Here is a story out of Australia I thought I'd share. I really love the magistrate's quote at the end.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian man convicted of his seventh drunk-driving charge was spending about $1,000 ($972 U.S.) a week on beer - enough to buy more than 2,500 small bottles a month, a newspaper said Tuesday. The heartbroken construction worker began drowning his sorrows after breaking up with his partner five years ago, the Northern Territory News said, quoting his defense lawyer as telling a court in Australia's remote, tropical north. The magistrate declined to jail the father of four, Michael Leary, noting he had quit drinking since his latest arrest, but he banned Leary from buying or even holding a beer for 12 months. The magistrate also poked fun at Leary's favorite beer, Melbourne Bitter, in a part of the country where drinkers can be as loyal to beer brands as they are to football teams. ''That is poor judgment on two counts there - drinking that much, and drinking Melbourne Bitter,'' magistrate Vince Luppino was quoted as saying.
Priceless!
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it's sad when people depend more on things like alcohol rather than God. he is bigger than any problem and he can also work through them, if we let go and let him. afterall whatever problem you have before getting drunk, i guaranty will still be there when you sober up. so why even go there.
The best (and most insensitive) of these types of quotes is from Winston Churchill. A woman once said to him, "Winston, you are drunk!" He replied, "I am drunk and you are ugly, and in the morning I shall be sober!"
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