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Several of my recent threads / comments have related to a DUI arrest I recently had. I will not defend that. One of the more interesting subjects which came up when I was in jail was whether you can be arrested for "drunk in public" when you are on your own property. My position is that this should not be possible. I like to sit out on my front porch, have a drink or three, and study my shubbery. I am not driving or doing anything else which I consider to be wrong. The overwhelming consensus among my cell-mates is...

Just one. People who could have just one drink used to really pi$$ me off. What nerve. Half the time they wouldn't even finish it. Just leave it sitting there on the resteraunt table, unloved, ignored, oh so lonely. Calling out with it's siren song to me "Steal me..Take me...DRINK ME!" "HELLO!!! ...Reality Calling..." I never wanted one of anything in my entire life!! My "drug of choice" was MORE!!! Anywhere, anytime, anyone (if they were buying). This was a pervasive thread in my mental makeup. It plays out as "I want what I want, and I want it NOW...