Michelle is still drinking

292) " I WAS NOT DRUNK , I KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING - THE POLICE WATCHING ME JUST GUESSED THAT I WAS DRINKING."

293) " MY WIFE COMES FROM A FAMILY OF REAL PARTYERS - SHE LIKES TO PARTY A GOOD DEAL . "

294) " AT A DINNER PARTY IN GEORGETOWN , I WAS DRINKING THE WHOLE TIME , A GOOD AMOUNT , EVERYBODY
BROUGHT WINE . "

295) " LIVING IN A GROUP HOUSE , I WENT THROUGH A BAD PERIOD WITH COCAINE , I WAS LIVING WITH A DEALER . "

296) " I WALK EVERYWHERE I'M GOING SO THAT I DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE . "

297) " MY DOCTOR WHO IS TREATING ME FOR DEPRESSION DIDN'T COMMENT THAT MUCH ABOUT MY DRINKING , BUT
HE DID SAY THAT BY TAKING ANTI - DEPRESSANTS MY DRINKING WOULD LESSEN . "

298) " I ONLY DRINK ON WEEKENDS , ...... SOMETIMES . "

299) " I WILL ONLY DRINK OCCASIONALLY . "

300) " THERE IS NO ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT . "

301) " I ONLY DRINK SOCIALLY , I DO NOT CRAVE A DRINK , IT DOESN'T HURT TO HAVE A COUPLE OF DRINKS . "

302) " DRUNK IS WHERE I CAN'T WALK , .... 10 - 12 DRINKS . "

303) " I'M A MUSLIM MYSELF , NOT VERY DEVOUT , I SIN BUT I'M A TRUE BELIEVER . "

304) " MY FRIENDS ARE HEAVY DRINKERS . "

305) " I NEVER LIKED THE IRISH TIMES , IT'S MY LEAST FAVORITE BAR . "

306) " I'M NOT A BIG DRINKER BUT I WAS THAT NIGHT , I WAS THE LEAST DRUNK OF EVERYONE , I LIVE 4 1/2
BLOCKS AWAY . "

307) " I DON'T DRINK IN THE MORNING OR BEFORE WORK , I'VE JUST ABOUT DECIDED TO QUIT . "

308) " I DON'T HOLD LIQUOR VERY WELL . "

309) " WHEN I WAS 15 , I DID ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF DRUGS AND LIVED ON THE STREETS , BUT I NEVER BOUGHT DRUGS ."

310) "I GO TO BARS RELIGIOUSLY AND REFRAIN FROM DRUGS . "

311) " I BOUGHT A BOTTLE OF VODKA AND IT TOOK 2 YEARS TO FINISH IT . "

312) " I HAD ORANGE HAIR AT THE TIME , THAT'S WHY THEY ARRESTED ME , NOT BECAUSE I WAS DRUNK OR ANYTHING , I
DID EVERYTHING NORMAL ."

313) " MY BROTHER DRINKS A SIX PACK A DAY , AND MY SISTER WAS A HEROIN ADDICT WHO DIED OF AIDS . "

314) " WHITE RUSSIANS ARE THE ONLY THING THAT I DRINK . "

315) " GUINNESS STOUT WAS MY MISTAKE , I SHOULDN'T HAVE MIXED IT WITH WINE . "

316) " I WILL ONLY DRINK ON NEW YEARS AND CHRISTMAS . IT'S A SHAME , I WAS ALMOST HOME BEFORE I WAS ARRESTED . "

317) " I COULD NO LONGER AFFORD IT SO I WENT OFF PROZAC FOR 2 WEEKS AND HAD TO HOCK MY VCR TO GET
SOME MORE . "

318) " DEPRESSED I SPENT ALL MY TIME IN BED AND WOULD NOT OPEN MY MAIL , CONSUMED IN SELF - LOATHING I
COULDN'T GO OUT OF THE HOUSE . IN AN ATTEMPT TO REJOIN THE WORLD I WENT OUT AND GOT PLASTERED
WHICH IS JUST AS GOOD AS HIDING UNDERNEATH THE COVERS IN BED . "

319) " I WENT TO A.C.O.A. AND A. A. MEETINGS BECAUSE I GOT TIRED OF BEING OUT OF CONTROL . "

