A Young Man’s Excessive and Abusive Drinking Leads To a DWI, Mental Health Concerns, Depression, and Time Locked Up In Jail

Posted on November 7, 2009
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Jesse had an exceptionally difficult time keeping a job. In truth, because of his sluggishness and lack of motivation, he was out of work far more regularly than he was in work. And when he did get a job, he had a difficult time getting to work in a timely manner, he often received poor performance appraisals, and he called off sick so frequently that he usually got fired four or five weeks after he began working. To no one’s astonishment, one of the effects of Jesse’s unacceptable work track record was the fact that he was virtually penniless almost on an everyday basis.

In spite of Jesse’s awful work track record and financial disregard, conversely, in some way he made it his business to drink in an excessive and irresponsible manner almost everyday.

So it came as no big surprise when Jesse got a third DWI. When he went to court, the magistrate told Jesse that his alcohol-related behavior was awful and, as a consequence, he was going to sentence Jesse to serve five months locked up in jail.

Time In Jail To Reflect On The Demoralizing Consequences of Abusive and Irresponsible Drinking

During his time behind bars, Jesse was required to learn more about alcohol facts, about the distressing results of irresponsible drinking, and he was required to get alcohol treatment. The judge emphasized the fact that unless Jesse receives professional alcohol therapy and learns how to live a life of sobriety, he will more likely than not be spending a considerable amount of time in jail.

Jesse stated that he understood what the judge was asserting but he still claimed that incarceration was not the right judgment. The judge disagreed and declared that it was his professional responsibility to keep alcohol dependent individuals off the streets who drive and drink and who receive multiple DWIs. To back this up, the judge outlined some venerable, highly researched alcohol statistics that underlined some of the disruptive effects that are linked to careless drinking.

Although Jesse understood that he drank in an excessive manner, he never felt that he was an alcoholic. So it was a big bombshell when Jesse started to experience symptoms of alcohol withdrawal approximately five-and-a-half hours after going to jail.

To deal with his alcohol withdrawal symptoms in a safe and sound manner, Jesse was taken by ambulance to a drug and alcohol treatment facility 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 got alcohol rehabilitation but since he received this therapy as something that was forced upon him, he failed to take ownership of his abusive drinking.

When his time in the municipal jail was finished, the judge without vacillation announced to Jesse that he would be under close surveillance and would be required to take periodic urine alcohol tests.

Jessie’s Abusive Drinking Stops Him From Living in a Responsible and Accountable Manner

After hearing how Jesse did not take ownership of his drinking problem and how he grudgingly followed the therapy procedures while behind bars, the magistrate knew that it was just a matter of time before he would be seeing Jesse once again in court about his abusive drinking behavior. As the magistrate thought about Jesse’s situation, he couldn’t help but think about how some individuals never “connect the dots” and discover how to live in an adult and responsible manner.

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