Alcohol & Drugs: MIP, MIC, Intoxication MIP and Detox, want to go smoothly

[skatesforcandy]

Hi so i got my first MIP this weekend and was taken to Detox. I was really drunk and we were going back to my friends dormroom(i live in the same dormhall) when i may have tripped in the hallway at his door and umm.. crawled into his room. the RAs were doing rounds and saw me do this and knocked on the door and saw beer cans around. they helped us out by getting the beer cans out and everything but i was unable to tell them my birthday or my school id clearly due to my inebriation. they were required to call the cops and they showed up and talked to me for about an hour and breathalyzed me and put me in handcuffs then took me to detox. It was not unfriendly they even let me go to the bathroom before the cuffs. I got in detox and filled out the forms and 8 hours later they let me leave with a .010 because i was well behaved and had some good conversations with the breathalyzer guy. so i got billed 185 for the 8 hours in detox.

Here's the thing i was drunk, i'm only 18, i got caught and I'm fine with that. My ticket says
"10.24.061 Underage Possesion/ Consumption of Ethyl Alcohol By PErson Age 18, 19, 20"

in the FEE box it just says SUM
i have a court date on the 14th of January 2009 at 8:15 AM and i signed underneath it.

upon leaving the detox clinic the lady told me i would need to do an abuse class for the court and it would be best to get started on my own.
Here's the thing, i'm not an abuser, i dont even smoke cigarettes accept like twice a week if a friend needs to talk over one. i drink maybe once or twice a weekend if i feel like it.

i just want to know.
A: why did i go to detox instead of just an MIP
B: what should i do? should i take a class early even though im honestly not an abuser just to suck up to the court?
C: i just want a minimum sentence and will probably not be getting another MIP, what should i say in court?
D: what am i looking at here?

 

[raskalnikov]

A)
Depends on the regulations of your State/Locality. In my State, if you blow over a .30 the police have to take you to the hospital no matter what. Other State/Localities have different procedures based on the situation. Since you couldn't answer the questions clearly, they were probably forced to take you to detox first. The reasoning is simple, you go to detox so you won't die or suffer withdrawals.

They let you leave with a .010 or a .1? I would bet .10 (which equals roughly 5 beers). .010 would only take less than an hour for your BAC to then become 0. You probably went to detox with a level around .22 .

Drinking once or twice a weekend is accepted in college, but not so much later on in life, especially since from what I remember of College, especially when underage, we went out to get about as drunk as possible.

Do you ever have "black-outs?"

 

[skatesforcandy]

nope never blacked out i dont normally get all that drunk
yah it was probably a .1
when i said once or twice a week i don't mean every week. just with friends.
really looking for answers to BC and D hehe