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Twenty-two-year-old Emily Guberman just graduated from Baylor University, is a VISTA volunteer and is running 1,000 miles to support Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). Emily’s motivation for supporting MADD is unique, because a drunk driver killed her mother in 2009. After her mother’s death Emily…

According to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, alcohol is now the second most lethal drug in the U. S. It is the second leading killer of the American people, following only tobacco. Deaths from heavy drinking have soared to their highest level in 35 years. All together, “alcohol…

According to news reports, Joshua Tackett, a 29-year-old New Hampshire resident crashed his car in front of his local police headquarters. Police later arrested him on the suspicion of drunk driving. In his mug shot, he is wearing a t-shirt that says, “This guy needs a beer.” While many viewing the picture…

One of the terms of Colleen Cudney’s probation for her 2012 DUI conviction is that she is not supposed to drink at all, and must take random breathalyzer tests. Recently she boasted on her facebook page that she passed the test, though she’d consumed alcohol the day before. What she didn’t think about…

Joel Sweeney of River Falls, Wisconsin had a drinking problem. He has eight drunk-driving infractions. He was in near death accidents three times. After spending three years in jail he decided to get sober. Since 2013 he has been the town’s designated driver. He gives free rides to people as they leave…

Amy Winehouse sang brilliantly and became a raging success in 2006… one song she sang was Rehab, the words say, “I won’t go to rehab no no no no… I won’t go go go go…” Sadly, she lived out the message of that song and died of alcohol poisoning in 2011. She lived her last days in sorrowful and depressive…

A Russian man who was declared dead after he drank too much vodka at a party woke up to find himself in a morgue. A police spokesman said the man screamed when he regained consciousness in the mortuary freezer attracting the attention of staff. After he was released he quickly returned to the party,…

The Red Cross has medical treatment facilities at Oktoberfest, one of Germany’s biggest celebrations that treat up to 10,000 people every year. “About 800 celebrants become what Germans call Bierleichen—‘beer corpses,’ or people who drink so much they fall unconscious.” -- Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell…

A Wisconsin man was legally granted a new name in October, and isn’t doing a good job of protecting it. Jeffrey Drew Wilschke new name is Beezow Doo-Doo Zopitty-Bop-Bop. Now, Madison, Wisconsin police say they recently arrested the 30-year-old for carrying a concealed weapon, possession of drug paraphernalia,…

A Nebraska man recently returned home to thank the Omaha police officer who arrested him and turned his life around ten years earlier. Mark Allen wanted to include the offering of gratitude as he celebrated nine years of sobriety. Allen said he researched the information on his case in order to track…

ANGER Robert Caton apparently had had a little too much to drink. Employees at the Tesco store in Andover, England refused to sell him anymore. The agitated Caton simply returned to his Rolls Royce and drove it through the front window crashing into the store and injuring six people. -- World Magazine,…

SECURITY A 63-year-old homeless Russian man went from living on the street to speculating on the stock market after he capitalized on habits of those trying to escape worries over the economic downturn that hit the country last fall. Leonid Konovalov said he collected around 2000 empty alcohol bottles…

FORGIVENESS In 1992, a horrible Christmas Eve DWI crash that claimed the lives of a mother and her three daughters shocked residents of the state of New Mexico. Three years later, a court convicted Gordon House, a onetime high school basketball star and the executive director of a halfway house for troubled…

Some lies are easier to detect than others. A Washington State Trooper saw an intoxicated driver who, after he noticed the officer, turned into a driveway and pulled into an empty garage. He was trying to convince the Trooper this was his home. Trooper Trevor Downey had no problem detecting the false…