I'd have just resigned and called an uber. She gonna lose the job no matter what, why incriminate yourself by giving free evidence (breathalyzer). She's gonna lose her job anyways and now go to jail
Thank you... Jesus that's what I was saying 😂 just give them a number name and walk out on your own without cuffs .. but nope nope she just wanted set there flapping Jaws talking in circles.. instead of taking the advice of cop , principal. Then wanna cry beg not to go to jail , not walk out in handcuffs. But if you just took the advice 30 mins earlier you been already home 😂
@@LilT2o00 I'm shocked that the only options anyone in the meeting ever mentioned involved calling a friend or her husband and they were all people she was too embarrassed to have to explain things to. As if Uber doesn't exist, as if taxis don't exist.
@@LilT2o00 Easy to say when you're not plastered on a whole box of wine while the sun's still out. She basically admitted to a DUI...obviously just never had any idea what she would do if she every got busted crazy af.
Update!!! She just went to court a few days ago and showed up drunk, she got charged with public intoxication and was arrested. I hope she gets the help she needs she’s a serious risk to herself and others the route she’s going.
@@NativeVirgo if you go on the same channel that uploaded this video, they posted the body cam footage that is from that court interaction, you just have to look through the uploades around 1 month ago you’ll see it
23 years ago, on my first day working in a public school, the principal said to me, "These parents are entrusting us with the most precious people in their lives. No aspect of teaching is as important as your responsibility to keep them safe."
@JulietKitten the average public school teacher makes $47k in America, and teachers can make 3x that at private schools. How is that not enough? A higher earning salary is awarded based on how good of a teacher the person is, that don't magically deserve $100k for being mediocre. Every job on the planet is like that, surgeons, pilots, farmers, all the important jobs included
Yours sounds lovely like someone who enjoys their job, the principle at my school said, “well hey some kids got talents some kids are plain but we still gotta treat them the same”
Odds are she has a drinking problem and at some point during her marrage, her husband may have had a fight with her to quit drinking. But instead she has been consuming alcohol on the way to work to hide her addiction. Now that she has been caught, calling her husband so he can pick her up for being drunk around elementary schoolers is probably the same as asking to be divorced.
that or he also has a drinking problem and they agreed they would both seek individual help. I'm a NA baby and its unfortunately common to see couples start together and one of them relapses.
@@bipolarlive1214 that narrative doesn't fit the fear she felt for letting her husband find out. I can't really say what the exact reason what but going off of her emotional state and seeing how her going to jail was better than having her husband pick her up really says something.
No. She has Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). That's traceable to getting anything you want between the ages of 1 - 3. She also got anything she wanted far after that.
My aunt was a functional alcoholic and a kindergarten teacher for years, she was given a ton of chances, was put on paid leave, sent for treatment, and I believe she still received her retirement. Addiction sucks; I hope she keeps seeing her counselor and that she can get her life and career back on track.
My Dad had the same issue. His doctor didn’t believe he was an alcoholic until he was full liver failure. He was scared to quit but since they’re his colleagues technically they just didn’t believe my Dad she he said he had a problem and was at this point scared to stop drinking or he’d have a seizure.
My aunts also a functional alcoholic and taught pre school. Luckily she ended up retiring before it got to the point where she was drinking at work. But it has definitely made me cautious about my kids teachers.
@@thetwistedsamuraiI don't know her but as a teacher, and as the sibling of an addict who was a teacher, I can assure you she was not. "Functioning" means bare minimum, and that absolutely sucks for the kids who had to sit in class with that all day for a year. Ugh.
I feel for her. She's clearly not a malicious person, but she is clearly defeated in the moment in her life. I hope she uses this as a pivot in her life to surmount her demons.
The only thing that REALLY upsets me is that she literally drove to the school, she could've put SO MANY people in danger I REALLY hope she gets the help she needs and that this is the eye opener to let her know her life doesn't have to be this.
@@stardoll1995 Right. Calling in sick on the first day of school isn't a great look, but if she had a relapse or an episode and simply waited to sober up tomorrow none of this would've happened, and I would've 100% preferred that. But considering she was a functioning alcoholic, she was way past that point unfortunately.
@@LoreCatan yeah agreed it's just heartbreaking seeing stuff like this happen to anyone really but hopefully this will turn it around for her for good.
i know :( i also feel really sad for her. as someone who struggles with addiction issues ik how it is to rely on alcohol and i hope she can find happiness soon
Two things can be true at once. I feel awful that she’s dealing with addiction. It’s really sad to watch someone at their lowest point. And at the same time, I CANNOT believe that she would apply for a job teaching children, knowing that she has an issue with alcohol. If my child was in her class, I would be LIVID.
In the US people tend to get health insurance through their job. When people are struggling with addiction they need treatment, and addiction treatment is expensive. Quitting a job means no income AND no insurance at a time when you need both to get healthy. We don’t really set up systems to help those struggling.
You can tell the cop was sympathetic to her being a functional alcoholic at first, but after twenty minutes of her being manipulative he was over it. She truly dug her own grave.
Honestly... yeah. She probably did the flip in the car. You know? Like it's all tears and begging and pleading when other people are around, but once she's cuffed and in the car it's "Į̴̥͚̟̝͒͠ ̶̝̭̰̏͛̉̈́͠h̶͎̫̝̒̌͌̀͆a̵͇̩̤̍̚t̴͎̪͕͠e̸͙̽̂̿̈́ ̷͕͙̅̈͒̒̊y̴͚̝̬͚̹͛̐̔̚͘o̵̥̻̜̾u̷͓͓͔̥̾͝.̸̥̋̀͆͂͒ ̵̩̉͆̏̐͜E̵̗̺͉͙͔͒̂̉v̷̥̳̉͌ê̶͖͔̳̣r̸͚̲͍͂ý̵͓̪̯͉̎͋̇̓ͅ ̷̢̻͙̭̅̀̃c̶͋̈́͒̌͂͜o̶̰̻̖͗̄͆͐͝p̴̙̼̒̽̎̕̚ ̸̰̪̳̰̾́̓͌ͅs̵̬̾̌̓̀͝h̷͚̬͙͐o̴̡͈͔̗͚͂͛̄̽u̶̢̅̐̕l̶͈̦͉͙͊d̶̰͓͉̤̼̐ ̵̪̲͔͙́d̶̘͎̘͐į̴͓͔̈́̀e̶̪̓̀̉͝ͅ.̷̻̀̉̃͛̕ ̶͓̈̾̀̈́͐F̸̤͎̾́̅͝ủ̶̯c̸̼͙͉̑̒̕͠ķ̶̡̭̗̐͗ ̸̜̼̜̥̒y̶̢͒̓̽̑̕ͅo̸̮̞̹̒͘ȗ̵̳̲͈͐̈́,̶͙͚̰̍̋̔́͝ ̸̢͉̟̫̭͐̎͑̔y̶̲̠̟̲̒o̶͔̞͎̬̽̚͠u̵̫̗̟͗͑̊̅ ̴͕̔̏l̸̤̠͒a̶̹̞͇͌̽̒̔͘ẁ̴̥̝̈͌̅̐ ̸͔͂a̵͎̰̿̀̀b̸̢̯̪̳̠͒i̷͉͛̑̋̀d̵̮̣̬͎̱̿͑̅̓͝i̴̦̟̊͂ņ̶̭̟̳͙́g̷̑͜ ̸͓̼͙̥̀̇͒͘p̴̝͍̹̜͍̂̓͛ï̵̻͇̻ę̸̤́͝c̷̜͍̩̓ĕ̶͇̦̊͋̑̿ ̶̛̭̰͎́́̈́̈o̸̢̜̍f̶͙̓̓̽̚͠ ̶͖̥̎̍͛̌s̵̞̎ḥ̶̀͠ḯ̸͔̆̔t̵̡̞̦͎͚̆̅̿̈́̒.̷̢̼̻̬̊̀̃̽̕"
yeah true, rare for me to take a Cop's side on anything but he was being extremely lenient and actually trying to just get her out of there without harm/jail time. She basically just straight refused the offer
I don’t think she was manipulative at all, I just see someone who is hitting rock bottom with addiction and overwhelmed, not knowing what to do but try to do damage control. Not manipulative imo. Just human.
@@Archfiend7889 how is arbitrarily deciding that taking 20 minutes is too long to figure out who to call to pick you up lenient? maybe if it was an hour I'd understand but it's like he was waiting for the first possible excuse to unnecessarily embarrass her further
@@martellusbennett8840 look i hate police with a passion, like at least 90% of officers I really just can't stand. However, the officer in the video was like "call someone to come pick you up and you won't be charged" which is pretty reasonable. And he kept asking her to call someone, every single time she was giving an excuse instead of just calling someone. I understand she's an addict, that was obvious. But she was drunk af dealing w children and likely drank on the way to school, endangering kids and other adults. So yeah the officer was within his rights to arrest her, he gave her the chance to remove herself from the situation and she didn't. As matter of fact she didn't even try.
I can both feel incredibly sorry for her and also not defend a single thing she did. It sucks that she's in this predicament; good damn thing she was caught.
That’s her entire career gone in an instant. She cannot teach with that on her record. All the schooling she’s done, the certifications, the training, the years of experience, all gone in an instant. This is why addicts need to admit their problem and get help.
it’s called addiction for a reason. it’s not as easy as “admit their problem” a lot of them know it’s a problem but physically and mentally cannot stop. educate girlie pop
@shelb.yyyy. addicts know they have a problem. My entire family knew they have a problem, I had a problem, and guess what? It wasn't an instant fix, but being mature and actually trying to help yourself will eventually work.
having an alcoholic close to me makes me feel for her but knowing she was in charge of children while she was sloshed makes it so much more complicated. my person at least never drank at work. i would never want my kid to be in the care of a drunk person so it’s hard to feel bad :/ (edit) she also lied the entire time!! when you know you’re fucked you should at least be honest. i hope she gets better; i hope more no child is in the care of someone under the influence. i just don’t like that the (hopefully) lowest point in her life is memorialized on the internet forever
To your edit: I'd have just resigned and called an uber. She gonna lose the job no matter what, why incriminate yourself by giving free evidence (breathalyzer). She's gonna lose her job anyways and now go to jail She coulda just been out a job and avoided the whole thing by quitting on the spot and getting a ride home.
