Hopefully with assistance, not entirely sure how to get an SSI attorney though, maybe I could just ask at the SSI office since I suck at understanding the website wording and phone communication. Also I am already worried its already decided regardless of appeal or not since they did include 'substance abuse and based upon the wording they think my condition will be fine if I avoid substances I tried my very best to be clear that the PTSD, Depression, Anxiety and autism spectrum disorder came first, any of the drug 'abuse' came from trying not to feel like ***** due to those conditions and that is the assesment they come up with. I shouldn't have said anything about it, but then I thought it was illegal under penalty of prison to be at all dishonest so I figured I couldn't say I've never done anything.

I stopped drinking in excess, don't really drink much at all now...and that didn't make it better. I've been smoking cannabis less and less since I am assuming I may have to quit in order to show my condition sucks even without it and yeah it doesn't feel like cutting down is doing me any favors. And I am not using anything else other than my trazodone prescription to sleep. Confused of the stupid legal aspects....cannabis is legal in my state, federally illegal, I could potentially get it medicinally but then would that still be a disqualifier for SSI I just don't know what to do with that particular little complication.