Mature Folks Prefer Drinking at Bars and Taverns

Most of what I have written in this blog so far is just legal background information and other common knowledge spread over the Net about DWI drivers. Statistics, opinions of professionals which they have made public knowledge, myths and the truth, government documents, exact phrase from law books, and so on.

MADD, most state government sites, anyone really associated with working on DWI problems in one way or the other, knows and has stated verbatium on their sites, what I state below:

The speed of alcohol absorption affects the rate at which one becomes drunk. Unlike
foods, alcohol does not have to be slowly digested. As a person drinks faster than the alcohol can be eliminated, the drug accumulates in the body, resulting in higher and
higher levels of alcohol in the blood.

The average person metabolizes alcohol at the rate of about one drink per hour. Only
time will sober a person up. Drinking strong coffee, exercising or taking a cold shower
will not help.

There is evidence that heavier drinkers prefer to drink at bars and other person's
homes, and at multiple locations requiring longer driver distances. Young drivers have been found to prefer drinking at private parties, while older, more educated drivers prefer bars and taverns.

However, I do disagree with the second paragraphy: I agree that time will sober a person up but I also believe coffee, exercise or a shower (even more so if it is cold) will bring someone who has drank too much around to being more sober -- not completely sober, true, but more sober than before those events.

I have always been for the underdog. The underdog needs help but is seldom given it. I am not a drinker but I know plenty of folks who are drinkers: beer drinkers. Missouri is a beer drinking state and it is common to see beer sold in grocery stores and even the smallest little town is as likely to have a bar as not to have one.

This blog is not about the fact that beer is seen in a friendly way down here. I have no problem with that per se.

My blog is not about how easy beer is to get; my blog is about law makers who made that beer so easy to get. That makes law makers in Jefferson City partly responsible for the effect it has on a small percentage of Missourian's who are alcoholics.

My blog is about the fact that a man or woman who is an alcoholic is thought of by MADD, government, and others as "horrible monsters" who should be "locked up for life" or worse. Not everyone believes that harshly at those places, but many do.

I believe that thinking of alcoholics that way can only be compared to thinking that way about someone with cancer or some other disease. These people are treated with medications and hospitalization. They are helped in every way possible in our society. I am saying we should do the same for alcoholics.



Neither does my blog sanction drunk driving, no more than I sanction being drunk at all. I do not think it is fine and dandy -- personally, anyone who has had too much to drink repulses me and I avoid them -- my opinion at those times is "a drunk person is a waste of time to talk to. At that point, they are helpless and must be cared for."

They are not criminals and they are not felons. Prison time is only going to make the lives of these men and women even harder for them. Repeat offenders of driving while high on liquor should have their licenses revoked and then pass muster somehow to get it back. No time frame.

I'm not DWI expert but I do know punishment for having a disease is wrong. Help me find the right way to deal with these poor souls.

Mature Folks Prefer Drinking at Bars and Taverns