Community Chat

[gazelle77]

Drinking and driving.... AGAIN.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/01/12/david-cassidy-arrested-on-suspicion-dui/

[JustJules]

How many times does this make? Is he trying to set some record? What irritates me is I don't understand why they don't just revoke his driver's license. Make him walk or get a driver. He clearly has a problem, is being irresponsible, and he will end up killing innocent people. I don't care if he was a teen heart throb once upon a time, he is just a careless drunk right now.

[Preds]

Three times in three years. Better than some stars.

[gazelle77]

He makes his living signing autographs at fairs now.... enough money to pay for his booze I guess. Somehow he pays the fine to stay out of jail until his next court date.... or until he KILLS SOMEONE..... Like father like son. His father was a drunk who committed suicide. Better himself than some poor innocent victim.

[Sushismom]

Looks like the arrests were all in different states. That may be why he still has a license. As far as I know, there's no federal drunk driving law except one that applies to drunk driving on federal property.

Alcoholics rarely care if they lose their license anyway. They continue to drink and drive.

[MOONRISER]

Being an alcoholic is a horrid disease and one you never get rid of. Staying sober is impossible for many. If you can maintain sobriety, it is and always will be, a work in progress. It makes my heart lurch and hurt to see ones I love fall into this rabbit hole with no bottom. I have two family members addicted, so I know what happens. The path of destruction they leave can never be cleaned. There is much help available if it works. The odds are not good. I will pray for David's sole.

[SydneyH]

On 1/12/2014 gazelle77 said:

He makes his living signing autographs at fairs now.... enough money to pay for his booze I guess. Somehow he pays the fine to stay out of jail until his next court date.... or until he KILLS SOMEONE..... Like father like son. His father was a drunk who committed suicide. Better himself than some poor innocent victim.

Jack Cassidy was also dx'd with being bipolar and he died in an accidental fire.

[chickenbutt]

While I can (sort of) understand how difficult it must be to be an alcoholic, I have a hard time with drinking and driving. If one has such a proclivity, perhaps they should hide away the car keys or get a driver. It's not fair to put others in peril just because one cannot stop drinking.

Your body - your choice. I'm down with that. But it should not extend beyond that, toward innocent people who get in your way.

[MOONRISER]

On 1/12/2014 chickenbutt said:

While I can (sort of) understand how difficult it must be to be an alcoholic, I have a hard time with drinking and driving. If one has such a proclivity, perhaps they should hide away the car keys or get a driver. It's not fair to put others in peril just because one cannot stop drinking.

Your body - your choice. I'm down with that. But it should not extend beyond that, toward innocent people who get in your way.

They don't see themselves like others do. They also don't feel incapable of driving. You cannot use common sence thinking for an alcoholics brain. Denial has imprinted their brain to the core. The brain is also drunk! So very sad.

[scotttie]

On 1/12/2014 SydneyH said:

On 1/12/2014 gazelle77 said:

He makes his living signing autographs at fairs now.... enough money to pay for his booze I guess. Somehow he pays the fine to stay out of jail until his next court date.... or until he KILLS SOMEONE..... Like father like son. His father was a drunk who committed suicide. Better himself than some poor innocent victim.

Jack Cassidy was also dx'd with being bipolar and he died in an accidental fire.

That's what I thought. Accidental fire. I think it was caused by a cigarette.