ARD classes

So i just got home from my 2nd ARD class, which i had to take 2 of these due to the DUI i got last year. All in all, the classes were pretty useless, and a waste of time. The only thing i really learned was how retarded some people are.

The first thing we did yesterday morning for our first class, was blow in a breathalyzer to make sure we weren't drunk at 9 AM. The first person called, goes up, blows, and our instructor just looks at her and says yeah, get your stuff you cant stay here. There was 21 people total, and 3 got kicked out for being drunk at 9 AM. I know to some people, making fun of people with a drinking problem is just wrong, but i am not sensitive at all, i personally find it hilarious.

The next thing we did, was announce to the whole class our names, age, and our DUI story. Where we were at, how much we drank, how and why we got pulled over, what our BAC was, etc. Some of these story's were absolutely gold. The one girl starts off by saying the same thing every1 else did, i was drinking xxxx and decided to drive. She then says she saw a cop pull behind her and start to follow her, and eventually started to tailgate her real bad. So she decides that giving a break check, while she was drunk, to a cop car was a good idea. The cop smashes into her and the rest is history.

Another good story was this girl, who was 18 years old, was drinking etc etc then starts to drive home. She said she was drinking in the car, and wasn't paying attention to the road, and proceeds to slam on her breaks as she was approaching a accident scene, and ends up crashing into 2 cars that already crashed into each other. There were already cops at the scene, saw her with the beer still in her hand, and yea the rest is history on that one too. There were a couple of other good ones, but those 2 were by far the best.

But yea, we watched 28 days, a bunch of useless handouts, etc. It really was a waste of time, and im not saying this because im in denial of a drinking problem or something, it really was a waste of time.

The only thing i did learn from it, was seeing first hand how being a alcoholic can ruin lives. Between the 3 messes that got kicked out, some of the storys, and a TV show we got to watch, it really did open up my eyes on how bad it actually can get for some people. We watched the show intervention, which followed a woman who was a successful actress / interior designer in her good days. It was really sad to see someone like her go through about 15 bottles of mini vodkas a day, chugging 2-4 at a time like it was water. And then carrying on her life, always yelling at herself, not having custody of her kids, etc. I have no one in my life, no friends, no family, no one, that has been a alcoholic, so i have never really seen it first hand, and to understand how much of a serious disease it can be to people if it gets out of hand. I never plan on being one though, and i would hope no one im close too would ever become one either. But yea, it was eye opening as far as that goes, but the rest was indeed a waste of time.

I am almost done with this DUI business, in about a month i will start my 6 week program, where i am going to have to meet up with a small group for 2 hours a day, once a week. I do not know exactly what i will be doing in these classes, but hopefully they are something that i would be interested in. I also have to go to 1 AA meeting, which i am looking forward too actually. I have friends who have been to AA meetings, because of underages, or DUI's, etc. And from i have heard, it is very very depressing to see some of the true alcoholics first hand. Knowing the way i am, i will probably laugh on the inside, but i am also hypocritical because i know if some1 close to me ever became a alcoholic, i would be very emotional about it, and i would take it a lot more serious. But yea, I am very interested to get a better understanding on alcoholics. If the day were to happen where some close to me was in bad shape with alcohol, i would want to know what to do about it. So hopefully between the AA meeting, and the 6 week program, i learn a good bit about it so i am ready just in case the situation were to ever happen, and also to prevent myself from ever becoming a alcoholic.


On the poker side of things, i am down about 1k in april so far this year online, And i am up 2,500 live (lost 300$ this past thursday, plus the 2,800 win on the first.)

With my struggle online as of late, i have put myself down about 7k behind msusyr24 for our prop bet. i have about 2 and a half months before the first half of our bet is over, and i really need to make up some ground soon if i want to have a chance.