October 28, 2009
A Young Woman’s Careless Drinking Leads To a DUI, Mental Health Issues, Depression, and Time Behind Bars
Jesse had a difficult time keeping a job. In fact, because of her inactivity and lack of drive, she was without a job far more often than she was employed with a job. And when she did secure a job, she had an awfully difficult time getting to work in a timely manner, she frequently received less than great performance reviews, and she called off sick so consistently that she commonly got fired two or three weeks after she started working. It goes without saying that one of the results of Jesse’s less than stellar employment history was the fact that she was virtually without a dime most of the time.
In spite of Jesse’s less than passing work history and financial laxity, conversely, by hook or by crook she managed to drink in an abusive and irresponsible manner most of the time.
So it came as no big shock when Jesse received a fourth DUI. When she went before the court, the magistrate told Jesse that her alcohol-related conduct was awful and, as a consequence, he was going to sentence Jesse to spend ten months in the county jail.
Time In The Municipal Jail To Think About The Demoralizing Outcomes of Abusive and Hazardous Drinking
During her time in the municipal jail, Jesse was expected to learn more about alcohol facts, about the demoralizing consequences of irresponsible and excessive drinking, and she was expected to get alcohol therapy. The judge emphasized the fact that unless Jesse gets professional alcohol rehab and discovers how to live an alcohol-free life, she will most probably be spending quite a bit of her time incarcerated in jail.
Jesse stated that she comprehended what the judge was asserting but she still believed that jail was not the best response. The judge saw things in an entirely different way and asserted that it was his professional duty to keep individuals off the streets who drink and drive and who get a DUI. To support this statement, the magistrate outlined some revered, extensively researched alcohol statistics that stressed some of the negative results that are linked to irresponsible and excessive drinking.
Even though Jesse knew that she drank in an irresponsible and excessive manner, she never believed that she was an alcohol dependent person. So it was a big bombshell when Jesse began suffering from symptoms of alcohol withdrawal roughly three-and-a-half hours after getting placed behind bars.
To treat her symptoms of alcohol withdrawal in a safe manner, Jesse was taken to a rehab hospital for alcohol detox and then brought back to the local jail. While locked up in the city jail Jesse got a mental health examination for her depression and received alcohol rehabilitation but since she received this rehabilitation as something that was forced upon her, she neglected to take ownership of her abusive drinking.
When her time in the municipal jail was over, the magistrate without wavering announced to Jesse that she would be under strict surveillance and would be required to take random blood alcohol tests.
Jessie’s Abusive Drinking Stops Her From Living in a Mature and Productive Manner
After hearing how Jesse was unsuccessful in taking ownership of her drinking situation and how she halfheartedly followed the therapy modus operandi while in the county jail, the judge knew that it was just a matter of time before he would be seeing Jesse once again in court about her irresponsible and abusive drinking behavior. As the magistrate reflected on Jesse’s circumstance, he couldn’t help but think about how some people never use their intellect and discover how to live in a responsible and adult manner.
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