320) " I ONLY DRINK AT SOCIAL EVENTS , IF SOMEONE IS HAVING A PARTY , ONCE IN A BLUE MOON , I REALLY
GOT OUT OF CONTROL THAT DAY . "

321) " I HAD A HEAD INJURY , THE WHEEL SLIPPED FROM MY HANDS AND I CLIPPED A TELEPHONE POLE . "

322) " I'VE SERVED TIME FOR THEFT , EMBEZZLEMENT , FORGERY , HEROIN & COCAINE DISTRIBUTION , AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
AND ATTEMPTED MURDER , I WAS FALLING BY THE WAY SIDE SO I'M CURRENTLY ON A 90 DAY METHADONE DETOX ,
MY E X - EMPLOYER CALLED THE POLICE . "

323) " I'M NOT AN ALCOHOLIC , I DRINK TO CONTROL , IF I WANT TO QUIT I CAN , IF I DON'T WANT TO QUIT I DON'T
HAVE TO . I LIKE TO DRINK SOMETIMES BUT I'M NOT LIKE MOST PEOPLE WHO GET UP IN THE MORNING AND HAVE
TO DRINK FIRST THING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT , I ONLY DRINK AT CLUBS , I DON'T SIT AT HOME AND DRINK . "

324) " I WAS PULLED OVER FOR WEAVING , THE CAR THAT I WAS DRIVING HAD A BAD FRONT END AND I WAS DUCKING POTHOLES . "

325) " MY DOCTOR SAID NOT TO DRINK A LOT BECAUSE IT COULD CAUSE LIVER PROBLEMS MIXED WITH THE ddI AND AZT THAT I AM TAKING ."

326) " I'M NOT GIVING UP DRINKING . "

327) " I WAS IN THE CAR ASLEEP , IT WAS COLD OUT , KEEPING WARM , I KNEW I WAS TOO MESSED - UP TO DRIVE . "

328) " I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY DRINKS , I DON'T KEEP COUNT MOST NIGHTS . "

329) " I'M NOT A DRINKER , IF I'M GOING TO DRINK IT WILL BE DOWN AT A BAR . "

330) " I HAD HALF A GLASS OF RED WINE WHICH I DON'T LIKE BUT IT CUTS THE FAT A LITTLE BIT . "

331) " I DON'T HAVE A DRINKING PROBLEM , THIS IS SOMETHING THAT JUST HAPPENED . "

332) " I'M NOT GOING TO CHANGE , I DON'T DRINK ENOUGH . "

333) "THERE IS NO NEED FOR ME TO QUIT DRINKING , I DON'T HAVE A DRINKING PROBLEM . "

334) " I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM , I DON'T . "

335) " IF I REALLY DID HAVE A PROBLEM , I WOULD WANT HELP , BUT I DON'T . "

336) " I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS , I'M REALLY IN THE WRONG PLACE . "

337) " IT WAS AN ACCIDENT , I SNEEZED AND RAN IN TO THE SIDE OF A PARKED TRUCK AS I WAS COMING INTO AN INTERSECTION . "

338) " CERTAIN TIMES I DRINK , CERTAIN TIMES I DON'T . "

339) " I VERY SELDOM GO OUT . "

340) " I ONLY DRINK JUST WHEN I GO OUT MORE OR LESS . "

341) " I'M NOT A FREQUENT DRINKER , I DON'T DO IT ALL THE TIME , JUST BEER AND WINE . "

342) " I DON'T SIT AROUND THE HOUSE DRINKING OR THINGS LIKE THAT , I WAS DOWN IN THE GARAGE UNDERNEATH

THE BUILDING WHERE I WORK DRINKING VODKA . "

343) " THE ARRESTING OFFICER TOLD ME I WAS AT THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME . "

344) " I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT , I REACHED DOWN TO DO SOMETHING , LOST SIGHT OF THE ROAD AND RAN
IN TO THE BACK OF A TRUCK . "

345) " LEAVING FROM BEING DOUBLE PARKED , I SIDESWIPED AND NICKED A POLICE CAR THAT WAS DRIVING AROUND
THE TWO CARS , I TAPPED EVER SO SLIGHTLY ON THE OFFICERS' REAR BUMPER . "

346) " A CAR WAS PARKED WHERE IT WASN"T SUPPOSED TO BE PARKED AND I WENT AROUND AND HIT THE PARKED CAR ."

