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The last thing I remember doing last night before midnight is walking to a pre-party with a girl.
The next thing I remember is regaining my awareness doing push-ups to keep warm in the drunk tank at the local police station. I'm still piecing this together, but so far I've learned that I hijacked a cake, threw cake at everyone, and was generally incredibly belligerent. My acrobatic attempts rise with the amount of alcohol in my blood. Cops showed up and I had to be tasered not once, but twice before they could get me under control. I now have a MIP charge against me and a court date in a month. AND I got a badass black eye
I generally don't drink, let alone get hammered. I have an open container at parties and might sip from it, but I don't need to drink to have fun. Last night, the girl I was with wanted me completely hammered.
My game plan/questions:
1. I printed out a log sheet. I am going to go to several AA meetings before my court date so I can actually see how alcohol can affect peoples lives, and I'm also going to try to log as much community service hours as I can.
2. Should I tell my parents? Technically, my fraternity wasn't involved. It was a childhood friend who did this. I might make mistakes but I own up to them and improve. This is a mistake I'm not sure I want them knowing about. I don't know if my home address is notified, because if it is I'm kinda effed and I should tell them immediately.
3. Basically, this is my first offense of any kind. I have never been to court, and I'm wondering what I should do. I'm an eagle scout and otherwise good student/person, so I figure if I seem honestly remorseful and show that I have learned from this experience the judge won't be too harsh.
4. Attorney? I'm sure as hell not hiring anybody.
5. Pre-pay fines and just don't deal w/ it?
Any advice is appreciated. I'm looking to lose the least amount of money.
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Why does this sound familar? Oh yeah because someone from TL received a DUI, and had to appear in court.
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Katowice25012 Posts
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On September 28 2009 06:45 heyoka wrote:
Whats MIP?
minor in possession of alcohol
which is hilarious to me because in my country the legal drinking age is 16 and the OP is 18, sucks to be him lol
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Pay the fines, do whatever community service the judge assigns you, be contrite. Judge probably sees a trillion kids in your position, he isn't gonna sentence you to death row. Tell your parents if they are the kind of people you've had an honest relationship with before or you think it's ok (can't tell you whether or not to do this without being you). Do your time, don't worry about it. A MIP isn't going to sink you, nobody will care, it's nothing on your record.
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On September 28 2009 06:47 Frits wrote:minor in possession of alcohol which is hilarious to me because in my country the legal drinking age is 16 and the OP is 18, sucks to be him lol
In the US it's 21
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Baa?21242 Posts
Ah, white people and their drinking ages...
No drinking age in China ftw.
Good luck OP, it shouldn't be that big of a deal hopefully :o
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Katowice25012 Posts
iirc when a friend of mine got one of these his parents were notified by the police the next morning but I have no idea if that is part of the law or just local policy or what
Given that you're going to court it seems unlikely they won't find out eventually so you should probably tell them. Its also likely you're going to need to hire someone.
The charge itself is no big deal, in Wisconsin it gets taken off your record if you don't get into trouble for the next year or two
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Also probably done in other states but, I know in Wisconsin they put that crap in the newspaper if your 18+ so, if your university is close to your parents they will find out.
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Baa?21242 Posts
On September 28 2009 07:14 McFly wrote:
Also probably done in other states but, I know in Wisconsin they put that crap in the newspaper if your 18+ so, if your university is close to your parents they will find out.
Wait seriously? Sounds like a horrible violation of basic privacy and rights...
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On September 28 2009 07:18 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:Show nested quote +On September 28 2009 07:14 McFly wrote:
Also probably done in other states but, I know in Wisconsin they put that crap in the newspaper if your 18+ so, if your university is close to your parents they will find out. Wait seriously? Sounds like a horrible violation of basic privacy and rights...
America 
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On September 28 2009 07:18 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:Show nested quote +On September 28 2009 07:14 McFly wrote:
Also probably done in other states but, I know in Wisconsin they put that crap in the newspaper if your 18+ so, if your university is close to your parents they will find out. Wait seriously? Sounds like a horrible violation of basic privacy and rights...
Yeah. Where I live all the crimes people have been accused for/convicted of get published. All of that stuff is/should be public knowledge. As for minors I'm pretty sure it is not mentioned.
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yeah for minors they never mention their name, but for everyone over 18 their name is included.
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Baa?21242 Posts
That sounds really weird to me, I don't thin Colorado had that...?
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You took two tazer shots? Badass dude.
I'm pretty sure Jaedong couldn't do that.
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On September 28 2009 08:59 A3iL3r0n wrote:
You took two tazer shots? Badass dude.
I'm pretty sure Jaedong couldn't do that.
After his Lasik he will be able to.
Hell, he'll be able to kill you with his MIND after the Korean scientists are done with him.
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On September 28 2009 09:27 tirentu wrote:Show nested quote +On September 28 2009 08:59 A3iL3r0n wrote:
You took two tazer shots? Badass dude.
I'm pretty sure Jaedong couldn't do that. After his Lasik he will be able to. Hell, he'll be able to kill you with his MIND after the Korean scientists are done with him.
Hahaha, I'm pissed that the legal drinking age is 19 in Canada (I'm 18)
Get this: I can get married, drive an automobile, join the military, but I can't get into a bar...wtf.
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