@@LilT2o00but also remember that in this video she only seems sober on the outside - she’s absolutely SLOSHEDDD idk much on the capabilities of a functioning alcoholic, but i’m assuming that despite it, being that drunk is still gonna affect decision making
@@mikabee__ I've beaten two DUIs myself. It can be done. Just have to know your rights. Blowing into the breathalyzer willingly was the dumbest thing she could have done. She should have answered no questions and that was her easiest chance for her lawyer to get it thrown out, or drastically reduced charges. Job was gonna go bye bye no matter what. No need to incriminate yourself and give them additional evidence
As an alcoholic who's coming up on 14 years since my last drink, I also feel bad for her. Even at my worst, I didn't drink at work, which is probably why I still have a job. Teaching and drinking are incompatible professions. Hopefully, this will be the thing that causes her to get sober. Sometimes, the consequences of your actions not being avoidable is the only thing that will save your life, and is a blessing in disguise in the big picture. This is not the worst thing that could happen. I think that it becoming public is negative for her overall, but it does enforce accountability. I really hope she gets sober.
I always hope that people at rock bottom will begin to climb up, but I've also got experience with people who see rock bottom and grab a pickaxe to dig further... hope Ms. Drunk Teacher is in former grop.
I’ll never forget my 6th grade English teacher was every kids FAVORITE teacher! She would wear her sunglasses all day and we never thought much of it as younger kids…..fast forward 3 years later and she was arrested for dui and possession of coke.😂😂😂 when the news article came out my mom said “no wonder she was everyone’s favorite teacher”😂😂😂
For those wondering about the signs of her being drunk: if you listen carefully, she is slurring her words. She's repeating words, giving herself more time to come up with what she wants to say. She's blushing all over her face. She's also snorting at things that really shouldn't be funny. I imagine when she's not drunk, she's probably very eloquent. The differences are there if you look for them.
Well, the only the fact she actually blew THREE times the legal limit and not two times, definitely tells us that she didn't stop drinking and was drinking during school hours.
Seriously. I’ll have a couple drinks and I’m sloshed, one and I know I can’t drive because I’m such a lightweight. I can’t understand she drank as much as she did and didn’t even seem that drunk at first
Coming from an alcoholic, I empathize. I’ve told myself, oh, I can drink now and be sober by the time of x-event or “they’ll never notice.” This story really is a cautionary tale-it could happen to any of us if we let it slip too far or don’t have a modicum of self-control at just the right moment.
Youre so right. I dont fit the stereotype at all, im a 22 year old female college student; i like to write and draw and my friends joke that im a grandma because i love to just toodle around in my cozy apartment. I struggled privately with a substance addiction two years ago now, and because i didnt want to let anyone know, i mostly went through it and got out on the other side in total secret (My best friend knew, that was about it). Maybe this will be of some use to anyone else out there who thinks like i used to think, "Addiction is real, but only certain people get addictions, and im not one of them because i woudnt be blind to the consequences of my actions". It almost felt like addiction made my logical memory and my ability to recall incredibly poor - in those really bad pockets that lasted hours, i'd sit on the floor and verbally tell myself "don't, don't do it, you KNOW its bad for you, and you always regret it" and then 10 seconds later i was like "what were my reasons to not do this again? I literally cant think of a single good one." and id have to repeat the process of emotionally re-remebering why the hell this was a bad idea in the first place. Id re-remember; then id forget, tearfully grit my teeth and re-remember, id forget, id scream, sit myself down and write it out, and when i was done i'd read it, lose the clarity the second my eyes finished the last word, reread it, lose clarity again... and i'd do that until 5AM, go to class, and come home, sometimes to a repeat of the prior night. Addiction requires so much more constant control than people realise. I dont self sabotage intentionally, and thats why i thought id never experience something like this. Anyone can be affected. And its so scary, because its very often not a feeling of "This is a bad choice and i know itll end horribly but ill do it anyway because i just need a break" It feels like playing goddamn pingpong 24/7 and if you miss one ball you suddenly immediately forget how to play pingpong. It feels like youre mentally holding yourself by the scruff of your own neck every day, and putting in constant invisible effort, and youre actually sucessfully holding down the line. And then during one of those nights, where you have to police your own memory and call-back every other second, the slipup is so tiny and human and normal: it happens when you just get so exhausted you let a single thought come in unchallenged; it erases the reasons why using was a bad idea, and mockingly asks you to - if you think you have the energy - spend the next 10 minutes just reminding yourself for the 100th time tonight why you shouldnt use.... or to just give yourself that break you deserve, that you suddenly cant remember the downside of at all. Youve done good, and you're getting better right? Nobody will know if you just let yourself have a break tonight. What human being deserves this? And you'll be able to be clean for that upcoming event. You'll remember better next time. Its such a stupidly isolating experience. It makes you feel inhuman, alone and violated by your own brain. And if you struggle in silence, or in my case even struggle and beat it in silence, you will never get to celebrate the massive strength you have. Sorry for unloading like this when nobody asked. Thanks if you read it. 100% clean for two years, and ill go on forever dancing like this because life is so much better on the other side.
@@Bean-hz8jothank you so much for being open. I think I understand addiction a little bit more with your explanation. I hope health, happiness, and support for you💛💛
as a recovering alcoholic, i really empathize with the "i can drink now and be sober by this date". its such a vicious cycle of sabotaging and making promises to yourself just to become your own worst enemy. i wish you luck on your journey.
Mad respect to you guys struggling to stay sober. I've been a patient saftey attendant for people detoxing and the fight you have is incredible. The demons you face are terrifying. I wish you all peace,safety, and luck on your journeys.
The anger in the principals voice when she accidentally let it slip that the cup was from yesterday meaning she was drinking on campus yesterday as well is crazy. Im surprised the police officer didnt comment on that as well.
My mum was an alcoholic for most of her life, she stopped drinking about 6 years ago and now she is an incredible mum and grandma! The reason she stopped drinking was breast cancer, in a really strange way cancer saved my mum ❤
My dad was HEAVILY involved in AA, including the founding of the Naval AA program. I have been around addicts for a long time and it makes me so sad to see people ruin their lives. I think she deserved to lose her job and should NEVER be allowed around children again, but I also hope she gets some help.
I've seen non functioning alcoholics, idk how they do it. I'm glad i'm in that rare group of functioning ones. I crave my alcohol sure, but I leave it for the end of the day. Works done? cool. Obligations done? Cool. Promises fulfilled? okay cool. Everything off the checklist? okay time to lock myself in my room and drink myself to sleep. This way, I don't intrude on anyone and it's all self contained.
I think she can if she’s not in active addiction, but if she is then definitely not, and if she were to be working with kids there need to be additional safety measures in place. Such as having to be breathalyzed before working with kids, every day.
@@LilT2o00 please do get help whenever you are able to, drinking yourself to sleep is unhealthy and very bad for your mental wellbeing, i myself am a recovering alcoholic and though it seems like life without alcohol would be horrible i can promise you the opposite is true
@driesdriesdehaan I cold turkey about 2 months a year the other issue besides drinking is image issues so when I hit a certain weight threshold I stop eating anything that tastes good and drinking all together, add 4hrs of cycling a day and it's the most miserable 2 mo ths of every year and not because of cravings withdrawal etc (I don't get either) it's just flat out boring wake up bike work bike come home watch some UA-cam sleep. Gets the results and nob done but so fucking boring. That has me in a way worse mental state than when im.drinkikg
She is very lucky that she did not cause any harm while intoxicated. I feel sad for her but hopefully she will see how incredibly blessed she is given how the circumstances could have gone and this will be her "rock bottom" to seek more intensive treatment than just seeing a counselor. One thing I do feel bad for is that this public video will likely haunt her. Imagine having your worst day on permanent display? Not sure if she is deserving of that. It could be detrimental to her recovery or inspire her recovery. It could really go either way.
I feel kinda guilty watching it, but as an alcoholic in long-term recovery (almost 14 years now) sometimes it takes the metaphorical ass-kicking to realize how incredibly badly you're f**king up.
Yeah this kinda vid is a grey area for sure - this is gonna be all over her for ever even once she’s recovering - especially as it has her name badge on there too
I didnt feel BAD for her, i felt SAD for her. I know how she feels in this moment (except ive never gotten drunk and then went to go to my teaching job and gotten fired and arrested LMAO) I know that feeling of such intense shame. Its the one that makes you feel like a child, wanting to cover your face and shrink away into the floor. It makes you feel helpless and pathetic. Its the most awful feeling ive ever felt in my life. Watching her sit there, well deep in those feelings and just basically thrashing around for any way out, it was super difficult to watch. But its also super necessary. Like boze said, thats life grabbing you by the shoulders and rattling you going "YOURE MESSING UP!!!!".
She's an idiot. She coulda completely avoided the arrest. She was losing her job regardless, don't admit shit, resign, get an uber and get the fuck out of there. She'd have still lost her job, but avoided any jail time; if they can't prove she was drunk at the time of the incident (dumb of her to agree to the breathalyzer), they had no case
Basically how I feel too. She's so miserable and it's so fucking sad that her life is just alcohol all the time. It seems like such a depressing existence and I feel so sad for her. That doesn't excuse her of consequences and she needed to be shooken back to reality. I hope she gets over her addiction.
