• A DUI arrest trigger two different cases: the court case and the DMV hearing (if you request one in time)
• You must request a DMV Hearing within 10 days of your arrest, or else you automatically lose!
• A DUI conviction will cost you more than $10,000.00 over the next three years.
• The court could order you to have in ignition interlock device installed in your car.
• If you refuse to take a blood or breath test after you've been arrested, the DMV will try to suspend your license for a minimum of one full year, with no chance for a restricted license.
• When someone is arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, they are offer a choice of a blood or breath test. If arrested for driving under the influence of drugs, they are offered a choice of a blood or urine test.
• That a tongue piercing can cause an inaccurate breath test reading by trapping alcohol in the mouth.
• Effective January 1,2005 the DUI "lookback" period was changed from 7 to 10 years. This means that if you were arrested for DUI ten years ago (or less), you are now facing a second-offense DUI.

In the mail today my son Punky got 43 different salutations from DUI Defense Lawyers from all over the city. Unfortunately, when I called him to tell him I would bring them over to him at his work I was told, "Mom, I am not trying to hear that! Just shred them up and recycle them. Anyway, its your fault cause you kicked me out!"

Denial. Such a happy place. No responsibility. Wishing people would mind their own business about my drinking/getting stoned and stop telling me what to do! If I don't think about it, then it will all go away!

"My fault? How the hell is my fault? I did not put a gun to your head and make you get stoned or drunk. You knew that you had to leave in February, we talked about it almost weekly for nine months. You had nine months to make your plans, we made sure that you would have money in your pocket and a car when you left. This is your own doing. You are responsible for your actions. Shredding the mail is not going to make this go away. What was the very last thing I said to you on the phone? Remember? I told you to look both ways before you cross a street and DON'T DRINK and DRIVE! I love you!" I tell this to anyone and everyone that leaves my house. Every. Single. Time. "Less than four hours later you are charged with a DUI!"

Click.

N Posted by Rain at 2/18/2006 11:58:00 PM

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Friday, February 17, 2006

Personality Quiz

Advanced Global Personality Test Results
Extraversion

43%
Stability

56%
Orderliness

56%
Accommodation

36%
Interdependence

36%
Intellectual

90%
Mystical

70%
Artistic

70%
Religious

50%
Hedonism

36%
Materialism

30%
Narcissism

70%
Adventurousness

43%
Work ethic

63%
Self absorbed

83%
Conflict seeking

76%
Need to dominate

63%
Romantic

56%
Avoidant

30%
Anti-authority

63%
Wealth

56%
Dependency

10%
Change averse

30%
Cautiousness

63%
Individuality

63%
Sexuality

90%
Peter pan complex

30%
Physical security

90%
Physical fitness

10%
Histrionic

10%
Paranoia

70%
Vanity

50%
Hypersensitivity

30%
Female cliche

50%

I am not sure I agree with all of this however some of these are VERY accurate!

N Posted by Rain at 2/17/2006 10:37:00 PM

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Day One

I pulled the cord as tight as I could.
Then I cut it with a knife.
Release.
Free falling.
Relief.
Not having you in my life will be hard.
Letting go.
Closing the door.
Yes I am crying.
What did you expect?
Joy?
Laughter?
A party?
Probably.
Cause you think I am sitting on my throne.
Full of glee, cause I said those words. Off with his head. Strike three, your out.
You are wrong.
There is no happiness here.
I only feel numb, dumb struck, stunned.
Wondering where I went wrong.
Did I show you by example?
Did I teach you the survive skills that you need to cope with lives pressures?
I said the same things over and over, in a thousand different ways.
Listening and hearing are two different things.

I can't wave my magic wand and make it all go away.
I won't live my life in coulda, shouldas.
Hindsight is always clearer than foresight.
I honestly tried.
Now I need to focus on the persons and things in front of me.
And learn from my mistakes.

The Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenity

to accept the things I cannot change;

courage to change the things I can;

and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;

Enjoying one moment at a time;

Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;

Taking, as He did, this sinful world

as it is, not as I would have it;

Trusting that He will make all things right

if I surrender to His Will;

That I may be reasonably happy in this life

and supremely happy with Him

Forever in the next.

Amen.

~Reinhold Niebuhr

The hardest part in all of this? The. Complete. Lack. Of. Control. I hate it. I can't "fix it", this time I am stuck watching from the bleachers.

Don't you understand?

You have all the control.

After all,, it is YOUR life, not mine.

You make all the choices and decisions.

That being said, its all your responsibility.

All of it.

High? Drunk? That does not absolve you from being held responsible for your actions.

Enough said.

I decided to get rid of the other b***g, so I am starting over. I guess this is my first post.

Welcome to my life.

N Posted by Rain at 2/17/2006 08:41:00 PM

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