Mom had .30 BAC at school (MN)

StarTribune.com ^ | 6/27/11 | CHAO XIONG

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

A St. Paul woman showed up to pick up her child from school Friday afternoon, and was arrested with a .30 blood-alcohol-content, police said.

The 44-year-old woman arrived at Linwood Monroe Arts Plus, pre-K through eighth grade, about 12:30 p.m. with her 8-year-old son, said police spokesman Andy Skoogman. She was picking up another one of her children, Skoogman said, when the 8-year-old went into the school and told the principal that his mother was not in driving shape.

The boy's mother remained in the car parked out front.

The principal went to the woman's car, took her keys and called police.

Police observed that the woman had "extremely" blood-shot eyes, smelled of alcohol and was slurring her words, Skoogman said.

[PLMerite]

Good God, .30 is a rifle caliber, not a Blood Alcohol Content. Seriously, I was trying to read the headline of BAC as a make of firearm begfore I opened the thread.

[eastforker]

Sometimes you don’t have to be a doctor to see the obvious.I have seen it happen many times. Men are not the only ones that can have a middle life crisis.

[Ten Beers Gone]

I thank both of you for your kind words.

There's little doubt in my mind that this woman has a lot of experience with alcohol consumption. Perhaps she was a functioning alcoholic, but has had some recent personal tragedies that exacerbated her drinking. It's tragic: she's only 44, not at all unattractive and she has an eight-year old son - he's the one who's really suffering! Recovering from alcoholism and achieving sobriety is not easy, but nothing good is ever easy.

This incident - her being arrested for DUI because her son reported her to his school principal - is what one of my AA friends would call a "postcard from God". I pray that she gets the message and gets on the road to sobriety.