Yeah, feel sad is the best wording. I'd feel more bad for her if she wasn't lying this entire time, well after the time the cat's out of the bag. Life sucks, and it sucks even more that you kind of can't take a time out to get your stuff together. You can't stop working and work on yourself for a few months because the bills are still there in the morning. But she's not making friends and is burning every bridge she has.
Exactly! Idk why some people are talking about how they feel bad for her. No, she’s facing consequences for actions she chose to take. I feel sad that she couldn’t handle herself and her addiction, but I don’t feel bad that she’s being held accountable and GLAD that she was found out before her drinking ended up killing someone.
@@Redflower2442amazing!!!! good for you dude. hopefully by now there’s an extra 6 months to ur days of sobriety!! it might not mean much from a stranger, but i’m so proud of you!
My mom was an alcoholic my entire childhood. Children know when an authority figure is behaving in an off way and it’s scary to see them out of control of themselves, even if they’re not a belligerent or angry drunk. Kids depend on you to provide security and safety. You can’t be doing this to them.
I think husband maybe was trying to get her to stop drinking, and drinking there was the way to hide that she was still doing it. So calling him at the moment was the same as confessing "I've been lying to you". That's just what I get from her reaction, as it doesn't look or sound like fear, but more like shame. Edit: Also, to answer the question, yes. She had her chance, they were respectful despite her putting those kids in a (probably) very uncomfortable, let alone inappropriate situation. Her insistence on "getting her chance" after hemming and hawing, making excuses for why she can't, and then suddenly she realizes there are no other options, and that won't change no matter how pitiful she makes herself look; this isn't even a cry for help anymore. It's a cry for "I don't want to be in trouble", because I know I've done something wrong, but I think *I* should get out of it (for some reason).
As a recovering addict (opioids) this is wayyyyy too close to home for comfort. I was a functioning addict for years...and then I wasn't. I lost my job, too, and it wasn't *_quite_* as bad as it was for this woman, but it was bad enough. I was lucky enough not to get arrested, but it was the wake-up call I needed to get myself help. I hope this is the wake-up call this poor woman needs. PS: thank you for the disclaimer about addiction not being a moral failing. Too many people don't understand that, and the stigma keeps people who want help from getting it. It stopped me from getting help for almost a decade.
My daughter was a raging alcoholic and worked in a bakery. She used to have to drink before work, and then drink during her shift in order to stave off the withdrawals. Finally, one day, we were sitting around chatting and her brother said "Your eyes look yellow." And everyone agreed. I took her to an emergency doctor appointment and they felt her liver and told me to take her straight to the hospital. She was having liver failure at 27 years old. She was in the hospital for about 2 weeks and I am THRILLED to say that she is almost 5 years sober. That was her "rock bottom" and she is aware that if she ever drinks again, she will probably die. Apparently your liver has a "memory" and will revert back to where it was almost as soon as you start drinking again.
It’s interesting, because the liver is also the organ with the fastest and greatest regenerative capabilities. The liver can completely regenerate to the point of normal functionality even if (up to) 90% of it is removed. Livers are one of the only organs that can have living donors, where 50% can be removed and transplanted. I guess such great regenerative properties comes with a “memory”; the cells replicate trauma as well.
That is absolutely heartbreaking and I'm sorry you had to deal with that! I'm a recovering alcoholic, too. It's awful what we do to ourselves and our families. 🫂
My mom was a lab technician (draws blood at the hospital) & she was a drug addict. She was always on pills or drunk or cocaine. I just feel like if more people she worked on knew she’d have lawsuits for life.
Yeah I worked with a lady I was pretty sure was high a couple times as a cna taking care of elderly and giving out meds-sometimes narcotics. I only saw her at shift change though, as i worked mornings and her nights. She did "lose" the med keys once, which magically appeared when she came back "to look for them"..She finally got fired when I told them a laptop was missing and to check the cameras because I had a suspicion it was her and it was. Still mad they didn't press charges or do something more.
I think people would be surprised how many people in professions like healthcare, law, aviation are zooted. My husband has a friend who is a pilot and told us if we every fly to let him know which flight it is so he can let us know if the pilot is a drunk or not lmao Plus sooooo many attorneys and judges do coke
In HighSchool, my best friend worked for a local mom & pop pharmacy and he told me the head pharmacist was completely addicted to Adderall and because it not being a chain pharmacy, they had no real internal inventory system (this was the early 2010s) and he would just skim some off the top and if elderly people passed and had scripts (normally for opioids) as they were likely on hospice, and he would just take them. Like full scripts of Vicodin 7.5mg, Oxycodone IR 10mg and 30mg, and Dilaudid (Hydromorphone)4mg (an extremely potent opioid used in hospitals) It’s literally called hospital heroin as well as being used in those in sever chronic pain. As a chronic pain patient myself, I have been prescribed it and it is nothing to mess with.
@@L33tSkE3ti recently absolutely shattered my humerus and i was given a lot of Dilaudid in the ER. it was crazy how my bone was practically dust and I was laughing while sitting there (i do have a “pain laugh” though, but this was different) I was also on oxy at the beginning of my recovery and I think it delayed my ability to process how serious it was. That stuff is scary and I got off it as soon as could manage the pain which was a little under a week post repair surgery. I also suffer from chronic pain and i have addictive genes so i really don’t want to use narcotics to manage those for the pain. yay 🥲
Holy shit .248, that’s literally almost blood poisoning levels. I’m genuinely interested when her last drink was, how high her actual BAC was at its highest. The amount of times she’s had to have gone to school drunk to build up that tolerance is wild. I can’t believe they gave her the chance to resign and were willing to let it go until they found the cup at school.
I need to see how high i can get my BAC now lol. I always blackout before I ever vomit or get sick. I drink to blackout drunk 7 days a week and have never had as much as a hangover.
@@LilT2o00 No you don't. Drinking to blackout every night is already dangerous. You could legitimately end yourself that way. You aren't invincible. It doesn't matter if you don't get hungover or if you don't throw up. Do not ever do that. A lack of surface level symptoms like hangovers is just a false sense of security. Some people have iron stomachs and just don't get hangovers no matter what. You absolutely can still poison yourself even if you don't feel sick. An overconfidence around your drinking habits is often what leads to an overdose. Please please please don't try to "test" how high your BAC can go. It's not a flex. Nobody is impressed. You're just hurting yourself.
@@tatherva7387 Here for a good time, not for a long time. I make min wage in my mid 30's. My family stole from me, took out a second mortgage on the house I was supposed to inherit and then lost it, my uncle gave me a criminal record (he did a hit n run in my car, someone wrote down the plates and it came back to me). I'm stuck in min wage jobs I can't move up, I have no credit. I own nothing and I have nobody. Not like I want to preserve my health so I can be 80, 90 years old and alone/still working jobs I hate because I'll never be able to retire w/ the types of jobs i get. However many years drinking shaves off my life, that's a plus to me, not a negative
@@LilT2o00 you realize that if you blackout before you vomit, thats WORSE, right? You dont have a hangover because youre constantly drunk. If you even drink and youre not an edgy teen leaving this comment to seem cool
I feel bad for her, because im sure shes hurting, but this is honestly the best thing for her. Sometimes we are so stuck in self-destructive behaviors that we need a big event to happen to make us change. It could have been so much worse- she could have caused an accident while driving or hit someone. I hope this is a turning point that helps her change.
You are actually totally right! Perhaps this will be the big life changer for her. I thought initially it was a bit cruel to broadcast this for millions of people. But it might be what she needs to quit! I think it’s a sink or swim type of situation but it’s better then her drunk driving and hurting someone.
I lost my job showing drunk as well, at the worst of my alcoholism and it did turn into the best thing that could’ve happened. Hit rehab, moved and have now been well over a year without. Kinda sucks that her moment is on camera on UA-cam, but hopefully it all helps her in the long run.
18:02 I needed your words today Boze. I’m not addicted to a substance, but I’m really bad a self care and getting stuck in unhealthy patterns with not prioritizing sleep and rest and taking care of myself. Take care of yourself and thank you!
I am someone who struggles with addiction very intensely but I’m fighting it strongly. Addiction isn’t pretty but it’s possible to get better. STAY STRONG.
2006 I got fired due to my drinking problem. I NEVER drank at work but I did feel a little drunk on the way to work. I'm grateful for the lesson. Been sober for 20 yrs. Life is so much better now. I hope this lady gets the help she needs.
All of the comments on the video from Law & Crime people were saying “omg don’t embarrass this poor woman” I’m sorry she was DRUNK AT SCHOOL TAKING CARE OF CHILDREN. If I found out my kid’s teacher was DRUNK, I’d be throwing hands. How the hell do you live with yourself?
No I’m sorry but I agree. I understand that addiction is a very serious issue and it’s very complicated to deal with, but if I found that she was drunk teaching my kid? I’m losing my shit and raising hell
@@maddiehail7991I feel bad though considering her battle with substance abuse is now known worldwide and has made national news. She’s not a celebrity who can rebound her image and reputation, even after getting the help she needs and fixing her life. There’s a real chance this woman’s life is forever ruined now.
