Hey Cakes,
To be honest, I have no idea what the point of starting this thread and outing yourself was, but I know from personal experience that it isn't an easy thing to do.
I got myself a few felonies a few years back, and they really fuck with you for a long time.
Most people will never really understand how it happens, and just assume that everyone that's been in some trouble is a bad person, which blows, but that's how people are.
Good work man, and glad you got yourself clean. A lot of my lifelong friends couldn't do it, and I've lost many of them because of it.