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Related: About this forumHow not to celebrate sobriety
An Arizona man decided to celebrate four months of sobriety by getting loaded and trying to swipe a motorcycle
An Arizona man arrested for allegedly stealing a motorcycle from a Kawasaki dealership told police he was celebrating 4 months of sobriety and decided he wanted a chopper, according to court records.
Investigators say that Jackson Hanley, 29, was actually intoxicated when he walked into a Mesa dealership earlier this month and grabbed a Kawasaki motorcycle and began pushing it down the street.
Hanley, who rode his bicycle to Kellys Kawasaki, had his theft bid thwarted when a customer alerted an employee that a crime was in progress. Police were then summoned and Hanley was located about a mile away. The defendant, a cop noted, was found resting on a fence with the bike slightly tipped over but still upright.
Hanley, cops say, admitted to stealing the motorcycle. He said he was celebrating 4 months of sobriety and decided he wanted a motorcycle. Hanley reportedly said he was going to walk it back home and try and start it there.
Investigators say that Jackson Hanley, 29, was actually intoxicated when he walked into a Mesa dealership earlier this month and grabbed a Kawasaki motorcycle and began pushing it down the street.
Hanley, who rode his bicycle to Kellys Kawasaki, had his theft bid thwarted when a customer alerted an employee that a crime was in progress. Police were then summoned and Hanley was located about a mile away. The defendant, a cop noted, was found resting on a fence with the bike slightly tipped over but still upright.
Hanley, cops say, admitted to stealing the motorcycle. He said he was celebrating 4 months of sobriety and decided he wanted a motorcycle. Hanley reportedly said he was going to walk it back home and try and start it there.
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How not to celebrate sobriety (Original Post)
47of74
Feb 2020
OP
Pretty much everything I've ever learned about 'sobriety' over the years suggests ...
mr_lebowski
Feb 2020
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Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)1. Give him some credit
He did make four months. Keep working those steps I guess. Thats probably not going to help his case.
Speaking of steps at least he ought to avoid a DUI. He pushed the bike a mile before taking a break.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)2. Pretty much everything I've ever learned about 'sobriety' over the years suggests ...
That getting un-sober ... is a very, very poor choice of means by which to 'celebrate' a time-period of sobriety.
Coming up on 4 months myself, come to think of it ... yay me.
I do not plan on celebrating 4 months by getting loading, for the record.
But then ... you know what they say about the 'best laid plans'.
One day at a time ...
JohnnyRingo
(19,492 posts)3. If only he'd started it and rode to Florida...
...we'd have a viral video.
47of74
(18,470 posts)4. Indeed.
He almost rose to Florida Man levels.