@@acwestyI can understand where you're coming from on the fact it made national news. And sadly you are probably correct about it well and truly ruining her life even more. However at the same time, SHE made the decision to drink while driving to school to teach children. Actions have consequences. These days society has taken things to far. There is not enough people taking accountability for what they've done. As hard as it is, and as sad as it makes me that it came to this, it was her choices that led to this moment. I don't agree with "cancel culture" and all that nonsense whatsoever. But I also feel very strongly that the world needs to stop being so damn soft about a lot of things and make people take accountability. Sucks that this is what that looks like in this case. I hope she gets the help sue clearly needs. Maybe once she is sober and doing well she can go on to help others do the same. Truly heartbreaking to see anyone struggling with addiction. I think Boze is right about this having been happening for a very LONG time unfortunately. The fact she has been putting herself and everyone else at risk driving drunk is scary enough. Made even worse when she felt comfortable enough in her addiction to be driving drunk, to a school, to teach children!! I hope one day she will count her blessing that this isn't a story about her causing the death of another person and hopefully move on with her life. It does suck it's blown up like this. But again, actions, meet consequences....wishing her and everyone suffering from addiction the best. I have personally lived with addicts. Had friends die, go to jail ect and it is truly sucks. But I believe everything happens for a reason and have to hope and believe things will get better for her eventually. But she has a long road ahead for sure.
Honestly thoughts and prayers to the husband, kids, and adults who trusted her to make the right choices when surrounded by vulnerable people and were betrayed
I used to bartend near a middle school and initially when the place opened we offered teacher discounts. We stopped the discount program entirely because the teachers were literally the most annoying, obnoxious, entitled customers out of everyone we served. It became a joke how much we hated serving teachers. Couldn’t believe how loaded they all got almost every day after school.
My brother in Christ I’ve worked in pediatrics. I can handle a few kids. I love kids. A whole fucking class of them is riot control none the less we gotta learn commas and shit. I’d be drinking too 😂 On the real it is very sad as someone with a lot of family that struggles with alcoholism. Those with viet family know. When Asians can drink and smoke they drink fucking petrol until they die, functioning alcoholic on another level. They didn’t have age limits on drinking so my Dad was just drinking and smoking as soon as he was like 11 then came over here to “underage” drink. My dad never drank at work that’s not what you do but he can drink a box wine and smoke a whole pack of filter less cigarettes in an evening and do his fucking taxes. He have a box and a half and he’s looking drunk. My moms the same white Irish ass drinking like it was water. They just been doing it since they we’re literally children.
The way she casually said “Half a box” like it wasn’t a big deal, made me think in that instant she killed that whole box. I grew up with “functioning alcoholics” for parents and had to raise myself and my younger sister. My mom would down a box a day (if not bottles too and liquor) and taught me at a young age how to work a box of wine at 2-3 years old (my mom brainwashed me by bein like “Oh isn’t this cool? See if you can do it” and acted like it was a game and I was so mature cause I could do that) so I could go up and down the stairs to the basement to fill up her fish bowl sized glasses (as an adult I realized that that was because she didn’t want to fall down the stairs, drunk to get more wine and that disgusts me) Even though I was 4 when my sister was born, she became my baby. I changed her, fed her, burped her, cared for that child with everything I had. I was the one to take care of her not my mom (even though she was home constantly) and I protected her with everything I had, even when that meant I was ok with getting beat because I knew no one laid a hand on her. Never got a thank you, never needed one until my mom turned her against me when I moved for college, cause she was in high school then and didn’t need raising. My parents literally don’t remember my childhood. I was abused and neglected. When I try to talk about anything that happened to me as a child with them for healing, they just gaslight me. My mom AND I QUOTE says “If that’s how you think it happened.” Or “I’m sorry you think that that happened but it didn’t. You’re making shit up.” With a dead pan face just staring me in the eyes. Yet everyone else (neighbors and family friends) remembers my side. Like they saw this stuff and helped me as much as they could. Alcohol just like drugs can do horrible things to you if you let it. If you put that before the things that actually need to take precedence, you don’t deserve those things. Whether that’s your job or your children, they’re clearly not what’s most important to you. It’s horrible but that’s how I see it. That’s the situation I grew up in and I can’t ever imagine doing anything like that. People in those situations with dependencies on alcohol or drugs or what have you, have to make the choice to get help. You can’t force it as much as you want.
My heart goes out to you. Your mother literally groomed you into becoming her surrogate parent. My mother did the same thing to me, too, although her grooming didn't lead to alcohol. She's a 100% sober demon all by herself. She groomed me with literal candy and cookies, in a walmart parking lot, in a fucking van, late late late at night, into becoming her surrogate parent and also her surrogate emotional partner because my dad has the emotional range and depth of a closet door. Not the closet, just the door. My mother had four other children after me and I love them so much. My mother turned one of my sisters against me as well. Right around the same time I was going to a mental health institution, this sister blocked me on every possible app because in her words I was a burden to her... perfect timing for a suicidal person to be told they're a fucking burden... Anyway, I'm still here, but that was painful as FUCK. One thing I will say - these types of parents don't need a reason to not remember anything. My parents also have this psycho amnesia where they "don't remember" any of the things I've confronted them about. I talked about it over and over and over again to two completely sober adults and they "don't remember" my attempts to communicate with them or the original events themselves. It's how narcissists are. Anything that challenges their dark, twisted obsession with themselves as the main character gets deleted every single time it comes up. With respect to you, Fuck your mom and Fuck my mom too. They're harpies who have created such horrific suffering in this world. Everyone they delude into thinking they are good people become unwitting weapons the narcissist hurls at us to shame us for refusing to entertain their delusions. I have a very specific type of PTSD. It's onset is usually only seen in overworked, exhausted social workers. My mom's emotional dependence on me had me burnt out on social work before the age of 15.
I hope the relationship between you and your sister is good now after you were done with college. I also wish you well in the future years. Thanks for sharing your story.
@@nyphira I don’t either, but I just can’t imagine how horrible and desperate her life must be that she would have to resort to doing that as the only way to cope
@@nyphirato be fair, she seems pretty in control of her faculties as her tolerance is so high. Not saying it’s right, but I doubt the kids were in mortal danger.
I will say what I said again : This lady does not know what she’s risking when she drinks. You don’t know how someone would act once they’re drunk, they can be very unrealistically aggressive sometimes. (Edit : Also this lady was on court cam and she appeared drunk at her trial, and at the time she has two trials pending.)
She probably knows if she’s an alcoholic and likely drinks just enough to stay functional and appear sober. What I think she’s actively ignoring is how much risk she’s putting others in if something bad were to happen. Kid passes out and she’s unable to think clearly enough to handle the situation well, school shooting and she’s panicked and isn’t able to get the door locked in time, a natural disaster and she can’t react quick enough to direct students. She’s banking on nothing outside the ordinary happening so she can go through the motions, but if that gets thrown off all of her students could suffer.
Nov 13th 2023 she was arrested a THIRD TIME for public intoxication and now is facing charges for public intoxication and endangerment. She is currently in jail.
13:01 Boze’s explanation about how life knocks on your head to correct you resonates so bad. I used to have TERRIBLE spending problems, but bc I still live with family I’ve never worried about my finances. Well, 6-8 months of unemployment and now starting at literally $0 in my account taught me that lesson my hard-ass needed to learn 😅
@karriemramzy9256 the cup was in her bag...which I'm not sure about the legality or how proper it is to take the cup out of her bag when he went to get it for her...I don't know...
@@PrimateProductions If it was in her bag, they'd need a warrant which they could easily get because they have probable cause when she willingly blown into the breathalyzer. If she just shut the fk up though and said I want a lawyer and nothing else? The staff saying "we think she's drunk" isn't gonna get the cop a warrant to search
My heart goes out to people that are suffering from substance disorders. I really do hope she gets herself together and can find a job that will be fulfilling enough to keep her away from alcohol
For everyone that is surprised how sober she seems, and the fact that she can talk 'normally': you've never been around a functioning alcoholic. That's the real scary part, when you get so used to being drunk that you appear fairly normal. But there's still signs, even ones the people themselves don't see anymore, like slow reaction time, some stumbling, difficulty with balance etc. They also often overestimate themselves b/c they've gotten so competent at being drunk, like still being able to drive, or being able to do their jobs, etc. Yes I do feel sorry for her, should she be able to keep her job especially being around children? Absolutely not. What she does need is help and rehab which is incredible difficult to get, so best of luck to her.
I feel for her...but it's difficult knowing she's working with kids like that. She got a problem and she has to be held accountable. I hope she can grow from this, get the right kind of help, and that people forgive her once she has made changes.
The worst part of this was she could’ve AT LEAST avoided this level of exposure by CALLING HER HUSBAND TO PICK HER UP! This could’ve been handled discreetly. They WANTED to handle this discreetly. They TRIED to handle this discreetly. Damn.
One of the last things schools want is this to be a big publicized case. For the sake of the parents and the students. I can’t imagine having a child at a school like this, or being a student having this teacher, or hearing her being dragged down the hall in handcuffs as she pleads with them. That’s truly awful
It’s horrible to know that a child could have been injured if she lashed out/ was an angry drunk or she could have hurt someone driving there. By the looks of her she has probably been teaching from a while so how many times could she have done this before Edit: lemmie be cliché for a sec “thanks for all of the likes :)”
I def feel for her. It’s so sad to watch someone destroy their own lives. I was a functioning alcoholic for years. It started when I was working in the restaurant/bar scene as well. Luckily I got put on bp meds and antidepressants and that somehow made alcohol horrible. So I’ve been good for 3 years. But you always gotta be careful. I have a ton of alcoholism in my family. My dad drinks a case or more every day. He’s functioning but I can see it now is starting to affect him mentally. Like he’s not all there anymore. I really hope this woman finds some good from this and uses it as motivation. From a parents perspective, I’m sure they were up in arms. Which is totally understandable
@@LilT2o00she said she was drinking on the way to school and may have been driving drunk. It’s also a good way to gauge when and how much a person has been drinking, like here
As someone who works in the communications department for a school district, I feel the most bad for the principal, SRO, and comms team who have to try to clean up the mess she made. Parents can be vicious on a good day, and I guarantee they have parents in an uproar, even if it was handled appropriately.
