Amazing antics by addicts who lived
Amazing Antics: Stories of Alcoholism-Driven Behaviorsâ„¢
Stories from “This is True”by Randy Cassingham, with his “tagline:â€
In the spirit of the holiday season, even though it didn’t occur during the holidays, here’s a classic from August 18, 2002:
“MADE FOR EACH OTHER: A sheriff’s deputy stopped a car in Spring Creek, Nev., after it nearly hit his patrol car. As he was pulling the car over, another car nearly hit him”and he got it stopped too. The first car was driven by Lynn Allen White, 31. Deputy Sean Murphy arrested him for drunk driving. The second car was driven by Denean Veronica White, 36″the first driver’s wife. She also failed sobriety tests and was also arrested for drunk driving. (AP) ‘…Watch your back, Deputy Murphy: their kids may have cars soon.'”
How true. Unfortunately, the odds of alcoholism in a child of an alcoholic are roughly four times that of children of non-alcoholics. And it also points to the danger that law enforcers accept by virtue of their job: roughly 2% of road miles are driven by alcoholics while under the influence, who cause almost 50% of road carnage. While cops spend much of their working careers on the road protecting the rest of us, they put themselves in the greatest danger.
And another in the spirit of the holiday season, from October 27, 2002, again proving that alcoholics don’t need no stinkin’ holiday to get drunk:
“SAFETY FIRST: Police in Ontario, Canada, are on a campaign to ensure motorists wear their seatbelts. They stopped a car in Mississauga after seeing a child unrestrained in the back. The officer found the child couldn’t be belted in because the seatbelt was already in use”to secure a case of beer. ‘It was like this guy cared more for his precious beer bottles getting smashed than he did for his son going through the windshield,’ an officer said. (Mississauga News)
‘…Correct.'”
That says it all.
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