A Young Man’s Abusive Drinking Leads To a DUI, Mental Health Issues, Depression, and Time In The City Jail
Saturday, November 14th, 2009Jesse had an exceptionally hard time keeping a job. To be sure, due to his lethargy and lack of drive, he was jobless far more frequently than he was employed. And when he did secure a job, he had an awfully difficult time getting to work in a timely manner, he commonly received less than satisfactory performance appraisals, and he called off sick so often that he commonly got fired four or five weeks after he began working. It goes without saying that one of the results of Jesse’s unacceptable work track record was the fact that he was just about flat broke much of the time.
Despite Jesse’s less than great employment history and financial lack of attention, however, by hook or by crook he managed to drink in an abusive manner much of the time.
So it came as no big jolt when Jesse got arrested for a fourth DWI. When he went before the court, the magistrate told Jesse that his alcohol-related conduct was unacceptable and, consequently, he was going to sentence Jesse to spend seven months in the local jail.
Time Behind Bars To Reflect On The Devastating Effects of Careless Drinking
During his time in the city jail, Jesse was required to learn more about alcohol facts, about the adverse results of abusive drinking, and he was required to get alcohol therapy. The judge stressed the fact that unless Jesse receives professional alcohol rehab and discovers how to live a life of abstinence, he will quite possibly be spending more than a short amount of time incarcerated in jail.
Jesse stated that he grasped what the magistrate was uttering but he still proclaimed that placement in the municipal jail was not the most realistic response. The magistrate saw things in an entirely different Manner and asserted that it was his responsibility to keep alcohol abusers off the streets who drive under the influence and who get one or more DWIs. To authenticate this perspective, the judge listed some venerable, comprehensively researched alcohol statistics that underlined some of the injurious results that are correlated with careless drinking.
Although Jesse realized that he drank in a hazardous and excessive manner, he never felt that he was a person who was addicted to alcohol. So it was quite a shock when Jesse began having symptoms of alcohol withdrawal around seven-and-a-half after getting incarcerated.
To treat his alcohol withdrawal symptoms in a safe and sound manner, Jesse was life flighted to a drug and alcohol rehab center for alcohol detox and then returned to the local jail. While locked up in the municipal jail Jesse was given a mental health examination for his depression and undertook alcohol treatment but because he received this counseling as something that was imposed upon him, he was unsuccessful in taking ownership of his abusive and hazardous drinking.
When his time in the city jail was over, the magistrate without vacillation told Jesse that he would be under close observation and would be required to take random breath alcohol tests.
Jessie’s Abusive Drinking Prevents Him From Living in an Effective and Accountable Manner
After hearing how Jesse did not take ownership of his drinking problem and how he reluctantly followed the rehab protocol while behind bars, the judge knew that it was basically a matter of time before he would be seeing Jesse once again in court about his excessive and abusive drinking behavior. As the judge thought about Jesse’s situation, he couldn’t help but think about how some individuals never figure things out and learn how to live in an accountable and mature manner.