So I'm going to Prison for 2 years

[SpaceJanitor]

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apparently I was wrong on what I heard about how much it takes to get you to .08

Here's a blood-alcohol calculator I found:

http://dryspace.org/bac-calculator.htm


But it's kind of weird.
It says I can have 4 drinks in 1 hour and I'm still legal.
But if I have 5 drinks in 2 hours then I'm over 0.8.

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The reason for that is, that alcohol takes a while to get absorbed by the human body. As a rule of thumb, you reach the climax of your intoxication ~1 hour after you took your last drink, and then the alcohol level slowly starts declining.

[Low Key]

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I would sex that girl in 5 beers!

[goodguy_1]

you should be going to jail..3 dui's by 20. ..you are pathetic and I dont feel one bit sorry for you. Get your act together man. Take control of yourself .

[Henry17]

Op : Did you have a lawyer?

I still find the sentencing too high and I'm thinking it might have been due to self-representation.

[dms]

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tuq-
.08 is the point where skills are proven to deteriorate. study after study has shown this

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haven't there been studies done that have shown that since the drop from .10 to .08 alcohol-related accidents and deaths have seen virtually no change but the number of arrests has nearly doubled?

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Yep. Don't expect MADD or law enforcement to report these statistics though. No idea why? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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Have people not driven as much at a .08 level since the drop or is that the same too?

[adsman]

Well, this thread has sure drawn the total douchebags out of hiding.

[yjbrewer]

Win the Sunday Million and bribe the judge with your winnings.

[TripleH68]

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With some people DUI just a result of the disease of alcoholism, so for that I don't immediately say "you're evil! i hope you rot in hell!" but I also think there is absolutely no excuse.

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Well said. I have a friend in North Carolina who was punished severely after one DUI. Fines, alcohol awareness classes, community service and the breathlyzer device on his car for one year. A very tough sentence for first offense imo.

[TripleH68]

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Any suggestions on how to cope. I'm goin in one week for approximately 2.5 yr on DUI charges.

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The remorse in OP's original post is touching.

[ChipWrecked]

When I was growing up in Arkansas an ex-con told me (he did time in Tucker, the prison 'Brubaker' is based on), "If you're ever in trouble and you know they're coming for you, run to another state, do a crime there, and turn yourself in to the FBI. Then you might do Federal time. 'Cause you don't want to do time in Arkansas."

Maybe the same would apply in your case.