Wrong!! Not long after knocking the scab off my second quart bottle I developed a headache such that I’ve never experienced before. About the same time I became nauseous & spent the next hour or so vomiting until I was dry retching.

As I was a true pisshead I gave up taking the pills instead of learning from the cockup.

Martin Gibson has it pretty much right…..unless someone really wants to give up alcohol it’s highly likely that any treatment will succeed. He is also correct that the health system is not geared to intervene when the patient finally comes to his/her senses. Before treatment is available the self will has often collapsed.

It is also fair to say that preventing drink driving amongst hardcore recidivist alkies will always be an uphill battle. By the time an alcoholic having a session on the piss has to go home or buy more supplies their judgement has completely gone out the window. They are incapable of making a rational judgement call on their ability to drive.

I dont think she is his mum!!!!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2003/jul/17/thisweekssciencequestions

From reading around the amount of alcohol required to hit 2.5 times the legal limit would probably have him puking his guts up – so it would be partially effective

Might have to flare out the centre holes a bit to get them on over his feet. Then weld them back up to prevent him slipping out of them..

Still not workable, he’s been disqualified indefinitely so he shouldn’t even own a car at all!

1) Disqualified drivers have to choose either to sell their car or have it impounded for the duration of their sentence. No one can own a car without a current driver’s license.
2) When lending or selling a vehicle the owner must check that the person they are lending it to has a current license
3) Failure to do 2) will lead to the vehicle’s seller/owner being charged as accessory to whatever crime the driver is subsequently charged with

Could be something in this. Perhaps part of the driving test could be doing laps of a track, drinking a can and a shot on each lap up til the cornering and reactions get too slow.

Officer: “Well you are blowing 720, but I see you’re licenced to 900 under 55km/h. Well done, have a good evening.”

It is a minor miracle Laing has not killed someone yet, but it is only a matter of time.

What if he’s really good at driving while drunk, considering that he’s had lots of practise? Then it wouldn’t be a matter of time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6hnFhr8PK4

Could also be this chap’s answer: “Can you walk?”

You can’t expect him to act in a rational fashion, there is no risk / reward calculation. Addicts minds don’t work that way.

A life ban from all bars within 100kms of his home might be a good start, with serious sanctions for the bar owners if they don’t comply. It will not stop him from drinking of course, but it might just make him do it at home.

Of course, the simplest, safest and cheapest solution is to give him an tax payer funded account at his local tax firm and to pay for his cabs. It might cost us a few hundred dollars a month. It may safe lives and it’d certainly be cash positive in terms of police and legal expenses. Will not happen because people aren’t really interested in solving the problem, they just have a visceral desire to punish him.

If this idiot, at 44, hasn’t grown up and started taking responsibility, I think it’s fair to say he never will. (Hell there’s a certain person we all know who’s over 60, and still won’t take responsibility). So expecting him to take the pill willingly is not gonna happen.