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NikKay · 02-21-2008, 10:59 PM

A first time offender in Florida who pleads no contest gets jail time, fines, forced driving classes, forced MADD courses, and at least 1 year of probation. Second time offenders get much more jail time than only 7 days.

steved · 02-22-2008, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by .~.

Oh you shut up you fat ignorant slut.

He is holding back and if he wants to "confess" on this board . . . . I say do it right!!!! Tell all (honestly) or stfu!!!

No first time offender would get that sort of punishment (unless).

What isn't he telling us???

STFU you POS loser....

CB_Voyta · 02-22-2008, 06:36 PM

Amazing story! Let this be an inspiration to other people that might be having problems.

I'll have a beer to celebrate your anniversary tonite ;-)

Ycaza · 02-22-2008, 08:48 PM

congrats on nine, 1/17/89 myself, there is, amazingly enough someone here who has the same date.

JayDeeZee · 02-22-2008, 09:19 PM

Congrats Chad.

9 yrs

One day at a time.

DigitalDruid · 02-23-2008, 01:37 AM

congrats man

lazycash · 02-24-2008, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by .~.

That seems like an extremely harsh sentence for a first time offender.
I would bet it was (at least) your second DUI . . . to get a decision like that.

I know of two time offenders that haven't received sentences as harsh as that.

What aren't you telling us?

Greg, every state is different, for instance when you got your dui in Ohio the penalty was less severe than many other state's first dui. He said he blew a 3.0, so I'm sure he received the max extreme dui penalty.

Azoy? · 02-24-2008, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by chadknowslaw

February 21, 1999 I was arrested for drunk driving in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. At the time, I was the Elected County Attorney of Worth County, the county just to the north. I was my usual blitzed self that night. My tolerance was so high after 15 years of heavy drinking I passed the walk and turn but failed the breathalyzer -- if you call over .30 failing. College students die at .24. For me to still be able to walk at that level was amazing. I was 185 pounds and had a 37 inch waist. (now I am 160 and 30 inch waist-- back to normal)
The next day I called an in-patient treatment center and reserved a bed. Since I had been prosecuting drunk drivers, I had a good relationship with the manager of the center and was fortunate that they could take me on short notice.

After I checked into the treatment center, the DT's started and lasted for 4 very long days. Withdrawal from severe alcoholism is the most painful thing I have EVER felt in my life.

A day after I got through the DT's, one of the other patients who was also going through them died in the middle of the night. Going to breakfast in the morning, and seeing them wheel his body away on the gurney I realized how serious this really was for me.

I spent a month in that in-patient treatment center. I don't know how else i would have made it- I was craving a drink so bad my mouth watered.
Somehow I made it through the roughest period and stayed sober. I got into Alcoholics Anonymous and have been going ever since.

Every year I post on my Sobriety Anniversary. It helps me to remember how really really fucked up I was and how lucky I was to have been arrested. It took a kick in the ass that hard to get me to sober up.

Friday, February 22 marks 9 years without a drink. It feels damn good to be here, sober, today.

are you going out for a drink to celebrate ?

Rexk · 02-24-2008, 06:48 PM

Congrats Chad

I just celebrated 60 days...and it has been rough...Ive had to change everything in my life including temporarily getting out of adult..moving...changing friends..I go to at least one meeting per day..sometimes more..my drinking patterns were similar to yours...and finally become all day everyday..It is encouraging to see other webmasters here with the same problem..I know I am not alone in this business

Probono · 02-24-2008, 06:52 PM

Congratulations.

MaDalton · 02-24-2008, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Rexk

Congrats Chad

I just celebrated 60 days...and it has been rough...Ive had to change everything in my life including temporarily getting out of adult..moving...changing friends..I go to at least one meeting per day..sometimes more..my drinking patterns were similar to yours...and finally become all day everyday..It is encouraging to see other webmasters here with the same problem..I know I am not alone in this business

congrats, rex

keep it up

Rexk · 02-24-2008, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by MaDalton

congrats, rex

keep it up

Thanks Stefan....hope to see you soon

.~. · 02-24-2008, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by steved

STFU you POS loser....

