When we reviewed the video from my DUI arrest the primary concern my lawyer had was that I’d blown too high to be functioning as well as I was. He told me this would be a behavioral red flag in my case – an indication that I was a heavy, regular drinker. He said most [...]
I smoked cigarettes from age 14 to last November, breaking only during my pregnancy and nursing. For the last year or so I smoked, my husband did not tolerate it. He quit smoking before our son was born – on my insistence. He never did understand why I didn’t just stop like he had. We [...]
We went to South Africa for two weeks to visit my husband’s family and our friends. I knew I could drink while I was away without being tested and I thought a lot about whether or not I would. I decided I would. So that I wouldn’t be miserable with guilt, I developed a logic [...]
Over Thanksgiving, a friend spoke about her father’s drinking. She doesn’t like it when he drinks like that. I was more tuned in to that comment this year than I would have been last. I don’t want my son to say that about me when he’s older. I don’t want our time together to be [...]