true but they sometimes take awhile.

 

you got a DUI 6 moths ago. That is not nearly enough time to prove you wont do it again. No one will hire you to drive their 80,000 pound truck when you might be drunk at the wheel. Many companies wont hire you with a dui ever and most wont wont hire if less then 3 years ago. In all honestly, 6 months ago you proved you are irresponsible and put peoples lives at risk. I dont want you driving a truck and putting more lives at risk. The truth is, you could have killed someone by driving drunk and there fore you loose the privilege of driving a truck.

 

PSTD or not, he still made the choice to get behind the wheel after drinking.

 

With the job market it might be worth staying in and see if you get a reenlistment bonus

 

Good luck with that union heavy equipment job. That's what I did for 14 years. Now construction back east is so slow I'm out in nd oilfield.

 

When I was in, the 11Bs got all the bonuses... 3A for a four year reenlistment as an E5 (and the turnover was so high, it was nothing them to make E5 within their first enlistment). Well, different time and all.

 

If you do head in that direction, just know that there tends to be a lot of drug use on many construction sites. Be prepared to have someone offer you a hit on their joint during a break. I've seen it a lot up here in Maine, especially with the dump truck drivers for some reason...

 

What???? Hit a joint on a construction site? When was the last time you were on a construction site? 1974? My last big project I did in 2011-12 did hair follicle testing. A union equipment operator is scrutinized just as much as any truck driver