Public Intoxication - Assaulted - Car impounded - Need help!

[tranquility]

I shall hold my tongue. Quick learner.

Next time a cab will be called. There was actually a few that I passed while walking to the car; I just figured it better to sleep there.

Well played! Perhaps you shall succeed after all.

But, without trying to be a problem; problems from alcohol indicate a problem with alcohol. There are may wise things you can do. Perhaps you can ask Carl what he suggests.

 

[CdwJava]

What I would suggest would depend on whether or not he acknowledges that he has a problem with alcohol, or whether or not he is simply looking for solutions for an evening's sojourn. For most people, good common sense in prior planning can work just fine.

 

[tranquility]

And that, is why I suggested he asks.

He is smart. Seems reasonable. And, tries; even though the try is not as how you or I would try. Cyno, ask. The moment is little more than a bump. What the moment can teach may save the joy of your life. Pretend no issues and you will suffer again. Accept reality and begin to further your life.

 

[betachains]

I shall hold my tongue. Quick learner.

Next time a cab will be called. There was actually a few that I passed while walking to the car; I just figured it better to sleep there.

Good start.

However, it is concerning, that while sober (though hungover) you told a deputy to get his stuff together. You say you work 2 jobs (admirable), but time in the real world should have told you there are many times where you just keep quiet.

What if you were robbed walking down the street instead of just missing your wallet for a weekend? You need to have back-up ID's and cards.

You have no friends? You are 24, in college, and work! You will have no better opportunity for social connections.

After you get the immediate problem taken care of, you should take a good look at your life issues.

 

[Cyno]

@tranquility/java
I get what you're fishing for me to ask, but I'm not sure that's appropriate and it's surely offensive. Your subjective assumption of my alcohol problems does not make them exist objectively. A single outing is not sufficient evidence. I may have been more open to it granted I drink regularly.

The lesson here has already been learned. Sleeping in your car is illegal. Call a cab instead.


@beta
Keeping quiet doesn't allow for change to sprout.

If the wallet was stolen, I would have to go through all of the means of getting new ID/cards, etc. It probably would have taken the good portion of a week or two.. taking my birth certificate to the DMV for a new license, taking the ID to the bank for new cards, waiting for them to be mailed, and all that jazz. It would have been impossible for me to get any of these things within the time constraints of a weekend regardless. I will still have to do these things if they, for some reason, do not give my belongings back tomorrow; in this case, I will have to locate a phone and call my parents to send me my spare car key which could also take up to a week.

Isn't it illegal to have two driver's licenses? I have a student ID, but it was refused because my address is not printed. I will ask my bank about back-up cards. I've never had an option to have one in the past which leads me to believe they don't exist. Maybe a third account is in order along with my personal and business accounts; I could leave this card at home.

It's funny how you call that an opportunity. I don't see it that way.. an opportunity assumes a favorable position. I can't see myself pretending to enjoy friends just so I can have a backup plan when I go to jail.

I feel I have bigger issues that need to be taken care of over these items you've listed. Thanks for your concern though!

 

[OHRoadwarrior]

The road to hell is paved with good intentions, it seems.

I and 3 others stopped to help a lady who swerved off the road into a swampy area, getting her car stuck. Her story was she swerved to avoid a car that went left of center. What was clear, was that she was not under the influence of anything. Before we could get her car out, a local officer stopped. After inquiring as to whom the vehicle belonged and her similar response, he said "Don't you know you are supposed to call the police when you have an accident?" As she burst into tears, I bit my tongue about saying "The only damage she really did was to her own car. Why don't you call a wrecker and leave her alone."

We pay the police to enforce the law in accordance with our community standards. It was not my community, I had no right to say anything. On the otherhand, when someone slid off the road and crashed into one of my trees a month or so ago, when I left for an hour, I took the time to call the police station and advise them if the officer attending the accident had not already cited the driver, I was not going to attempt a collection for any yard/tree damages, so she could use that in her decision, if a ticket had not already been issued.

 

[tranquility]

@tranquility/java
I get what you're fishing for me to ask, but I'm not sure that's appropriate and it's surely offensive. Your subjective assumption of my alcohol problems does not make them exist objectively. A single outing is not sufficient evidence. I may have been more open to it granted I drink regularly.

Fair enough. But, http://www.helpguide.org/mental/alcohol_abuse_alcoholism_signs_effects_treatment.htm :

Since drinking is so common in many cultures and the effects vary so widely from person to person, it’s not always easy to figure out where the line is between social drinking and problem drinking. The bottom line is how alcohol affects you. If your drinking is causing problems in your life, you have a drinking problem.