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Richard had a particularly difficult time maintaining a job. As a matter of fact, because of his languor and lack of motivation, he was out of work far more often than he was in a state of employment. And when he did get a job, he had a particularly hard time getting to work on time, he characteristically received less than positive performance evaluations, and he called off sick so consistently that he commonly got fired just a few weeks after he began working.

To no one's astonishment, one of the outcomes of Richard's deplorable employment record was the fact that he was without much money most of the time. Despite Richard's irresponsible work history and financial lack of attention, however, in some way he managed to drink irresponsibly much of the time.

So it came as no big surprise when Richard got arrested for a third DUI. When he went before the court, the judge stated to Richard that his alcohol-related actions was awful and, as a result, he was going to sentence Richard to spend nine months locked up in jail.

During his time in the county jail, Richard was expected to learn more about alcohol abuse facts such as alcohol related outcomes and alcohol deaths, about the negative results of excessive drinking, and he was required to get alcohol therapy. The judge emphasized the fact that unless Richard gets professional alcohol rehab and learns how to live a life of abstinence, he will more likely than not be spending quite a bit of his time imprisoned.

Richard articulated that he understood what the magistrate was asserting but he still stated that jail was not the most effective punishment. The judge saw things from an entirely different vantage point and claimed that it was his professional duty to keep alcohol dependent people off the streets who drink and drive and who receive one or more DWIs. To support this view, the judge outlined some long-standing, comprehensively evaluated alcohol abuse and alcohol addiction facts and statistics that stressed some of the harmful results that are linked to excessive and abusive drinking such as alcohol related deaths.

Even though Richard grasped the fact that he drank in an abusive manner, he never felt that he was an alcohol addicted person. So it was quite a surprise when Richard began having chronic alcoholism symptoms and signs and alcohol withdrawal symptoms nearly three-and-a-half hours after after getting locked up in the city jail.

To monitor his alcohol withdrawals in a safe and secure manner, Richard was transferred to a drug and alcohol treatment center for alcohol detox and then brought back to the municipal jail. While in jail Richard got alcohol rehabilitation but since he got this counseling as something that was mandated for him, he neglected to take ownership of his irresponsible drinking.

When his time in the city jail was over, the magistrate announced to Richard that he would be under close surveillance and would be mandated to take periodic random breathalyzer alcohol tests. After hearing how Richard did not take ownership of his drinking problem and how he unwillingly followed the treatment regimen while behind bars, the judge knew that it was essentially a matter of time before he would be seeing Richard once again in court about his hazardous and irresponsible drinking behavior.

As the magistrate reflected on Richard's circumstance, he couldn't help but think about how some people never use common sense and learn how to live in an accountable and productive manner.