347) " IF YOU WANT ME TO BE HONEST , I'LL BE HONEST , RIGHT . "

348) " TO BE HONEST I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT QUITTING DRINKING REAL SERIOUS . "

349) " COMPLETE AND TOTAL ABSTINENCE IS GOING TO CHANGE MY COOKING , I'M A GOURMET COOK AND I LIKE
GOOD WINE . "

350) "THERE IS NO ALCOHOLISM IN MY FAMILY , NOT THE A - TYPICAL OF FALLING DOWN THE STREET KIND OF THING . "

351) " I HAD A FLAT TIRE , I WAS DRIVING ON A FLAT AND THE POLICE OFFICER NOTICED SPARKS COMING UNDERNEATH
FROM THE WHEEL AGAINST THE SURFACE OF CEMENT . "

352) " I BLACKED - OUT , IT WAS THE MOST DRUNK THAT I HAVE EVER BEEN . "

353) " I KNOW WHY I BLEW SO HIGH , IT WAS MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE AND THIS GUY KEPT BUYING ME TEQUILA
SHOOTERS . "

354) " I GOT SICK , I OPENED THE CAR DOOR TO GET SICK , AN OFFICER PULLED UP BESIDE ME AND THERE I WAS
GETTING SICK . "

355) " I DON'T THINK WHAT I WAS IS WHAT THEY CALL PISSED DRUNK OR ANY THING . "

356) " I ONLY DRINK IN MODERATION , USUALLY I DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE , I ONLY ATE LUNCH THAT DAY . "

357) " A VARIETY OF MY UNCLES ARE CONSTANT DRINKERS EVERYDAY . "

358) " I WAS A PASSENGER IN A STOLEN CAR . "

359) " I WAS DRIVING IN A PARTICULAR AREA DRIVING TOO SLOW . "

360) " I'M NOT LIKE A REALLY HEAVY DRINKER , I TRY NOT TO EXCEED OVER 2 DRINKS . "

361) " GIN GIVES ME THE SHAKES , NEVER DID LIKE GIN . "

362) " I WAS IN A CAR WITH SOMEBODY WHO HAD A GUN AND DIDN'T KNOW IT , GOT THE CHARGES DROPPED . "

363) " I DROVE HOME LOADED PLENTY OF TIMES . "

364) " I RAN IN TO A ROAD BLOCK , GAVE ME A FIELD TEST , AND I PASSED ALL OF THAT EVEN THOUGH
I GOT SHOT TWICE IN MY LEG AND STILL GOT A BULLET IN MY LEG . "

365) " I COULDN'T FIND PARKING , LOOKING , I SAW A MAN AND HE SAID I HIT HIS CAR , FRIGHTENED I WENT TO THE
POLICE STATION TO REPORT THIS AND THE POLICE WOMAN SLAPPED ME AND HANDCUFFED ME , CHARGED WITH A
HIT & RUN , I SPENT THREE DAYS IN JAIL . "

366) " I DON'T DRINK , I JUST SOCIALIZE , I DRINK BEER WHEN EVER I DO , BECKS LIGHT WHEN I FEEL LIKE DRINKING . "

367) " I WAS BORN COPTIC ORTHODOX AND DRINKING IS FORBIDDEN , IF YOU DO YOU'RE A CONDEMNED DEVIL SINNER. "

368) " I'M A DRAFT LITE KIND OF GUY . "

369) " MY FRIEND BEING TOUGH BEAT UP A NEWSPAPER VENDING MACHINE . "

370) " I DRINK CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN MOST OF MY FRIENDS . "

371) " AS AN ARMY MEDICAL OFFICER , I'M AN OUTSTANDING PERSON , I'M PAID TO BE HONEST , THAT'S WHAT
YOU'RE TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING FOR . "

372) " IN GEORGETOWN SOMEONE COMPLETELY SMASHED MY WINDSHIELD BREAKING IN , MY VISION WAS OBSCURED SO
I WENT THROUGH A RED LIGHT . I WAS PISSED ABOUT THE WINDSHIELD SO I WAS SPEEDING . "

