I need some major advice.

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Hello all, I currently just made this account because I’m in quite the predicament. I received a 3 year army rotc scholarship and it’s something I will always be proud about, however, I made a mistake and it’s killing me. I signed a paper saying no drug use of any sort however it wasn’t truthful. I’m about to graduate high school and have a DODMERB physical coming up within the next month. I have used alcohol less than 5 times and 2 of the times were family occasions. Literally thanks giving with my family just having a good time. However that’s not the part I’m concerned with.. I have some friends that smoked marijuana occasionally in high school. Before you create a stoner image in your mind, these are very well rounded students with quality GPA’s and in athletics. Now at a point in high school I decided to try it and experiment with it. It was less than 5 times and it’s not something I want to my associate myself with. I lied on a paper I signed about it because all I was thinking about was finally getting my rotc scholarship and getting to start the path of an amazing career I’ve been looking forward to. I’m extremely worried that this might dq me and that’s why I just said no initially. However lying is not something I do and it’s messing with my conscience more and more every day. I will be telling the truth when my dodmerb exam comes up in a few weeks. This is the hardest thing I’ve had to come out about and my own family doesn’t even know that I’ve ever used. It was never habitual and never an issue and I was able to remove myself from it and will absolutely never do it again. I’m worried I blew my opportunity I’ve worked so hard for. Any advice helps I just need to throw this out somewhere because I haven’t talked to anyone about it. Thanks for reading
 
First coming clean at the DODMERB is the correct first step. I believe there will be a form you will fill out when enrolling in ROTC where you'll get another chance to come clean. Five times is pretty high for experimenting but you're not the first person in this situation who lied and needs to come clean. You can probably survive but no guarantees. If it's really bothering you, you might call the ROO at your unit just to get it off your chest now instead of stressing all summer. You already seem to be willing to let the cards fall where they may. Face it, and good luck.
 
trying to do the best said:
AROTC-dad said:
Better now than later when you are about to commission and you are undergoing an SF86 background check.
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I don’t plan on that being the case at all however what happens in that situation?
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At minimum it becomes difficult to get your necessary security clearance. At worse you're tossed out. The problem isn't the drugs. It's the lie.
 
kinnem said:
trying to do the best said:
AROTC-dad said:
Better now than later when you are about to commission and you are undergoing an SF86 background check.
Click to expand...

I don’t plan on that being the case at all however what happens in that situation?
Click to expand...
At minimum it becomes difficult to get your necessary security clearance. At worse you're tossed out. The problem isn't the drugs. It's the lie.
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Thank you for the replies I appreciate it. I’ll post on here again and let you know if I get dq’d for this.
 
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