YOU make me laugh you fake pos ass scab! Nobody thinks you are real. FUCK OFF MORON!!!!!!

Thanks stupid.

.~. · 02-24-2008, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by lazycash

Greg, every state is different, for instance when you got your dui in Ohio the penalty was less severe than many other state's first dui. He said he blew a 3.0, so I'm sure he received the max extreme dui penalty.

You dirty pos alcoholic liar. I love how you think EVERYONE has a dui just because you have ONE!!!!

FUCK OFF you stupid drunken fatty pos moron!

I know the law for other reasons. You are wrong on your "guess" as to why he got such a harsh penalty. FUCK YOU IDIOT!!!! Fat lazycash stinks up another thread with his "corky" opinion. Thanks fucker!!!

smutsellers · 02-24-2008, 09:10 PM

a sincere congrats to you mate. good to see something meaningful on these boards once in a while.

.~. · 02-24-2008, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Rexk

Congrats Chad

I just celebrated 60 days...and it has been rough...Ive had to change everything in my life including temporarily getting out of adult..moving...changing friends..I go to at least one meeting per day..sometimes more..my drinking patterns were similar to yours...and finally become all day everyday..It is encouraging to see other webmasters here with the same problem..I know I am not alone in this business

Congrats dude!

Do you remember your mentality during that time? I mean the time in which you seemed to evolve to drinking all day, everyday?

What did you tell yourself you were doing as it progressed? How did you talk yourself into getting to that stage?

Also, do you remember when you made the decision to quit? Can you share what it was that made you realize you needed to stop drinking?

Thanks man!

amateurcanada · 02-24-2008, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by WarChild

When university got tough, did you quit? No.
When law school got a little rough, did you quit? Of course not.
When passing the Bar was stressing your last nerve, did you quit? Absolutely no!

Nobody likes a quitter, Chad.

Your crazy, I like how you think LOL "guzzles" j/k

kmanrox · 02-24-2008, 11:04 PM

damn you all being so supportive, i was gonna post 'i'll drink to that'... but didnt wanna be the spoiler.. blah

lazycash · 02-25-2008, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by .~.

You dirty pos alcoholic liar. I love how you think EVERYONE has a dui just because you have ONE!!!!

FUCK OFF you stupid drunken fatty pos moron!

I know the law for other reasons. You are wrong on your "guess" as to why he got such a harsh penalty. FUCK YOU IDIOT!!!! Fat lazycash stinks up another thread with his "corky" opinion. Thanks fucker!!!

Nice try Greg, you already admitted to getting a dui under one of your other nicks in the past.

LeRoy · 02-25-2008, 01:41 AM

Nice one dude

Miz_Wright · 02-25-2008, 06:15 AM

Bravo, Chad!

It's lovely to see how many of us there are. To go along with the "birthdays" in the thread, mine is 18 Oct 1991.

See you soon!

chadknowslaw · 02-25-2008, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by .~.

That seems like an extremely harsh sentence for a first time offender.
I would bet it was (at least) your second DUI . . . to get a decision like that.

I know of two time offenders that haven't received sentences as harsh as that.

What aren't you telling us?

It was a second offense. That is the minimum sentence for 2nd Offense in Iowa. I actually had a total of 3 convictions; the first two were charged as First offenses because of the time between them but my last one was charged as a second. The mandatory minimum is 7 days in jail and $1500 fine. The first offense mandatory minimum there was 2 days in jail, $750 fine and loss of license for 6 months.

chadknowslaw · 02-25-2008, 01:23 PM

Here is a link to the news story :
http://www.globegazette.com/articles...export4505.txt

chadknowslaw · 02-25-2008, 01:29 PM

And a follow up:

http://www.globegazette.com/articles...export5589.txt

chadknowslaw · 02-25-2008, 01:32 PM

The sentence:
http://www.globegazette.com/articles...export7519.txt

The 6 year suspension was in error; it was actually corrected to 1 year.

