A Young Man's Excessive Drinking Leads to Mental Health Issues, Jail Time, and a DUI
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Despite Pete's financial misconduct and less than optimal employment history, ironically, he seemed to find a way to drink in an untroubled and immature manner virtually every day of the week.
So it really was no great surprise to his friends, co-workers, and family when Pete received his fourth DUI in the past ten months. When he went to court, the judge told Pete that his alcohol-related conduct was appalling and, consequently, he was going to fine him $7,500 and sentence him to two years in the local municipal jail.
While he spent time in the county jail, Pete was expected to learn more about the unhealthy and destructive consequences of heavy drinking, about the key facts and statistics about alcoholism and alcohol abuse, and he was commanded to get professional alcohol rehab. The judge explicitly told Pete that unless he gets professional alcohol rehab program and discovers how to live as a life of total abstinence, he would certainly be spending quite a few months in the municipal jail.
Pete stated that he grasped what the judge was saying but he still believed that serving so many months in the county jail was not the best way to deal with his drinking problems. The magistrate, nonetheless, saw things from a totally different point of view and clearly told Pete it was his job to keep people off the streets who drive and drink and who receive one or more DUIs. To support his perspective, the judge reviewed some meticulously researched, time honored statistics and facts about alcohol abuse and alcoholism that undeniably showed some horrible consequences that are common with driving and drinking.
While Pete frankly admitted to his friends that he often goes a bit overboard with his drinking, he never for a moment thought that he was alcohol dependent. So it was a painful reality when Pete started to have alcohol withdrawals just a handful of hours after he was locked up in jail.
As per the policy and procedures, when a detainee experiences symptoms of withdrawal he or she is taken by ambulance to a local drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility for alcohol detoxification and then brought back to jail. This is done so that the individuals withdrawals are dealt with in a safe and harm free manner. While incarcerated in the county jail Pete went to alcohol treatment three days per week. Due to the fact that his rehab was ordered by the court, however, Pete was not successful in taking ownership of his out-of-control drinking.
After his time in jail was finished, the magistrate in very explicit terms told Pete that he would be placed on probation for two years, he would be place under stringent observation, and he would have to periodically take breathalyzer tests at court-determined dates and times.
After hearing how Pete failed to take responsibility for his excessive and careless drinking and how adversely he adhered to the counseling and therapeutic ground rules while incarcerated in the local jail, the magistrate knew that it was essentially a matter of time before Pete would once again show up in court about his immature and habitual drinking behavior. As the magistrate thought about Pete and his particular circumstance, he could not help but come to the conclusion that some people never use common sense and figure out how to live in an adult and accountable manner.
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Denny Mitchell writes about the physical effects of alcoholism, severe alcoholism, the alcohol rehab clinic, pyloris and alcohol, and drinking problems. For more info please visit alcoholic behavior.
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