373) " POURING DOWN RAINING , SLIDING , COULDN'T STOP KEPT SLIDING , MY JEEP WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND SLID
THROUGH A STOP SIGN AND JUST HIT THIS OTHER GUY . "

374) " I NORMALLY DRINK WINE BUT THEY RAN OUT OF WINE AT THIS CLUB SO I DRANK MIXED DRINKS , I'M A WINE
DRINKER . "

375) " DIDN'T DRINK DRIVING , AT HOME SOME FRIENDS CAME BY , HAD SOME BEERS . "

376) " I WORKED IN SIBERIA , IF YOU DON'T DRINK VODKA YOU WILL FEEL BAD BECAUSE OF THE REAL COLD . "

377) " MY FATHER IS COMPLETELY ALCOHOLIC . "

378) " MY FATHER FEARED HE WAS BECOMING ONE SO HE STOPPED DRINKING ALTOGETHER . "

379) " TRYING LSD WAS A PHASE THING THAT I WENT THROUGH . "

380) " I SIP ON BEER HERE AND THERE . "

381) " I WAS DRINKING TO GET DRUNK BUT I DON'T HAVE THE URGE TO GET DRUNK . "

382) " MY WILL POWER CAN ALLOW ME TO HAVE A GOOD TIME WITHOUT DRINKING , I DON'T BELIEVE THAT I HAVE A
PROBLEM , I'M A HEAVY DRINKER , I'LL LIMIT MYSELF TO THE LEVEL OF A SOCIAL DRINKER , IF I'M GOING TO DRINK . "

383) " IF MY LIMIT OF 3 DRINKS IN A NON - SOCIAL DRINKING SITUATION WOULD INDICATE THAT I HAVE A PROBLEM . "

384) " I CAN'T DRINK A WHOLE BEER , I WASN'T THAT BAD , IT WASN'T MY CAR , I DON'T DRIVE IN D . C . , MY
FRIEND GOT SICK FROM THE SHOOTERS , I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I'VE SPENT ON CABS . "

385) " I CANNOT TAKE ONE DRINK AND STOP . "

386) " MY WIFE SAYS I NOTICED THAT WHEN YOU TAKE A COUPLE OF DRINKS AND YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO HANDLE IT
LIKE YOU USED TO , I NOTICE A DIFFERENCE IN YOU'RE WALKING , YOU SORT OF SWAGGER . "

387) " 2 BLOCKS FROM HOME , WHEN MOST ACCIDENTS HAPPEN , I MISJUDGED THE ISLAND AND WENT UP INTO THE
ISLAND WHICH BLEW OUT MY FRONT TIRE AND I LOST CONTROL OF MY CAR AND HIT THE FRONT END OF A PARKED
CAR . "

388) " MY DOCTOR OFTEN MENTIONED THAT I SHOULDN'T DRINK . "

389) " CHAMPAGNE GETS YOUR HEAD BUBBLY , I WAS NOT UP FOR IT . "

390) " THIS WAS A ONCE IN A LIFE TIME DEAL , FIRST AND LAST TIME , I DON'T DRINK OUT OF CONTROL , I HAD
ONE TOO MANY ON AN EMPTY STOMACH . "

391) " I GOT A PROMOTION ON THE JOB , MY WIFE WENT OUT OF TOWN , 2ND MARRIAGE , THERE MIGHT HAVE
BEEN A FACTORY DEFECT IN MY CAR , THE AXEL JUST SNAPPED , THE CAR WENT OUT OFCONTROL , ENDED UP AT
THE CONVENTION CENTER UP ON THE CURB , THE POLICE SAID THAT THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY THING LIKE THAT .
THE CAR JUMPED UP ON THE PAVEMENT , THE AIR BAGS EXPLODED AND I WAS DAZED AND STUNNED . "

392) " I'VE BEEN DRIVING A LONG TIME , WRONG PLACE , WRONG TIME , WRONG HOUR , I'M GLAD THAT IT
WASN'T ANY MORE SERIOUS THAN IT WAS . "

393) " NOT THAT I'M TRYING TO FABRICATE OR ANYTHING , BE UP FRONT , I DON'T NEED TO DRINK , I JUST DID ,
I'VE NEVER GOT DRUNK - DRUNK . "

