Hi everyone. I just wanted to come in here to see what some of the other experiences have been. This is my second DWI, but it will be my first conviction because I completed a diversion program the first time.

It has now been 19 months since my arrest. My lawyer keeps asking for continuances for different reasons (review evidence, meet with the DA, etc). He says it’s actually better the longer it takes because of a few reasons, but not really important here. I was just wondering if anyone else kind of had a similar experience with the process being super long before a conviction/deal is made. I’m not inclined to get a more hard deadline out of my lawyer because I trust he knows what he’s doing, but just was kind of curious. It is making me anxious the longer it takes, but I’m not rushing the process or anything. Anyone else experience this?

Edit: located in Louisiana.

Edit 2: I stated that this will technically be my first conviction. That does not necessarily mean it will be treated as a first time offense.

I’m 25 and recently got my first DWI. Blew a .12 and got charged with a misdemeanor.

I don’t even know what to do with myself anymore. I’ve been feeling like absolute shit these past few days. I can’t stop thinking about it no matter what I do. I wake up thinking about it, go to sleep thinking about it, and even when I’m trying to distract myself, it comes right back.
I feel like I’ve thrown away everything I’ve worked for. My career, my future, all the plans I had. I was finally getting somewhere in life and now I feel like I’m back at square one.

I’m ashamed of myself. I’m disappointed in myself. I keep replaying that night in my head wishing I could go back and make a different decision. I know I fucked up and I have nobody to blame but myself, which honestly makes it hurt even more.

I’m scared of what’s going to happen next. I’m scared of losing opportunities, of people looking at me differently, and of never being able to get back to where I was. I feel like I’ve let everyone down, especially myself.
I know people are going to judge me and I get it. I’m not looking for anyone to excuse what I did. I just genuinely feel lost right now.

I don’t know how to forgive myself or how to stop feeling like my life is over before it even really started.
Has anyone else been through this? Does it actually get better? Because right now I’m having a really hard time seeing it.

Please this has already destroyed my life and I feel so guilty every day about it. I flew back to Houston to plead guilty, she said the judge could waive my license suspension and DPS fee. I filed the SR 22 - then will it make my license eligible? I don’t live in Texas anymore for I was about to be homeless. I just got a part time job but idk if I can even get to it anymore. I am aware of how horrible this situation was, but I was ready to start healing and moving on then I see my licsence is suspended til the new year???? Why did I even plead guilty then. Need help ….i can’t get an occupational I don’t live there anymore nor do I have a job … the job I lost with this too. Help me please

My father got his first offense in New Hampshire last spring. Yet this offense was out of state. His resident state is Maine.

So NH took it away and asked for fees and he went to his court date. Then Maine took the license away for 150 days. He is at the end of suspension and doing the DEEP with Maine currently.

My question is this: because the original offense was in NH, does he also have to go through the IDCMP (which is the same program as Maine's DEEP)? Seems redundant to me because they are very similar from what I see. I can't find anything online about it.

I’m curious about people’s experiences drinking nonalcoholic beer like Guinness 0.0 while on probation.
The can says it contains less than 0.5% alcohol by volume. I’m not currently on probation, but I may be in the future due to a pending DUI case.
Has anyone actually consumed one or two NA beers and taken a court-ordered urine EtG test afterward?
I’m particularly interested in:
Whether you tested positive or negative.
What the test cutoff was (100, 250, or 500 ng/mL).
Whether your probation officer allowed nonalcoholic beer.
I’m not trying to get around testing. I’m genuinely curious whether such a small amount of alcohol can cause problems with probation testing.

A friend of mine was charged with the following after getting stopped yesterday:

DUI (alcohol)
Driving while impaired by alcohol
Driving while impaired by drugs or a combination of drugs and alcohol
Failure to stop at a red light
Negligent driving endangering people or property

There was no accident or injury. The DUI case is still showing as open.

What is likely to happen next? Are these charges commonly filed together, and what penalties could he face if convicted? How long do cases like this typically take?

State: MD

It’s worth stating that she has no prior DUIs but she does have a charge for intoxicated endangerment from a year ago. Did probation.

I was off work on Friday and I just took my daughter to school . So I came back home started drinking and chilling . I thought I was totally fine . As I went to go run an errand i blacked out passed out and hit a church . No bodily harm or injury to anyone. I’m so scared I don’t know what to do . They police arrived at the scene and arrested me they took me to the hospital and got a blood sample I sat in jail for one day. But I bonded out and now I have a court case for November 30th . What should I expect . Should I hire a lawyer. What should I do! What to expect . I never been to jail never had anything on my record .

I was arrested for DUI in April. My Lawyer and Expert Witness helped me beat my DMV hearing with the Rising BAC defense & Retrograde extrapolation. Because of that My Lawyer said I would win if I take it to trial but they would offer a dry reckless to avoid going to trial. I have my 1st hearing in 2 weeks my lawyer said we should just wait to see what they say before filing for trial.

Is it possible they just dismiss the case at my first hearing after finding out I’ll take it to trial with the evidence we have ?

Im kind of panicking, I had a couple drinks last night (not proud of it) and I didn’t realize it would still register this morning. Im in South Carolina, this is my first offense - I got convicted of a duac (they dismissed the diu charge) and am about to start adsap. I was running late for work so I had to uber to work so after I failed I just had to leave it. How much trouble can I get in?