Alright so I have applied for SSI, was denied and am in the process of appealing and already have an appeal hearing set. Problem is in some of my medical records it says I abuse alcohol and am dependent on cannabis...It is actually inaccuate as I do not abuse alcohol I did in the past in an attempt to self medicate PTSD symptoms but now I only drink on rare social occasions.

As for the cannabis it is legalized in my state and I don't really smoke heavily at all...nor do I feel I am dependent it is nice to have since it helps my digestion. I get constipation rather often and general digestive discomfort which it helps but if I don't have it I can always use certain teas or other things. And of course when I talked to the doctor SSI sent me to I admited to experimenting with other drugs in my past. So before I write a novel on this, my question is what is the best course of action so I can get my SSI money without having to go through a payee? Does anyone else have any experiance trying to get on SSI with past 'drug abuse' and is it possible I can still get the money given to me?

Basically I don't think SSI is going to help me unless I get the income and learn to budget it myself its not going to work...if I have to keep a 100% accurate record of everything I buy, the exact amount of money I spent and pre-calculate exaclty how much I need for any activites outside my house I'll go freaking insane. My idea was to get the SSI money, work on learning to budget it so I can afford things I need as well as recreation like concerts and such if I have someone else in charge of how I spend my money how is that going to work? Uhhh so anyways this is stressing me out if anyone has advice it will be appreciated.