"Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son." - Dean Vernon Wormer
 

SERIOUSLY

Don't drink and drive.  If you are under age 21, frankly, we at Barfrog don't care if you drink... just don't be an idiot.  Don't drive drunk, and stay out of the bars until you're of legal age.  Plenty of forgetful years ahead of you at the bars. 

If you do need an Attorney, call someone with experience.  We recommend Cary Lackey: http://www.carylackeylaw.com/ 

CONSEQUENCES

Ever heard of Tent City?  Just ask around.  It's somewhere you will likely go if you get caught driving drunk in AZ.  And, you know, local attorneys and  police are putting their kids through college with around $4,000 of your money.  Sure, their kids could use a college education, but you could be spending that time and money shopping or picking up women.  Furthermore, for the following three years you will be paying at least $300 per month on car insurance... that is, if you still have a license.

Also, if you think you're busy now, try adding up to 84 hours of community service and/or Impaired Driving Prevention classes to your schedule.

If the loss of time and money won't phase your lifestyle, a life sentence in prison for vehicular manslaughter might put a dent in your plans. 

You insure your car... why not insure your future, and be responsible.  The risk isn't worth it.

SOLUTIONS

  1. Save a taxi phone number to your cell (602-200-2000).  Call that number and they will take you back to your car the next day for free.  Or, have a friend take you back to your car.
  2. Drink one beer every couple hours or so and drink water the rest of the time.
  3. Pass out somewhere safe.
  4. Trade off being a designated driver with friends.
  5. Get a Barfrog map, and use one of the $3 cab ride coupons attached.

If you have another solution, please, submit it to the Bog Blog.

INTERESTING FACTS

 

According to the American Council on Science and Health (http://www.acsh.org/), one to two drinks a day can actually be healthy: 

 

"Ethanol in and of itself makes platelets, the clotting factors in blood, less sticky, so you decrease the possibility they will clog arteries."

 

However, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/), two drinks a day is at least a bad financial decision:

 

"If you have two beers or drinks each day, here's your bar tab:

 

·         Weekly: $56 for beer; $84 for call drinks.

·         Monthly: $240 beer, $360 for call drinks.

·         Annually: $2,920 beer; $4,380 for call drinks.

 

If you were to put your bar tab into a tax-free 529 college savings plan earning 7% for your newborn, by the time she's ready for college you would have accumulated $99,277 (beer drinker) or $148,916 (call drinks), before taxes.

 

In addition to traffic injuries and other accidents, alcohol abuse is statistically tied to a number of major diseases, including cirrhosis of the liver, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, pancreatitis, alcoholic cardiomyopathy and a host of cancers.

 

Furthermore, studies show that alcohol-dependent individuals who took their first drink by age 15 earn roughly 13.1% less than their peers."

 
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