A somber comment

Originally Posted by MacCool

For someone who a shred of insight and intelligence, that first DUI ought to be a clue.

Imagine the arrogance it takes to ignore that little issue, convince yourself that you don't have a problem, go to the bar and pound down large quantities of booze then get behind the wheel of your sports car and immediately rap it up to 140 mph.

Originally Posted by onzedge

It is not always arrogance that undoes people. Alcoholism is very powerful. It takes away rational thinking (among other things like money, jobs, friends, children, families, freedom, etc., etc.).

Originally Posted by shadoquad

It's relative to each individual case. Some people are just rogues by nature, shirking the law even after they've been caught. While others have critical chemical dependency issues. There's a line between deliberate criminal act and chemically addicted urges. Where that line falls is beyond me. It's sad, really.

Originally Posted by Isamu

My dad got a DUI waaaaaay back in the day... he was walking every where, and he was a bad alcoholic.... but he just got rides places...