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A Young Gentleman's Excessive Drinking Results In A DWI And Time Behind Bars
Richard had an unusually hard time maintaining a job. To be sure, because of his sluggishness and lack of incentive, he was without a job far more frequently than he was gainfully employed. And when he did find a job, he had a very difficult time getting to work in a timely manner, he commonly received less than great performance appraisals, and he called off sick so consistently that he typically got fired a week or two after he started working.
To no one's surprise, one of the consequences of Richard's less than optimal work record was the fact that he was virtually without a dime almost on a daily basis. In spite of Richard's less than positive employment history and financial misbehavior, on the other hand, by some means he made it his business to drink in an abusive manner on an everyday basis.
So it came as no big jolt when Richard got a fifth DUI. When he went before the court, the magistrate explained to Richard that his alcohol-related behavior was deplorable and, as a consequence, he was going to sentence Richard to spend nine months in the local jail.
During his time while locked up in jail, Richard was required to learn more about alcohol facts such as alcohol consequences and alcohol deaths, about the damaging effects of careless drinking, and he was expected to get alcohol treatment. The magistrate emphasized the fact that unless Richard receives professional alcohol counseling and learns how to live an alcohol-free life, he will most likely be spending a lot more time in the city jail.
Richard said that he understood what the judge was asserting but he still thought that jail was not the correct response. The magistrate saw things from an entirely different perspective and said that it was his responsibility to keep alcohol addicted people off the streets who drive under the influence and who get arrested for one or more DUIs. To validate this perspective, the magistrate quoted some respected, thoroughly researched alcohol addiction and alcohol abuse facts and statistics that underscored some of the injurious results that are linked to irresponsible drinking such as alcohol related deaths.
Although Richard knew that he drank in an irresponsible and hazardous manner, he never felt that he was an alcoholic. So it was a real shocker when Richard started to experience chronic alcoholism symptoms and signs and alcohol withdrawal symptoms about five hours after getting locked up in the municipal jail.
To treat his alcohol withdrawals in a safe and secure manner, Richard was taken to a rehab facility for alcohol detox and then brought back to the county jail. While locked up in the municipal jail Richard was given alcohol rehab but due to the fact that he received this therapy as something that was forced upon him, he was unsuccessful in taking ownership of his abusive drinking.
When his time in jail was over, the magistrate without wavering announced to Richard that he would be under careful scrutiny and would be mandated to take random breathalyzer alcohol tests. After hearing how Richard neglected to take ownership of his drinking problem and how he grudgingly followed the therapy policy and procedures while behind bars, the judge knew that it was only a matter of time before he would be seeing Richard once again in court about his irresponsible and excessive drinking behavior.
As the judge thought about Richard's circumstance, he couldn't help but think about how some individuals never use their brain and discover how to live in an effective and adult manner.
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