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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 . "
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