Jesse had an awfully hard time maintaining a job. Indeed, because of his sluggishness and lack of motivation, he was out of a job far more frequently than he was gainfully employed. And when he did secure a job, he had a hard time getting to work when his shift started, he often got less than satisfactory performance assessments, and he called off sick so frequently that he typically got fired a few weeks after he began working. To no one’s amazement, one of the effects of Jesse’s less than positive work track record was the fact that he was just about flat broke from day-to-day.

Regardless of Jesse’s less than positive work record and financial misconduct, however, somehow he made it his business to drink in an excessive and hazardous manner on a daily basis.

So it came as no big jolt when Jesse received a third DUI. When he went before the court, the magistrate told Jesse that his alcohol-related actions was irresponsible and, as a consequence, he was going to sentence Jesse to spend eight months locked up in jail.

Time In Jail To Think About The Hurtful Effects of Careless Drinking

During his time in jail, Jesse was required to learn more about alcohol facts, about the negative results of abusive drinking, and he was expected to get alcohol treatment. The magistrate underscored the fact that unless Jesse gets professional alcohol counseling and discovers how to live a life of sobriety, he will probably be spending a considerable amount of time in the city jail.

Jesse articulated that he understood what the judge was proclaiming but he still proclaimed that jail was not the proper ruling. The magistrate saw things from an entirely different vantage point and stated that it was his job to keep alcohol dependent people off the streets who drink and drive and who get arrested for a DUI. To corroborate this assertion, the magistrate outlined some respected, thoroughly researched alcohol statistics that underlined some of the destructive effects that are associated with abusive and excessive drinking.

Although Jesse understood that he drank in an irresponsible and hazardous manner, he never believed that he was an individual who was addicted to alcohol. So it was a rude awakening when Jesse started to experience alcohol withdrawals around three hours after getting locked up in jail.

To treat his alcohol withdrawals in a safe manner, Jesse was taken to a rehab center for alcohol detoxification and then returned to the municipal jail. While locked up in the municipal jail Jesse undertook alcohol rehabilitation but since he received this therapy as something that was forced upon him, he was unsuccessful in taking ownership of his irresponsible and abusive drinking.

When his time behind bars was finished, the magistrate without wavering announced to Jesse that he would be under strict observation and would be mandated to take periodic blood alcohol tests.

Jessie’s Abusive Drinking Prevents Him From Living in a Productive and Mature Manner

After hearing how Jesse neglected to take ownership of his drinking situation and how he reluctantly followed the rehab protocol while in the city jail, the judge knew that it was basically a matter of time before he would be seeing Jesse once again in court about his irresponsible and hazardous drinking behavior. As the magistrate thought about Jesse’s situation, he couldn’t help but think about how some people never “connect the dots” and learn how to live in an accountable and productive manner.