394) " IT HAD SNOWED REAL HEAVY , CARS WERE PARKED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET , COMING DOWN 31 ST STREET I
BRAKED TO YIELD A POLICE CAR COMING DOWN , THE BACK END OF MY TRUCK FISHTAILED , THE OFFICER
COMING UP CAUGHT THE BACK SIDE OF MY TRUCK , 15 M. P. H. CRASH . "

395) " I DON'T DRINK THAT OFTEN , A FRIEND CONCOCTED A SHOOTER TYPE DRINK . "

396) " I HAVE A HABIT OF CONVERTING OVER TO SOMETHING NON - ALCOHOLIC . "

397) " GOOD QUESTION , I WAS NOT IN TRAFFIC , I WAS MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO CALL A FRIEND TO PICK ME UP , THE
OFFICER ASKED ME TO MOVE MY CAR , SO I CIRCLED THE BLOCK , I WAS SITTING IN MY CAR OUT OF FEAR , THEN HE
ARRESTED ME . I'LL KNOW BETTER NOT TO MOVE THE CAR . "

398) " I WAS ON MEDICATION AT THE TIME , I WAS TRYING TO GET PREGNANT SO I KNOW IT'S BETTER NOT TO DRINK
ALCOHOL, I HAVE SINUS PROBLEMS , MY TASTE BUDS WERE DEPRESSED I ORDERED AN ICE TEA AND DIDN'T KNOW
THAT IT CONTAINED ALCOHOL , I HAD 2 ICE TEAS . "

399) " I'M NOT A DRINKER , I'M NOT A SOCIAL DRINKER , I DON'T ENGAGE IN DRINKING , I DON'T INDULGE . "

400) " GOING TO A . A . WILL , IF THAT WON'T DRIVE SOME ONE TO DRINK . "

401) " I WAS PICKING UP SOME EQUIPMENT FROM THE MAGIC ROOM CLUB ON GEORGIA AVENUE AND THEN THIS PLAIN -
CLOTHES COP DRIVING A PORSCHE 911 RAN THE LIGHT AND HIT MY CAR AS I WAS COMING AROUND TO THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET . "

402) " I WAS DRINKING ONE OF THOSE FOREIGN BEERS BECAUSE MY MOTHER WAS CLEANING OUT HER REFRIGERATOR AND
I JUST DID IT FOR THE TASTE OF IT . "

403) " I'M A BEER LOVER . "

404) " I DON'T CRAVE ALCOHOL . "

405) " I'M NOT A DRINKER DRINKER , I DRINK BEER AND I DRINK LIQUOR ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS . "

406) " FIRST TIME MY FATHER CAUGHT ME DRINKING , HE SAT ME DOWN AND TAUGHT ME HOW NOT TO MIX DRINKS . "

407) " WE WAS IN A ACCIDENT BECAUSE IT WAS WET OUTSIDE AND HIT THE CURB AND BUST ONE TIRE , THE POLICE
WERE ALREADY ON THE SCENE . "

408) " I DON'T USUALLY DRINK ON MY MEDICATION . "

409) " I WASN'T DRIVING , I WAS SITTING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SLEEPING. IT WAS A COLD NIGHT I HAD TURNED
THE MOTOR ON TO GET WARM . I ADMIT I HAD A COUPLE OF BEERS . THAT'S IT . "

410) " I TOLD MY DOCTOR THAT I DON'T DRINK . "

411) " I'VE BEEN DRINKING NON - ALCOHOLIC BEER . "

412) " I DON'T DRINK ALCOHOL LIKE THAT , I'M NOT AN ALCOHOLIC . "

413) " WRONG WAY DOWN A ONE WAY STREET WHICH WAS THE ONLY WAY TO GO WAS ON A ONE WAY STREET AND
PARKED ON THE SIDE WALK. THE POLICE IMPLIED THAT WE HAD ABANDONED OUR VEHICLE TO GET AWAY FROM THEM . "

414) " IF YOU'RE DRINKING CAUSES YOU A PROBLEM YOU HAVE A PROBLEM . "

415) " I WORKED HARD , I CUT WAY BACK , I HAD A SMALL BEER AT 10:30 THIS MORNING , I CUT THE HARD STUFF OUT . "

416) "I NEVER DRINK ANYTHING BUT WINE . "

