But Officer, I Slept It Off!
Posted on June 8, 2008 - Filed Under Self Improvement | Leave a Comment
There is an old folk song that asks the question, “What do you do with a drunken sailor?” The answer was “Put him to bed until he’s sober.” Bed is probably the best place for someone who has had too much to drink, but when does that person become sober? The answer might surprise you.
We live in Wisconsin, where .08 is the limit for blood alcohol level. That limit does not necessarily mean that people are not impaired at lower levels. Half that limit or maybe less is all it takes. Let’s take a look at one scenario and see just what it takes to “sleep it off.”
Read More..>>Unusual Dui, But Dui Just The Same
Posted on June 8, 2008 - Filed Under Health and Fitness | Leave a Comment
I caught a glimpse of an unusual traffic stop on the news this last weekend. It seems a man was ticketed for DUI one evening for driving drunk…on his lawn tractor. He was spotted driving erratically on the sidewalk. The behavior wasn’t anything new, it just that he got stopped while on a tractor, doing no more than 10 mph. The news had some fun with it.
Read More..>>Alcoholism Does Not Discriminate - Do You Know This Person?
Posted on November 30, 2007 - Filed Under Self Improvement | Leave a Comment
Alcoholism is a disease that does not discriminate, attacking both young and old and people of all races and professions. When most people picture an alcoholic they think of the “town drunk” in an old west movie or perhaps the guy down on his luck on skid row, but the fact is that alcoholics are doctors, lawyers, public officials, friends and family members. You may have an alcoholic friend or family member and not even be aware of it. Your doctor may go straight from his office to the country club each day.
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