"one of the hardest things about battling addiction is trying to find something to live for" god DAMN. Bc trying to find something to live for is what drives people into addiction too. Vicious cycle.
I used to have a very bad drinking problem. Day drinking. Night. All day. I didn’t want to be sober. Then I applied for a job. It was for a daycare. I didn’t touch alcohol during the week. I could never imagine being intoxicated and being able to keep children safe. That job turned me around. Those kids saved me. This was frustrating to watch.
When they said she could call someone to pick her up, I could not believe she didn’t jump on that immediately !! She did have her chance but I don’t think reality had hit her yet .
Even best case scenario, no kids are physically hurt from her being drunk, seeing an authority figure inebriated like that REALLY messes with a child’s mind. It is directly damaging to the emotional wellbeing of those kids. Shame on her. I have all the sympathy, until kids are involved.
Addiction is heartbreaking. She clearly isn't a terrible person, just struggling. What would make her a crappy person is if she doesnt use this as an eye opener and even then not a terrible person but a crappy one endless she makes an effort.
I do not feel bad about this at all honestly. This woman is trying to hide her problem, not deal with it and then try to guilt everybody around her into letting her keep doing it.
@@ironman1458keep them accountable for drinking by forcing addiction therapy on them, not arresting them and charging them for a crime. Charging them for a crime or publicly humiliating them at what was once their job is just going to worsen the problem. They are alcoholics because they are drinking to fix another problem in their life. My guess is that her husband is part of the problem based on her response to calling him. Putting people addicted to stuff in jail doesn’t help their addiction. It’s the same for other drugs.
I think she's mostly regretting everything now that she's realized she can't turn back. The consequences have finally caught up to her, and it's only just now hitting her how many times she could have fixed it before it was too late. She didn't think it would come to this because she thought she had it under control enough to not be caught. I do think she feels bad. But only because she knows she has been caught this time. She just dismissed the issue for too long, and couldn't bring herself to admit that she had a problem. Now she just has to deal with the humiliation and shame of that.
As someone who has family that used to be an alcoholic, I don’t feel any sympathy. She knew she was lying, she knew she did something wrong, she knows everything. Now it’s just her decision on whether she wants to act like an adult because she apparently likes to drink like one. Yet, this feels like a child getting caught eating glue, she knows she wasn’t supposed to but thinks lying is the better option. That guilty yet hiding it face gave me flashbacks lol.
To have sympathy for others you need to have it for yourself. Let’s hope she heals and make right where she can. Wishing you all healing, happiness and peace.
@@nadyah8183I agree but she didn’t have any sympathy for the drivers that she could have potentially hit and killed, that’s makes you a perpetrator now
It scares me that these people think that they are “good enough” at being drunk to be able to drive. Functional alcoholics may look fine but they are not safe.
Yes! You can feel for the kids AND the adult who obviously had anxiety and maybe depression! People demonizing her just don’t get it. This is coming from someone who self medicated with drugs so ALOT of us don’t do it for shots and giggles.
@@Denebula549No. Stop it. She’s endangering children. She doesn’t get a pass just because she’s suffering. Lots of people are suffering from all kinds of things and they don’t do this stuff. If she drinks at school then nothing will stop her from driving drunk. Will you guys defend her if her recklessness kills someone?
she does deserve to be fired but i can’t help but feel sorry for her. she obviously has really bad alcohol problems and the relationship with her husband is probably at risk because of it. hopefully it’s a wake up call for her and she gets the help she needs
Heart goes out to anyone that saw this woman and was reminded of a relative, friend or even themselves. Addiction is no joke and while the actions in this video may seem harsh, sometimes a sobering verbal slap like this is needed. I hope nobody has to get to this point but know that even for this woman, she has a way up and forward if she's willing to work and so do you.
I'm an alcoholic and recovering and my heart hurts for her. I have felt exactly like she does. It's clear she wants to stop, but her addiction is causing her to lose everything about her. Her job, what sounds like her husband, her dignity... addiction is so evil. I hope she gets better... poor woman.
I feel so sorry for her. She's obviously going through something. As a parent I would be pissed but I wouldn't want her fired. As a compassionate human, I would hope that she gets help and can return to work maybe under some supervision or guidance when she's back to being fit and healthy ❤
I was thinking they were being extremely kind and patient with her. The fact that they busted her lying and now they're done with and she starts begging. She screwed up and it's on her.
This makes me so sad but so mad at the same time. Not only did she drive but she is taking care of kids. I am clean from heavy drugs for 19 years and it took everything to get clean. I did rehab and relapsed and about 5 months later got pregnant, that’s the only thing that saved my life. Before that though I lost everything and had to start all over. Luckily I have amazing kids, a husband who loves me.
I had a substitute teacher that came to school with liquor in their water bottle and when we went to show him our work we could smell it. Someone snitched and he ended up getting fired and we never saw him again! Class got dismissed 20 mins into it
I admire how they handled this, as empathetically and temperately as possible within the bounds of their jobs and obligations to the public/schoolchildren.
10:23 If any of y’all are wondering, that’s a horizontal gaze nystagmus test. Basically the cop is watching how smooth her eyes move side to side. Sober people’s eyes will move smoothly while drunk people’s eyes will shake and kind of dart back and forth.
A friend of mines mom is a pediatrician and about 10 years ago was a functioning alcoholic. Whenever she would be home alone she would drink. She never would drive around or anything, until one day when my friend needed to be picked up for some reason early from school, and her mom made the decision to risk it and go pick her up instead of telling people she had been drinking. She pulled onto the offramp of the freeway and got in a horrific car accident that almost killed her and luckily didn't hurt anyone else. She has been sober since and is an amazing lady who just got caught up in her addiction and has really changed a lot of lives, so it always makes me sad to see people like this because she really just needs a lot of help. At the end of the day I hope she is doing well, recovering, and able to be honest with her loved ones so she can get on that road to recovery. Hopefully this will be her rock bottom moment that people can need to turn their life around.
God this hurts. My husband is a recovering alcoholic and this reminds me of him when i had to intervene. It was so difficult to be supportive when i found all the empty liquor bottles and cans he had hidden around the house. Thankfully both of our families were really supportive so we didnt have to go through it alone. Over 6 months sober now thank goodness.
I love the way you described her down fall...very well put ive been there and yes you ignore the knocks of wisdom...until it shakes you down. Poor thing man she goin through it and it brought her down. It happens to many but its HUGE blessing to WAKE UP and fix it!. Bless you Mrs Johnson hehe or whatever your name is. You'll be ok
Boze you and your editor, whoever else all helps you make this content, have a beautiful heart. To have that reminder and everything, and explaining the deeper sides to these things, it’s really heart-warming to see that. Thanks Boze and friends!!!
This video hits me on two levels because I am a certified teacher and my father is an alcoholic (functioning one). With this type of situation I have to have two different kinds of thoughts at once: she is clearly going through a rough point atm but also it is unacceptable, especially around small children. The buck of sympathy has to stop when minors are at risk, because it is our job to make sure the students are safe first and foremost. So it is sad and not something that I would ever take pleasure with, but it is ultimately a good thing that she is getting terminated because otherwise someone, either her or a student could have gotten severely hurt. The selfish disease of addiction has finally caught up. Edit: To add one more point, when it comes to this following her for the rest of her life, logistically speaking no school is going to want to have a teacher who has done that, just way too much of a liability and a risk. If or when she even gets sober, there's too much uncertainty and risk so something will have to change there. Does she deserve to have this happen, no, again that's addiction, but that's just the societal outcome of that happening unfortunately.
This is so sad. I hope she gets the help she needs. My 13 year clean date from meth is on September 6th. I was clean previous to that for 14 years. I relapsed and went on a 3week bender and ODed. When I tell you I lost everything, I mean I lost EVERYTHING. My kids, my place to live, my families trust, my dignity, my pride, EVERYTHING!! My oldest daughter and I just started talking again when she was almost 18. She's 23 now.we are best friends but she said she has a hard time seeing me as a mom. Putting myself through detox and read was the hardest thing I ever did. The counseling you vet there makes you look at yourself and the trauma you went through and caused. Getting clean was the best thingn I ever did for myself. I am getting the trust I lost back, dignity, my self-esteem, ect. I hope this is her rock bottom and she gets help. A clean life is not easy sometime. BUT DAMNIT IT'S SOOOOO WORTH IT
I was a severe alcoholic for a number of years, so while I have some empathy for her it comes to a point you need to take responsibility. She is beyond entitled and immature!
11:20 Stop giving people the option to resign over something so serious. It just gives them the opportunity to go to another school to do the same thing. FIRE HER
The school only cares about how they LOOK tho. If the teacher can keep it quiet, the school can keep it quiet and not put a stain on the school. Obviously since she was booked, they probably won't try to hide it and just fire her.
Eh, it works both ways. It allows a person who rectifies their mistake to try again. This is a person with decades of experience, to toss them aside and forbid them to ever use their skills again could drive them even further into their addiction. Yes, it dies protect the schools reputation, but schools are notoriously underfunded, and I can't blame them for trying.
I was so confused as to why I got a notification that the video was posted but I couldn’t find it! Glad you were able to get it up boze 5:30 my aunt has a close friend who is a twin. Both my aunts friend and her twin brother were born with a form of Cerebral Palsy because the doctor delivering them came in drunk out of his MIND. My aunts friend was born first and her cerebral palsy isn’t as bad as her brothers. He lost so much oxygen. Their mom later sued the absolute shit out of that doctor
God, seeing her fall apart at the end hit hard. I grew up with addiction in my family, parents werent sober until I was like 10, meanwhile the other parent wasnt sober until like last year. I can only imagine the pain shes feeling but its so so irresponsible to be drunk at a building like this, whether its school, a hospital, anywhere like that, people know better. People know better, and she knew better.
