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Here is a good drunk driver story
My boy (22) got stopped and blew .11. Bad. He has NEVER been a moments trouble to either of us at anytime, other than this. In my opinion this change in him was due to the job he held at a pizzaria around here. Of course we do realize he was responsible for his actions, no matter how others tried to influence him. When he turned 21 he came in the front door after getting off work with about 5 quarts of assorted alcohol. I was suprised to say the least. I figured he'd come home with a couple of beers.
He started drinking reglarly and hanging out with the bosses at work who were the ones who gave him all the booze. He would be their designated driver when they would go to all the clubs around here. He then began to drive after drinking as these fellows encouraged him he could have just a few and be ok. He got stopped one night for having an expired inspection sticker. He then blew the aforementioned .11.
He lost his priveledge to drive for 60 days and his income has suffered as a result. He has had his phone turned off and has had problems with paying his other bills also. We have offered him no help except talking to him about his error in dui, and taking him to work occasionally.
Now, it has been 4 or 5 months roughly since all this happened. He has stopped drinking and has said he will never drink again. He is getting first hand experience at what it means to have fair weather friends. He no longer works at the pizzaria and has returned to work for me at our business. He has arranged on his own a loan to go to school and study computer networking and engineering which is a 15 month course to begin with, which he started last month and is mking the highest grades possible, after a lackluster public school performance.
I am thankful the police stopped him when they did. We could do nothing with these bad habits by ourself as we were seen as too old to understand, if you know what I mean. I shudder to think of the things that could have happened if he had been involved in an injury accident or had caused a death by drinking. He knew better he said, but peer pressure got him. He was so lucky and now, thanks to a diligent officer, we have our son back!
So you see, Stuart, you do make a difference.
He started drinking reglarly and hanging out with the bosses at work who were the ones who gave him all the booze. He would be their designated driver when they would go to all the clubs around here. He then began to drive after drinking as these fellows encouraged him he could have just a few and be ok. He got stopped one night for having an expired inspection sticker. He then blew the aforementioned .11.
He lost his priveledge to drive for 60 days and his income has suffered as a result. He has had his phone turned off and has had problems with paying his other bills also. We have offered him no help except talking to him about his error in dui, and taking him to work occasionally.
Now, it has been 4 or 5 months roughly since all this happened. He has stopped drinking and has said he will never drink again. He is getting first hand experience at what it means to have fair weather friends. He no longer works at the pizzaria and has returned to work for me at our business. He has arranged on his own a loan to go to school and study computer networking and engineering which is a 15 month course to begin with, which he started last month and is mking the highest grades possible, after a lackluster public school performance.
I am thankful the police stopped him when they did. We could do nothing with these bad habits by ourself as we were seen as too old to understand, if you know what I mean. I shudder to think of the things that could have happened if he had been involved in an injury accident or had caused a death by drinking. He knew better he said, but peer pressure got him. He was so lucky and now, thanks to a diligent officer, we have our son back!
So you see, Stuart, you do make a difference.
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