417) " THE ONLY THING THAT I'VE CHANGED IS I JUST DON'T DRINK WHEN GOING OUT TO DRINK WHEN I DRIVE . "

418) " I ONLY STARTED DRINKING WINE AT 25 . "

419) " AN OFFICER RAN INTO ME , HE RAN A STOP SIGN AND RAN INTO ME . "

420) " I WASN'T DRUNK AT ALL . "

421) " I JUST DRINK A BEER NOW AND THEN , THEY JUST CAUGHT ME ON THE DAY I DRUNK 2 BEERS . "

422) " I DON'T DRINK LIQUOR AT ALL BECAUSE I CAN'T HOLD IT , I'D GET SICK AND I'D BE HUGGING THE TOILET . "

423) " LAST TIME I SMOKED CRACK WAS SIX YEARS AGO , I WAS ADDICTED REAL BAD . I CHOSE MY KIDS OVER CRACK
AND LEFT THE SCENE AND STOPPED . "

424) " DRIVING A RENT - A - CAR I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND HIT A LADY IN THE BACK , MY BUMPER HIT HER
CAR . I TOLD HER NO DAMAGE DONE AND BY THAT TIME THE POLICE CAME UP . "

425) " MY DOCTOR SAID THAT I CAN HAVE A HIGH BALL . "

426) " PARTY IN MY BUILDING , COMING FROM A PARTY , ARGUING WITH MY BOYFRIEND , GOING AROUND A CORNER
SWERVING AND THEY GOT ME . THE POLICE SAID HE GOT CONCERNED THAT I SWERVED AND FOR MY SAFETY
THEY TOOK THE CAR . "

427) " I DRINK TWO BEERS EVERY DAY BECAUSE I WATCH STORIES ON TV EVERY DAY . "

428) " THE DISGRACE AND EMBARRASSMENT WAS TOO MUCH FOR ME , SINCE THAT DAY I'VE VOWED NEVER TO DRINK
AGAIN . "

429) " MY DOCTOR SAID THAT I SHOULDN'T DRINK TOO MUCH WITH THE MEDICINE . "

430) " I ONLY DRINK AT HOME , IN MY OWN PRIVACY WORKING AROUND THE HOUSE , OR DON'T HAVE TO GO TO

WORK THAT DAY , I MIGHT HAVE A FEW DRINKS AND A COUPLE OF BEERS . "

431) " I DON'T DRINK LIKE I USED TO DRINK , I CUT WAY BACK . "

432) " ONE HEAD LIGHT WAS OUT , THE BUMPER WAS DENTED , I MADE A RIGHT TURN ON RED AT PA. AVENUE , THE
OFFICER SAID I HESITATED AT THE LIGHT AND SMELT BEER ON MY BREATH . "

433) "MY DRINKING WAS INTERFERING WITH MY JOB SO I CHECKED MYSELF INTO OUT - PATIENT AT THE VA HOSPITAL .
THEY'VE SEEN ME EVERY DAY AT WORK SO I SEEM TO APPEAR THE SAME . THEY DON'T KNOW THAT I'M NOT OK . "

434) " I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY PULLED ME OVER I WAS AVOIDING POTHOLES AND THERE WAS ROAD CONSTRUCTION ON
BOTH SIDES , I HAD BEER IN THE CAR GOING TO AND COMING FROM THE FIFTH COLUMN . "

435) " MY GRANDFATHER HAS A DRINKING PROBLEM , HE'S PART INDIAN . "

436) " IT WAS EARTH DAY AND THEY WERE RANDOMLY PULLING PEOPLE OVER , THERE WERE A WHOLE BUNCH OF COPS
AROUND . I SUNG MY A B C ' S . "

437) " GAY BARS SERVE DOUBLES OR ALWAYS HAVE BEEN STRONGER DRINKS , THEY DON'T MEASURE . "

438) " MY STEP GRANDFATHER WAS AN ALCOHOLIC. HE WASN'T BLOOD RELATED. MY MOTHER KEPT US AWAY FROM HIM . "

439) " BARELY EVER DRINK , I'M GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION . "

440) " I'LL TAKE MY CHANCES IN COURT IT WILL BE THROWN OUT FOR .05 . "