As an alcoholic who is now getting close to 3 years sober, I feel for her. I struggled with alcoholism and addiction for 14 years after I was first overprescribed painkillers while going through a lot of surgeries and dealing with complex PTSD. NOT an excuse. But this is such a complex issue. And there is NO excuse to do this around kids. But I do hope this was a catalyst for her recovery. I am so glad the worst of my addiction was not broadcast on the internet and I have rebuilt my reputation and continue to do so. But this is awful. Just tragic in so many ways.
Boze I'm happy about how you approached this topic. I was raised by recovering alcoholics, and still have my issues with alcohol. But I fight every day and would never EVER drink before or during work.
I really appreciate the reminder put on the screen about addiction and moral failure. My sister is an alcoholic, and has verbally told me multiple times she refuses to get help. I’ve given up on her and finally realized she is a bad person not because she is addicted, but because she actively refuses to seek help with both her addiction AND her severe mental issues just because she doesn’t want therapy because “it will make her cry” and ssris will “fuck up her sex drive.” She seeks out jobs at restaurants and bars that enable her to drink ON THE JOB. She has two beautiful children who she actively chooses to traumatize. THAT is moral failure. I was the only person in the family that approached her with kindness and understanding about her situation but she doesn’t have me anymore. I’ve cut her out of my life the past week despite living under the same roof, but sadly I don’t think that’s even the slap in the face she needs to wake up
I feel for her in that she is clearly dealing with something in life that pushed her into addiction, as well as dealing with the addiction itself. I don't feel for her when it comes to her refusing to take full accountability once she was confronted. I really hope she's able to recover and be in a better place, for herself and those in her life.
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She got the Karen cut
It’s still working!!
They gave this lady so many chances to leave with dignity and she wouldn't take it.
I'd have just resigned and called an uber. She gonna lose the job no matter what, why incriminate yourself by giving free evidence (breathalyzer). She's gonna lose her job anyways and now go to jail
Thank you... Jesus that's what I was saying 😂 just give them a number name and walk out on your own without cuffs .. but nope nope she just wanted set there flapping Jaws talking in circles.. instead of taking the advice of cop , principal. Then wanna cry beg not to go to jail , not walk out in handcuffs. But if you just took the advice 30 mins earlier you been already home 😂
She's an addict. They don't make rational decisions. She thought somehow her husband wouldn't find out.
@@LilT2o00 I'm shocked that the only options anyone in the meeting ever mentioned involved calling a friend or her husband and they were all people she was too embarrassed to have to explain things to. As if Uber doesn't exist, as if taxis don't exist.
@@LilT2o00 Easy to say when you're not plastered on a whole box of wine while the sun's still out. She basically admitted to a DUI...obviously just never had any idea what she would do if she every got busted crazy af.
Update!!! She just went to court a few days ago and showed up drunk, she got charged with public intoxication and was arrested. I hope she gets the help she needs she’s a serious risk to herself and others the route she’s going.
Now THAT is both sad and ridiculous. 😩
Imagine her husband. Hope she wakes up and gets help before she physically hurts herself/others.
Source?
@@NativeVirgo if you go on the same channel that uploaded this video, they posted the body cam footage that is from that court interaction, you just have to look through the uploades around 1 month ago you’ll see it
@@madymoo2471 thank you!
Ooof that's sad. Still at the bottom of that bottle
23 years ago, on my first day working in a public school, the principal said to me, "These parents are entrusting us with the most precious people in their lives. No aspect of teaching is as important as your responsibility to keep them safe."
They sound like a wonderful person to work with.
You’d think knowing that they’d pay teachers better
@@xJulietDollFOR. REAL.
@JulietKitten the average public school teacher makes $47k in America, and teachers can make 3x that at private schools. How is that not enough?
A higher earning salary is awarded based on how good of a teacher the person is, that don't magically deserve $100k for being mediocre.
Every job on the planet is like that, surgeons, pilots, farmers, all the important jobs included
Yours sounds lovely like someone who enjoys their job,
the principle at my school said, “well hey some kids got talents some kids are plain but we still gotta treat them the same”
Odds are she has a drinking problem and at some point during her marrage, her husband may have had a fight with her to quit drinking. But instead she has been consuming alcohol on the way to work to hide her addiction. Now that she has been caught, calling her husband so he can pick her up for being drunk around elementary schoolers is probably the same as asking to be divorced.
I agree. She's probably trying to hide it from him.
that or he also has a drinking problem and they agreed they would both seek individual help. I'm a NA baby and its unfortunately common to see couples start together and one of them relapses.
@@bipolarlive1214 that narrative doesn't fit the fear she felt for letting her husband find out. I can't really say what the exact reason what but going off of her emotional state and seeing how her going to jail was better than having her husband pick her up really says something.
No. She has Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). That's traceable to getting anything you want between the ages of 1 - 3. She also got anything she wanted far after that.
@@RyanRichardsTobylol ok doc.
People really feeling empowered to be diagnosing people so confidently because someone on Tiktok said so 🙄
My aunt was a functional alcoholic and a kindergarten teacher for years, she was given a ton of chances, was put on paid leave, sent for treatment, and I believe she still received her retirement. Addiction sucks; I hope she keeps seeing her counselor and that she can get her life and career back on track.
Thats very gracious of her job to support her
My Dad had the same issue. His doctor didn’t believe he was an alcoholic until he was full liver failure. He was scared to quit but since they’re his colleagues technically they just didn’t believe my Dad she he said he had a problem and was at this point scared to stop drinking or he’d have a seizure.
Was she a good teacher from what you've been told? Genuinely curious!
My aunts also a functional alcoholic and taught pre school. Luckily she ended up retiring before it got to the point where she was drinking at work. But it has definitely made me cautious about my kids teachers.
@@thetwistedsamuraiI don't know her but as a teacher, and as the sibling of an addict who was a teacher, I can assure you she was not. "Functioning" means bare minimum, and that absolutely sucks for the kids who had to sit in class with that all day for a year. Ugh.
I feel for her. She's clearly not a malicious person, but she is clearly defeated in the moment in her life. I hope she uses this as a pivot in her life to surmount her demons.
The only thing that REALLY upsets me is that she literally drove to the school, she could've put SO MANY people in danger I REALLY hope she gets the help she needs and that this is the eye opener to let her know her life doesn't have to be this.
@@stardoll1995 Right. Calling in sick on the first day of school isn't a great look, but if she had a relapse or an episode and simply waited to sober up tomorrow none of this would've happened, and I would've 100% preferred that.
But considering she was a functioning alcoholic, she was way past that point unfortunately.
@@LoreCatan yeah agreed it's just heartbreaking seeing stuff like this happen to anyone really but hopefully this will turn it around for her for good.
It’s so sad watching the breaking of this woman’s life.
i know :( i also feel really sad for her. as someone who struggles with addiction issues ik how it is to rely on alcohol and i hope she can find happiness soon
Two things can be true at once.
I feel awful that she’s dealing with addiction. It’s really sad to watch someone at their lowest point.
And at the same time, I CANNOT believe that she would apply for a job teaching children, knowing that she has an issue with alcohol. If my child was in her class, I would be LIVID.
she probably was already a teacher before becoming an alcoholic. but i get your point, she should’ve quite just for the sake of those kids’s safety.
@@mariamee.yes. my sister went thru the same situation, after she got addicted to alcohol she quit her teaching job for safety
Imagine if there was an emergency at school, she couldn’t protect the kids 😞
The sad part is she that if she had gone home and not been arrested, she probably would have hit the box as soon as she got back....
In the US people tend to get health insurance through their job. When people are struggling with addiction they need treatment, and addiction treatment is expensive. Quitting a job means no income AND no insurance at a time when you need both to get healthy. We don’t really set up systems to help those struggling.
You can tell the cop was sympathetic to her being a functional alcoholic at first, but after twenty minutes of her being manipulative he was over it. She truly dug her own grave.
Honestly... yeah. She probably did the flip in the car. You know? Like it's all tears and begging and pleading when other people are around, but once she's cuffed and in the car it's
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yeah true, rare for me to take a Cop's side on anything but he was being extremely lenient and actually trying to just get her out of there without harm/jail time. She basically just straight refused the offer
I don’t think she was manipulative at all, I just see someone who is hitting rock bottom with addiction and overwhelmed, not knowing what to do but try to do damage control. Not manipulative imo. Just human.
@@Archfiend7889 how is arbitrarily deciding that taking 20 minutes is too long to figure out who to call to pick you up lenient? maybe if it was an hour I'd understand but it's like he was waiting for the first possible excuse to unnecessarily embarrass her further
@@martellusbennett8840 look i hate police with a passion, like at least 90% of officers I really just can't stand. However, the officer in the video was like "call someone to come pick you up and you won't be charged" which is pretty reasonable. And he kept asking her to call someone, every single time she was giving an excuse instead of just calling someone. I understand she's an addict, that was obvious. But she was drunk af dealing w children and likely drank on the way to school, endangering kids and other adults. So yeah the officer was within his rights to arrest her, he gave her the chance to remove herself from the situation and she didn't. As matter of fact she didn't even try.
I can both feel incredibly sorry for her and also not defend a single thing she did. It sucks that she's in this predicament; good damn thing she was caught.
That’s her entire career gone in an instant. She cannot teach with that on her record. All the schooling she’s done, the certifications, the training, the years of experience, all gone in an instant. This is why addicts need to admit their problem and get help.
Especially now with this video EVERYWHERE on the Internet.