chadknowslaw · 02-25-2008, 01:33 PM

And finally, re-election:

http://www.globegazette.com/articles...export7706.txt

It is hard to have anything to hide when it is all published in the papers.

nico-t · 02-25-2008, 04:38 PM

coincidentally i had one of the bigger alcohol binges ive had saturday, sunday night i was still fucked up.. the worst thing of it all is that i dont remember the best parts of the night, a friend of mine told me my crazy ass actions

genoveze · 02-25-2008, 05:37 PM

""I could never quit with just one. Either it is none at all or else I want to drink the whole damn brewery.
Besides, I think I have already drank up my lifetime quota! I am officially cut off"" you are right about that, but you still need something to compensate that kind of relaxation right?, that's my problem, I work all week, and in weekends I bend the bars , and the weekends start too early , I am in control, I don't drink during the work week

.~. · 02-25-2008, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by chadknowslaw

It was a second offense. That is the minimum sentence for 2nd Offense in Iowa. I actually had a total of 3 convictions; the first two were charged as First offenses because of the time between them but my last one was charged as a second. The mandatory minimum is 7 days in jail and $1500 fine. The first offense mandatory minimum there was 2 days in jail, $750 fine and loss of license for 6 months.

That sounds about right. Do you remember if you felt ready to quit at that point, or was it a tremendous struggle to convince yourself you had to stop?

Did "stopping" get easier over time?

Also . . .

Did you happen to see this very recent headline?

Story: Florida DUI Rehab Director Arrested -- for DUI

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/feb/...ehabilitation/

It is amazing how common the problem really is.

.~. · 02-25-2008, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by nico-t

coincidentally i had one of the bigger alcohol binges ive had saturday, sunday night i was still fucked up.. the worst thing of it all is that i dont remember the best parts of the night, a friend of mine told me my crazy ass actions

At least you didn't register any domain names while you were drunk. That shit is crazy! You see the RUI offenders in the "sales" section trying to get anything they can for the domain names they registered while impaired (by drugs and/or alcohol).

chadknowslaw · 02-25-2008, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by .~.

That sounds about right. Do you remember if you felt ready to quit at that point, or was it a tremendous struggle to convince yourself you had to stop?

Did "stopping" get easier over time?

Also . . .

Did you happen to see this very recent headline?

Story: Florida DUI Rehab Director Arrested -- for DUI

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/feb/...ehabilitation/

It is amazing how common the problem really is.

I felt like I had no other choice than to go to treatment -- that through all the shit I had done I had gotten myself into that situation. Once I realized what I had to do, I did what I had to do.

The first year was rough. I gave up all my old friends, I never set foot in a bar and went to a lot of meetings. I made new friends and as I got more comfortable being sober I rekindled the old friendships that were worth keeping.

It is definitely easier to stay sober as time goes on. Being in this industry would be very hard to be newly sober with complimentary booze everywhere and people offering you drinks at every turn. Having some sobriety built up makes it easier and now staying sober is just a habit and it is easy.

.~. · 02-25-2008, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by chadknowslaw

I felt like I had no other choice than to go to treatment -- that through all the shit I had done I had gotten myself into that situation. Once I realized what I had to do, I did what I had to do.

The first year was rough. I gave up all my old friends, I never set foot in a bar and went to a lot of meetings. I made new friends and as I got more comfortable being sober I rekindled the old friendships that were worth keeping.

It is definitely easier to stay sober as time goes on. Being in this industry would be very hard to be newly sober with complimentary booze everywhere and people offering you drinks at every turn. Having some sobriety built up makes it easier and now staying sober is just a habit and it is easy.

You are an inspiration to everyone. Thank you very much for sharing.

lazycash · 02-25-2008, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by .~.

You are an inspiration to everyone. Thank you very much for sharing.

Your welcome.

seeric · 02-25-2008, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by chadknowslaw

It is definitely easier to stay sober as time goes on. Being in this industry would be very hard to be newly sober with complimentary booze everywhere and people offering you drinks at every turn. Having some sobriety built up makes it easier and now staying sober is just a habit and it is easy.

youre telling me man. one of my favorite people in the whole industry is my biggest enabler. thats cool though. you learn to be responsible and pick your battles carefully. since july i've gotten loaded three times. at the xbiz show i only drank at one function. that was the xbiz awards. i am much better off not doing that stuff as much as i use to. one day i am sure i will leave it behind for good. im no angel and when i fall off the wagon, i break every bone hitting the ground. i am just happy that i have the power in me to not do it unless i want to now.

