Which is more important: the booze or the child?
Amazing Antics: Stories of Alcoholism-Driven Behaviorsâ„¢
Proof-positive: the booze is more important that the kid
“EVERYONE HAS TO HAVE THEIR PRIORITIES: Police in Mobile, Ala., say Yanique Mauldin, 32, was involved in two hit-and-run accidents. After the second she abandoned her car and ran, taking a bottle of wine she had with her, but leaving behind her 6-year-old son. She was caught nearby and booked for felony hit-and-run, felony drunk driving, resisting arrest, driving with a canceled license, and other charges. (Mobile Register) …Honor her choice: let her keep the wine, but not the kid.”
I couldn’t agree more. Drinking and driving with her young son is, by itself, compelling evidence that she has the disease of alcoholism. Since alcoholics often complain about the enabler trying to control, suggesting a lack of choice, society should offer one: the booze with the child removed, or custody with regular and random tests of her sobriety.
The typical recovering alcoholic estimates he or she drove while under the influence 80 times per year and was apprehended only once in 1,000 such incidents. Far more can be done to get addicts sober by apprehending a greater number of DUIs (a number of suggestions are included in Get Out of the Way! How to Identify and Avoid and Driver Under the Influence, really a handbook for spotting the DUI before he or she becomes tragically obvious). Everyone would be safer, particularly children of alcoholics.
(Story passed along by Randy Cassingham, author of “This is True.”For more alcoholic antics deserving of Darwin Awards, see http://www.thisistrue.com for free subscriptions.)