Not an Instant and this should have stayed private or blurred
@moxiemaxie3543 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
it’s called addiction for a reason. it’s not as easy as “admit their problem” a lot of them know it’s a problem but physically and mentally cannot stop. educate girlie pop
@shelb.yyyy. addicts know they have a problem. My entire family knew they have a problem, I had a problem, and guess what?
It wasn't an instant fix, but being mature and actually trying to help yourself will eventually work.
having an alcoholic close to me makes me feel for her but knowing she was in charge of children while she was sloshed makes it so much more complicated. my person at least never drank at work. i would never want my kid to be in the care of a drunk person so it’s hard to feel bad :/
(edit) she also lied the entire time!! when you know you’re fucked you should at least be honest. i hope she gets better; i hope more no child is in the care of someone under the influence. i just don’t like that the (hopefully) lowest point in her life is memorialized on the internet forever
To your edit: I'd have just resigned and called an uber. She gonna lose the job no matter what, why incriminate yourself by giving free evidence (breathalyzer). She's gonna lose her job anyways and now go to jail
She coulda just been out a job and avoided the whole thing by quitting on the spot and getting a ride home.
@@LilT2o00but also remember that in this video she only seems sober on the outside - she’s absolutely SLOSHEDDD
idk much on the capabilities of a functioning alcoholic, but i’m assuming that despite it, being that drunk is still gonna affect decision making
@@LilT2o00no she couldn't have because not only was she fired but she was arrested.
@@mikabee__ I've beaten two DUIs myself. It can be done. Just have to know your rights. Blowing into the breathalyzer willingly was the dumbest thing she could have done. She should have answered no questions and that was her easiest chance for her lawyer to get it thrown out, or drastically reduced charges. Job was gonna go bye bye no matter what. No need to incriminate yourself and give them additional evidence
As an alcoholic who's coming up on 14 years since my last drink, I also feel bad for her. Even at my worst, I didn't drink at work, which is probably why I still have a job. Teaching and drinking are incompatible professions. Hopefully, this will be the thing that causes her to get sober. Sometimes, the consequences of your actions not being avoidable is the only thing that will save your life, and is a blessing in disguise in the big picture. This is not the worst thing that could happen. I think that it becoming public is negative for her overall, but it does enforce accountability. I really hope she gets sober.
No matter how many times I see this video I am thoroughly impressed with how well she’s speaking and moving for how wasted she is.
You’d be surprised how many functioning addicts there are 😭😭
It makes me wonder what her co-workers saw that made them suspicious.
It’s terrifying to think of how much she really consumes on a regular basis to blow that high and able to remain that composed.
the one time i got to just .16, i blacked out completely. its actually crazy how she’s even standing
Right?! Her tolerance must be enormous.
My heart breaks for her, but she needed this. My hope is that this is her rock bottom and she decides to go into recovery.
exactly.
I always hope that people at rock bottom will begin to climb up, but I've also got experience with people who see rock bottom and grab a pickaxe to dig further... hope Ms. Drunk Teacher is in former grop.
@@khaleesireyna731rock bottom she just showed up for court drunk
@Renee-wy1po so I've heard... sounds like she grabbed that pick axe.
I’ll never forget my 6th grade English teacher was every kids FAVORITE teacher! She would wear her sunglasses all day and we never thought much of it as younger kids…..fast forward 3 years later and she was arrested for dui and possession of coke.😂😂😂 when the news article came out my mom said “no wonder she was everyone’s favorite teacher”😂😂😂
My 9th grade English teacher lmao
I know my English teacher fully drinking and smoking in class everyone knew. No body cared 😂
My English teacher too! But she got her DUI a few years back, turns out she used to be the vice principal!
that was my 7th grade science teacher, but he ended up holding his family hostage. his mugshot was everywhere for a while in my town
@@permanentlytired4304 😳😳😳
For those wondering about the signs of her being drunk: if you listen carefully, she is slurring her words. She's repeating words, giving herself more time to come up with what she wants to say. She's blushing all over her face. She's also snorting at things that really shouldn't be funny. I imagine when she's not drunk, she's probably very eloquent. The differences are there if you look for them.
I didn't even notice her snorting- YOU GOT SOME SUPERSONIC EARS
Boze fighting for her LIFE to get this video up 💀 Love it
Frrr and THATS why we love her 😂❤❤❤❤
The commitment is smth else 🤚😇✋
And I'll watch it every time
She didn't have or use a folding chair so she aint fight that hard. Not like R Kelly vs Gayle King or that Alabama smackdown event 😂
LMAOO right😭😭 I seen one where it was only 3 mins
Well, the only the fact she actually blew THREE times the legal limit and not two times, definitely tells us that she didn't stop drinking and was drinking during school hours.
Seriously. I’ll have a couple drinks and I’m sloshed, one and I know I can’t drive because I’m such a lightweight. I can’t understand she drank as much as she did and didn’t even seem that drunk at first
And might’ve been drunk driving to school
Glad I wasn't the only one sitting here like 8 x 2 = 16.....8 X 3 = 24. I mean, I dish HR use that new math or nothing but damn lol
@Leeta I was like... well she actually blew three times the legal limit, not two so it made it sound a lot less than it was
yea.. 12 hours later.. .248... no chance
Coming from an alcoholic, I empathize. I’ve told myself, oh, I can drink now and be sober by the time of x-event or “they’ll never notice.” This story really is a cautionary tale-it could happen to any of us if we let it slip too far or don’t have a modicum of self-control at just the right moment.
Youre so right. I dont fit the stereotype at all, im a 22 year old female college student; i like to write and draw and my friends joke that im a grandma because i love to just toodle around in my cozy apartment. I struggled privately with a substance addiction two years ago now, and because i didnt want to let anyone know, i mostly went through it and got out on the other side in total secret (My best friend knew, that was about it).
Maybe this will be of some use to anyone else out there who thinks like i used to think, "Addiction is real, but only certain people get addictions, and im not one of them because i woudnt be blind to the consequences of my actions".
It almost felt like addiction made my logical memory and my ability to recall incredibly poor - in those really bad pockets that lasted hours, i'd sit on the floor and verbally tell myself "don't, don't do it, you KNOW its bad for you, and you always regret it" and then 10 seconds later i was like "what were my reasons to not do this again? I literally cant think of a single good one." and id have to repeat the process of emotionally re-remebering why the hell this was a bad idea in the first place. Id re-remember; then id forget, tearfully grit my teeth and re-remember, id forget, id scream, sit myself down and write it out, and when i was done i'd read it, lose the clarity the second my eyes finished the last word, reread it, lose clarity again... and i'd do that until 5AM, go to class, and come home, sometimes to a repeat of the prior night.
Addiction requires so much more constant control than people realise. I dont self sabotage intentionally, and thats why i thought id never experience something like this. Anyone can be affected. And its so scary, because its very often not a feeling of "This is a bad choice and i know itll end horribly but ill do it anyway because i just need a break" It feels like playing goddamn pingpong 24/7 and if you miss one ball you suddenly immediately forget how to play pingpong. It feels like youre mentally holding yourself by the scruff of your own neck every day, and putting in constant invisible effort, and youre actually sucessfully holding down the line.
And then during one of those nights, where you have to police your own memory and call-back every other second, the slipup is so tiny and human and normal: it happens when you just get so exhausted you let a single thought come in unchallenged; it erases the reasons why using was a bad idea, and mockingly asks you to - if you think you have the energy - spend the next 10 minutes just reminding yourself for the 100th time tonight why you shouldnt use.... or to just give yourself that break you deserve, that you suddenly cant remember the downside of at all. Youve done good, and you're getting better right? Nobody will know if you just let yourself have a break tonight. What human being deserves this? And you'll be able to be clean for that upcoming event. You'll remember better next time.
Its such a stupidly isolating experience. It makes you feel inhuman, alone and violated by your own brain. And if you struggle in silence, or in my case even struggle and beat it in silence, you will never get to celebrate the massive strength you have.
Sorry for unloading like this when nobody asked. Thanks if you read it. 100% clean for two years, and ill go on forever dancing like this because life is so much better on the other side.
@@Bean-hz8jothank you so much for being open. I think I understand addiction a little bit more with your explanation. I hope health, happiness, and support for you💛💛
as a recovering alcoholic, i really empathize with the "i can drink now and be sober by this date". its such a vicious cycle of sabotaging and making promises to yourself just to become your own worst enemy. i wish you luck on your journey.
Mad respect to you guys struggling to stay sober. I've been a patient saftey attendant for people detoxing and the fight you have is incredible. The demons you face are terrifying.
I wish you all peace,safety, and luck on your journeys.
@@Bean-hz8joyou are incredible, I admire you! stay true to yourself ❤️
The anger in the principals voice when she accidentally let it slip that the cup was from yesterday meaning she was drinking on campus yesterday as well is crazy. Im surprised the police officer didnt comment on that as well.
I think they said it was the first dayof school
@@snarkisharkstaff usually come in the week or so before to set up
My mum was an alcoholic for most of her life, she stopped drinking about 6 years ago and now she is an incredible mum and grandma! The reason she stopped drinking was breast cancer, in a really strange way cancer saved my mum ❤
My dad was HEAVILY involved in AA, including the founding of the Naval AA program. I have been around addicts for a long time and it makes me so sad to see people ruin their lives. I think she deserved to lose her job and should NEVER be allowed around children again, but I also hope she gets some help.
I've seen non functioning alcoholics, idk how they do it. I'm glad i'm in that rare group of functioning ones. I crave my alcohol sure, but I leave it for the end of the day. Works done? cool. Obligations done? Cool. Promises fulfilled? okay cool. Everything off the checklist? okay time to lock myself in my room and drink myself to sleep. This way, I don't intrude on anyone and it's all self contained.