.~. · 02-25-2008, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by lazycash

Your welcome.

Is English your second language?

Wow, you are one stupid motherfucker.

You are an inspiration to morons everywhere! Thank you!

lazycash · 02-26-2008, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by .~.

You are an inspiration to people everywhere! Thank you!

You're welcome again.

Miz_Wright · 02-26-2008, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by genoveze

"I could never quit with just one. Either it is none at all or else I want to drink the whole damn brewery.
Besides, I think I have already drank up my lifetime quota! I am officially cut off"
you are right about that, but you still need something to compensate that kind of relaxation right?, that's my problem, I work all week, and in weekends I bend the bars , and the weekends start too early , I am in control, I don't drink during the work week

I can't speak for anyone else, but I work hard and play really hard -- I just don't drink to relax anymore 'cos I like to remember my fun ;) For me, once I had been sober for a while, I learned how to cut loose and be "zany" without having to be lit up like a Christmas tree. Interestingly, it's much more relaxing and useful to me and my brain than when I would be completely wasted.

selena · 02-26-2008, 07:13 AM

I somehow overlooked this thread.

Congrats on your 9 years, Chad. Your story is an inspiring one.

ModelShrines · 02-26-2008, 09:19 AM

Congrats Chad. Make sure to keep it up.

steved · 02-27-2008, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by .~.

You dirty pos alcoholic liar. I love how you think EVERYONE has a dui just because you have ONE!!!!

FUCK OFF you stupid drunken fatty pos moron!

I know the law for other reasons. You are wrong on your "guess" as to why he got such a harsh penalty. FUCK YOU IDIOT!!!! Fat lazycash stinks up another thread with his "corky" opinion. Thanks fucker!!!

I thought you weren't Greg?

steved · 02-27-2008, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by .~.

Is English your second language?

Wow, you are one stupid motherfucker.

You are an inspiration to morons everywhere! Thank you!

Just get banned again already...

OldJeff · 02-27-2008, 04:41 PM

Congratulations Chad, let me buy you a drink

Coffee that is - just passed 11 years last November myself.

EZRhino · 02-27-2008, 04:42 PM

Congrats, and post again for your 10th year.

VS_Eddie · 02-27-2008, 05:07 PM

Congrats Chad, that is a huge accomplishment and I'm very proud!! :D Keep it up buddy!

Fabien · 02-27-2008, 06:33 PM

Didn't drink today and i won't.
I won't drink either tomorrow but will have a few beers on friday as i'm going to a hockey game with friends.
Feels good to have a break ya know.

KEEP ON THE GOOD WORK !
BEST OF LUCK TO ALL OF YOU GUYS !

Cheers ! (lol)

.~. · 02-27-2008, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by steved

I thought you weren't Greg?

What are you talking about you vaginal discharge?

Oh ya, you are a fake board name that shows up now and again. Remember how you went 4 years posting only 10 times. That was the best time of GFY's life! Ya, the time when you weren't on it.

Good luck fixing your fucked up life you fucker!

johnny o · 02-27-2008, 06:54 PM

any friends of bill from san fernando valley wanna meet up? email me
info[at]candydreams[dot]com

Halcyon · 02-27-2008, 08:25 PM

Fantastic, Chad!!!

((HUG))

chadknowslaw · 02-27-2008, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Halcyon

Fantastic, Chad!!!

((HUG))

Hal gives the best hugs!

chadknowslaw · 02-27-2008, 08:41 PM

Looks like this will make 4 pages. Here is a nudge so someone can get the top sig spot on Page 4

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CB_Voyta Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 92	Amazing story! Let this be an inspiration to other people that might be having problems. I'll have a beer to celebrate your anniversary tonite ;-)

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