441) " IT WAS A PARTY AT WORK , EMPLOYEE'S NIGHT CHRISTMAS PARTY , VERY HAPPY DAY THAT DAY , I STOPPED THREE
TIMES TO LET A COP CAR BY , THEY RANSACKED MY CAR BECAUSE MONROE STREET IS A VERY BAD AREA . A
BOTTLE OF DRINK WAS OPENED IN THE CAR , THEY GAVE US CHAMPAGNE FROM WORK , TO MY SURPRISE THEY
MADE ME BLOW THREE TIMES . "

442) " EVERY FRIDAY , MY DAY OFF , I CONSUME A VERY SPECIAL GOLDEN GIN , IN NIGERIA WE HAVE THIS
ALLIGATOR PEPPER ROOT , GOLDEN GIN HAS THIS SIMILARITY , IT GIVES YOU THIS PAIN THROUGH ALL YOUR
TONGUES . I FELT A STOMACH DISORDER SO I TOOK THIS MEDICINE . "

443) " I FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL AND MY CAR RAN IN TO THE CURB OF A SIDEWALK , HIT SOME STAIRS , FLIPPED
UPSIDE DOWN AND COMPLETELY OVER TURNED , IT'S A MIRACLE THAT I WASN'T KILLED . "

444) " ALL I DRINK IS BEER NO HARD LIQUOR . "

445) " ONE NIGHT OF FUN GOT ME IN TO THIS , I LANDED HERE . I'VE STOPPED GOING TO CLUBS . "

446) " I STOPPED DRINKING FOR THREE MONTHS BECAUSE I WAS LOCKED UP . WE WERE IN AN ACCIDENT AND P C P
WAS FOUND IN THE CAR . I WASN'T DRIVING AND THE DRIVER ON P C P SAID HE WASN'T DRIVING . "

447) " THIS GUY CAME OUT AND FAILED TO YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY AND I SLAMMED IN TO HIM . "

448) " I HAD MY HIGH BEAMS ON AND CAUGHT ANOTHER D U I . THEY FOUND A LITTLE BIT OF COCAINE AND
MARIJUANA . IT WAS A " LEON SPINKS " KIND OF THING , IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO MEASURE LIKE ABOUT A DOLLAR
AND A HALVES WORTH . "

449) " I'VE HAD A LOT OF SOBRIETY TESTS BUT I'VE NEVER FAILED ONE . "

450) " I'M NOT MUCH OF A DRINKER WHEN IT COMES TO HARD LIQUOR . I'M NO MUCH OF A LIQUOR DRINKER PERIOD . "

451) " THERE WAS A PILE UP . IT WAS THE LAST NIGHT THAT IT SNOWED HERE IN D.C. , LIKE A CHAIN REACTION OF
ABOUT SEVEN CARS INVOLVED , FENDER BENDERS , BUMP , BUMP , BUMP . "

452) " TO ME , I DID PRETTY GOOD ON THE FIELD TEST , NOT A WHOLE LOT OF STUMBLING OR STAGGERING AROUND . "

453) " BEFORE MY DRINKING WAS TO GET DRUNK , NOW I STILL DRINK WHEN I GET OFF WORK , I HAVE TWO BEERS
INSTEAD OF GETTING COMPLETELY WASTED . THE ONLY THING NOW THAT I'VE CHANGED IS THAT I DON'T DRINK
TO GET DRUNK . I DON'T NEED TREATMENT . "

454) " IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO DRINK 10 BEERS , THE POLICE WOMAN WAS SHOCKED THAT I BLEW A .14 , SHE
HAD TO CHANGE HER PAPER WORK FROM A D.U.I. TO A D.W.I. "

455) " I DON'T QUITE CARE FOR HARD LIQUOR . "

456) " MY DOCTOR TOLD ME , THE MEDICATION THAT I'M TAKING WILL NOT BE AS EFFECTIVE , IF I USE ALCOHOL
WITH THEM ."

