Gordon Pirkle Jr. struggled with a hard core methamphetamine addiction most of his entire life. By the age of 18, Pirkle had dropped out of high school, gotten arrested for DUI, and lost his driver's license. His crazy behavior soon landed him in federal prison and completed destructed his relationship with anyone around him. Pirkle admits to applying super glue to his bottom teeth in order to keep them from falling out because his "meth-mouth" tooth decay was so bad. After being charged with federal crimes, such as possession, abetting, and aiding the distribution of meth, Pirkle decided he needed to change his ways fast. After pleading guilty in Superior Judge Jason Deal's court, the judge sentenced him to 90 days work release followed by nine months of residential substance abuse treatment center used for state prisoners. Pirkle wanted to restore his relationship with his father and wanted to be with him, so he chose Dawson's County two-year drug court program. Pirkle is now in his fifth and final phase of drug court and has been clean ever since. He said "he has succeeded at drug court because it required him to go to Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings and attend group counseling sessions." Gordon Pirkle proudly exclaims that drug court has "given my life structure and made me accountable. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that drug court saved my life."
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