A Carbon County man got his wish Thursday in Carbon County court when he asked the presiding judge to send him to a state prison.

Robert Adam Miller, 55, of Lehighton, told Judge Steven R. Serfass he has a long-term drug and alcohol abuse problem and felt the state system was the best way to address it because of the programs the state offers.Miller said he had entered a long-term inpatient program with the Salvation Army but left before completing it. He said it was due to stresses in his life.He said, "I thought I had it beat. I didn't have it beat," referring to his rehabilitation efforts. He said the stresses in his life included the death of his mother and also his biological father. He said he went back to drugs and added, "I guess I was really trying to do myself in."Miller, who is an inmate in the county prison, entered guilty pleas in two pending cases.He pleaded to one count of fleeing or attempting to elude police for an incident on Sept. 25, 2015, in Lehighton. He also pleaded to one count of driving under the influence of a controlled substance, escape and a summary offense of scattering rubbish for an incident on July 17 in Lehighton when he was found operating a motorcycle under the influence.After being stopped by police, Miller fled on foot into the Lehigh River. He ran, he said, because he knew he had two warrants for his arrest. He was eventually caught and charged.Serfass sentenced him to serve 12 to 24 months in a state correctional institution on the escape count; 72 hours to six months on the DUI count; and six to 24 months on the fleeing charge. The terms all run concurrent but are consecutive to a one- to two-year term he is serving on a probation violation charge. He was given total credit of 39 days on the new charges.He was also ordered to get both drug and alcohol and mental health evaluations, zero tolerance for drug and alcohol use, pay a fine of $1,000 for the DUI and one-year license suspension and pay court costs of about $1,000. On the summary offense he was fined $25 and costs.