457 " I RAGE ON SATURDAY'S WHEN I GO OUT WITH MY FRIENDS , I ALWAYS STILL HAVE MONEY LEFT OVER FOR CABS . "

458) "I'M DRINKING MORE RESPONSIBLY NOW , I HAVE AROUND SIX DRINKS , I'M NOT AN ALCOHOLIC . I'M TAKING
A LOT OF CABS , I DON'T WANT TO WRECK MY JEEP . "

460) " THIS IS A STIFF PROGRAM FOR SOMEONE WHO WASN'T DRINKING . I'VE STOPPED DRINKING BEER IN THE CAR . "

461) " MY BEST BUDDY FROM ECUADOR CAME HERE , I DON'T KNOW HOW I GOT SO DRUNK , I DON'T REMEMBER A
THING , I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS SAYING . "

462) " I DO KNOW THAT I HAVE A DRINKING PROBLEM . I HAVE A COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY . "

463) " I DON'T DRINK EVERY DAY OR NOTHING LIKE THAT , I TOOK SOME NYQUIL AT 1: 30 LAST NIGHT BECAUSE I
COULDN'T BREATHE AND IT OPENS MY CHEST UP . "

464) " IF I'M OUT IN PUBLIC I WON'T DRINK A LOT BUT IF I AM AT HOME I'LL SIT AROUND DRINKING AND WATCH THE GAME ."

465) " MY FAMILY DRINKS SOCIABLY . "

466) " DR. TOLD ME TO CUT DOWN ON DRINKING BUT HE DIDN'T SAY NOTHING ABOUT QUITTING COMPLETELY . "

467) " I WAS GOING TO PLAY THE LOTTERY AND I WAS PARKED IN THE SAFEWAY LOT , A LADY CAME AROUND AND
SIDESWIPED MY LEFT BUMPER , THE OFFICER GAVE ME A TICKET FOR BACKING WITHOUT CAUTION . "

468) " NOT DRINKING IS GOING TO PRESENT A GREAT SOCIAL HARDSHIP ON ME . "

469) " I WAS WEAVING I KNOW ALL THE POTHOLES AND AVOID THE MAN HOLE COVERS - LIKE A MAP -. I USUALLY TAKE A
CAB AND WALK TO RESTAURANTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD . "

470) " I'M NOT A DRINKER , ONLY ON OCCASIONS ACTUALLY . "

471) " WHEN YOU'VE BEEN DOING SOMETHING ALL YOUR LIFE AND THEN YOU GET CAUGHT UP IN THE SYSTEM . "


QUOTES FROM SIFNOS ISLAND GREECE 8 . 9 . 96
472) " I DON'T TAKE DRUGS TO LIVE , BUT THEY ARE A PART OF MY LIFE."

473) " I LOVE COCAINE ."

474) " IN BAVARIA BEER IS FOOD ."

475) " I'VE SMOKED MARIJUANA FOR FIFTEEN YEARS , I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER PAID FOR IT . I
NEVER BUY IT , I ONLY USE IT WHEN IT IS FREE . "

476) " I BLEW A 2.8 .

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JAILHOUSE HALFWAYHOUSE INMATE QUOTES 7 . 7 . 9 7

477}"I didn't consider myself an Alcoholic alcoholic , but I am an alcoholic . They're on a different level those
alcoholic alcoholics. It's ludicris , they can't walk or talk , falling down , they are impaired all the time .
It's a family thing , my whole family drinks , it's in my genes ."


478] " I've got a drug problem . I've been using Heroin . I know I would be dirty . I had a little cocaine speedballing with the heroin ,
something to hold me over, so I wouldn't be sick . To enhance the dope - adding cocaine makes it last longer . "

THE END

Copyright 1997-2012 CHRIS KEELEY
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Paradise Life

I wanted to get the message out that any addict could get clean, stop using drugs and find a new way to live.

My personal life experience can be a living example to help educate the public that addiction is a humanistic

disease from which the addict and family members suffer no matter what supportive opportunities are given. The

disease of addiction is completely profound in the aspect that help can only be obtained through a miraculous

process of Recovery otherwise known as Grace. I share about the horrors of my life and how wonderful my

life has become today. In the spirit of recovery my contribution is exemplified by the selfless effort of helping

other addicts find and achieve recovery. Today my goal is to help others unconditionally and to be a part of the

solution rather than the problem. My understanding is my contribution will help alleviate the pain and suffering

of addicts and those close to addicts by being exposed to this work of art. My motive was to bring to light the

love and truth about the feelings of an addict who has found joy, happiness and freedom. This is the recovery

revolution that is going on right now.

- Chris Keeley

Copyright 2006 by Christopher Keeley

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