I think she can if she’s not in active addiction, but if she is then definitely not, and if she were to be working with kids there need to be additional safety measures in place. Such as having to be breathalyzed before working with kids, every day.
Indeed. Two things can be true at the same time.
@@LilT2o00 please do get help whenever you are able to, drinking yourself to sleep is unhealthy and very bad for your mental wellbeing, i myself am a recovering alcoholic and though it seems like life without alcohol would be horrible i can promise you the opposite is true
@driesdriesdehaan I cold turkey about 2 months a year the other issue besides drinking is image issues so when I hit a certain weight threshold I stop eating anything that tastes good and drinking all together, add 4hrs of cycling a day and it's the most miserable 2 mo ths of every year and not because of cravings withdrawal etc (I don't get either) it's just flat out boring wake up bike work bike come home watch some UA-cam sleep. Gets the results and nob done but so fucking boring. That has me in a way worse mental state than when im.drinkikg
She is very lucky that she did not cause any harm while intoxicated. I feel sad for her but hopefully she will see how incredibly blessed she is given how the circumstances could have gone and this will be her "rock bottom" to seek more intensive treatment than just seeing a counselor. One thing I do feel bad for is that this public video will likely haunt her. Imagine having your worst day on permanent display? Not sure if she is deserving of that. It could be detrimental to her recovery or inspire her recovery. It could really go either way.
I feel kinda guilty watching it, but as an alcoholic in long-term recovery (almost 14 years now) sometimes it takes the metaphorical ass-kicking to realize how incredibly badly you're f**king up.
@kdawson020279 congrats for your progress. Keep up the good work sir.
Yeah this kinda vid is a grey area for sure - this is gonna be all over her for ever even once she’s recovering - especially as it has her name badge on there too
She did cause harm to the administrator's, the officers, and my blood pressure.
@@kdawson020279keep up the good work, dude. I know how difficult it can be, but you're a fighter!✊🏽
I didnt feel BAD for her, i felt SAD for her.
I know how she feels in this moment (except ive never gotten drunk and then went to go to my teaching job and gotten fired and arrested LMAO)
I know that feeling of such intense shame. Its the one that makes you feel like a child, wanting to cover your face and shrink away into the floor. It makes you feel helpless and pathetic. Its the most awful feeling ive ever felt in my life. Watching her sit there, well deep in those feelings and just basically thrashing around for any way out, it was super difficult to watch.
But its also super necessary. Like boze said, thats life grabbing you by the shoulders and rattling you going "YOURE MESSING UP!!!!".
She's an idiot. She coulda completely avoided the arrest. She was losing her job regardless, don't admit shit, resign, get an uber and get the fuck out of there. She'd have still lost her job, but avoided any jail time; if they can't prove she was drunk at the time of the incident (dumb of her to agree to the breathalyzer), they had no case
Basically how I feel too. She's so miserable and it's so fucking sad that her life is just alcohol all the time. It seems like such a depressing existence and I feel so sad for her. That doesn't excuse her of consequences and she needed to be shooken back to reality. I hope she gets over her addiction.
Yeah, feel sad is the best wording. I'd feel more bad for her if she wasn't lying this entire time, well after the time the cat's out of the bag. Life sucks, and it sucks even more that you kind of can't take a time out to get your stuff together. You can't stop working and work on yourself for a few months because the bills are still there in the morning. But she's not making friends and is burning every bridge she has.
Genuinely -- I hope this is a kick in the ass for her that she needs. I hope she gets the help she so desperately needs and returns from this.
Exactly! Idk why some people are talking about how they feel bad for her. No, she’s facing consequences for actions she chose to take. I feel sad that she couldn’t handle herself and her addiction, but I don’t feel bad that she’s being held accountable and GLAD that she was found out before her drinking ended up killing someone.
As a recovering addict she made this way more embarrassing than it had to be
im also a recovering addict, im a lot younger then her but i understand the struggle but being around kids is insane
Speaking as an alcoholic, these types of videos make me realize how much sobriety means to me. I hope she got the help she needs.
131 days sober and counting!
👏👏👏Great job ! ! Keep at it, you can do it ! ! God bless you in your journey ! 🤍
How are you doing now?
@@froggy.2256 Im doing well!! still sober and happy as ever!
@@Redflower2442amazing!!!! good for you dude. hopefully by now there’s an extra 6 months to ur days of sobriety!! it might not mean much from a stranger, but i’m so proud of you!
My mom was an alcoholic my entire childhood. Children know when an authority figure is behaving in an off way and it’s scary to see them out of control of themselves, even if they’re not a belligerent or angry drunk. Kids depend on you to provide security and safety. You can’t be doing this to them.
Reminds me of the PSA about how kids see adults when they’re drinking :/ like scary monsters. It’s confusing and frightening
I’m so sorry you grew up with that. I’m sure the kids could pinpoint the off days too.
Im an adult and get scared of seeing other adults behaving violently or just simply out of pocket.....its truly scary
I think husband maybe was trying to get her to stop drinking, and drinking there was the way to hide that she was still doing it. So calling him at the moment was the same as confessing "I've been lying to you". That's just what I get from her reaction, as it doesn't look or sound like fear, but more like shame.
Edit: Also, to answer the question, yes. She had her chance, they were respectful despite her putting those kids in a (probably) very uncomfortable, let alone inappropriate situation. Her insistence on "getting her chance" after hemming and hawing, making excuses for why she can't, and then suddenly she realizes there are no other options, and that won't change no matter how pitiful she makes herself look; this isn't even a cry for help anymore. It's a cry for "I don't want to be in trouble", because I know I've done something wrong, but I think *I* should get out of it (for some reason).
As a recovering addict (opioids) this is wayyyyy too close to home for comfort. I was a functioning addict for years...and then I wasn't. I lost my job, too, and it wasn't *_quite_* as bad as it was for this woman, but it was bad enough. I was lucky enough not to get arrested, but it was the wake-up call I needed to get myself help.
I hope this is the wake-up call this poor woman needs.
PS: thank you for the disclaimer about addiction not being a moral failing. Too many people don't understand that, and the stigma keeps people who want help from getting it. It stopped me from getting help for almost a decade.
My daughter was a raging alcoholic and worked in a bakery. She used to have to drink before work, and then drink during her shift in order to stave off the withdrawals. Finally, one day, we were sitting around chatting and her brother said "Your eyes look yellow." And everyone agreed. I took her to an emergency doctor appointment and they felt her liver and told me to take her straight to the hospital. She was having liver failure at 27 years old. She was in the hospital for about 2 weeks and I am THRILLED to say that she is almost 5 years sober. That was her "rock bottom" and she is aware that if she ever drinks again, she will probably die. Apparently your liver has a "memory" and will revert back to where it was almost as soon as you start drinking again.
It’s interesting, because the liver is also the organ with the fastest and greatest regenerative capabilities. The liver can completely regenerate to the point of normal functionality even if (up to) 90% of it is removed. Livers are one of the only organs that can have living donors, where 50% can be removed and transplanted.
I guess such great regenerative properties comes with a “memory”; the cells replicate trauma as well.
That is absolutely heartbreaking and I'm sorry you had to deal with that! I'm a recovering alcoholic, too. It's awful what we do to ourselves and our families. 🫂
My mom was a lab technician (draws blood at the hospital) & she was a drug addict. She was always on pills or drunk or cocaine. I just feel like if more people she worked on knew she’d have lawsuits for life.
Yeah I worked with a lady I was pretty sure was high a couple times as a cna taking care of elderly and giving out meds-sometimes narcotics. I only saw her at shift change though, as i worked mornings and her nights. She did "lose" the med keys once, which magically appeared when she came back "to look for them"..She finally got fired when I told them a laptop was missing and to check the cameras because I had a suspicion it was her and it was. Still mad they didn't press charges or do something more.
I think people would be surprised how many people in professions like healthcare, law, aviation are zooted. My husband has a friend who is a pilot and told us if we every fly to let him know which flight it is so he can let us know if the pilot is a drunk or not lmao Plus sooooo many attorneys and judges do coke
Ah, your mom was my worst enemy. Lmao
In HighSchool, my best friend worked for a local mom & pop pharmacy and he told me the head pharmacist was completely addicted to Adderall and because it not being a chain pharmacy, they had no real internal inventory system (this was the early 2010s) and he would just skim some off the top and if elderly people passed and had scripts (normally for opioids) as they were likely on hospice, and he would just take them. Like full scripts of Vicodin 7.5mg, Oxycodone IR 10mg and 30mg, and Dilaudid (Hydromorphone)4mg (an extremely potent opioid used in hospitals) It’s literally called hospital heroin as well as being used in those in sever chronic pain. As a chronic pain patient myself, I have been prescribed it and it is nothing to mess with.
@@L33tSkE3ti recently absolutely shattered my humerus and i was given a lot of Dilaudid in the ER. it was crazy how my bone was practically dust and I was laughing while sitting there (i do have a “pain laugh” though, but this was different) I was also on oxy at the beginning of my recovery and I think it delayed my ability to process how serious it was. That stuff is scary and I got off it as soon as could manage the pain which was a little under a week post repair surgery. I also suffer from chronic pain and i have addictive genes so i really don’t want to use narcotics to manage those for the pain. yay 🥲
Holy shit .248, that’s literally almost blood poisoning levels. I’m genuinely interested when her last drink was, how high her actual BAC was at its highest. The amount of times she’s had to have gone to school drunk to build up that tolerance is wild. I can’t believe they gave her the chance to resign and were willing to let it go until they found the cup at school.
I need to see how high i can get my BAC now lol. I always blackout before I ever vomit or get sick. I drink to blackout drunk 7 days a week and have never had as much as a hangover.
@@LilT2o00 No you don't. Drinking to blackout every night is already dangerous. You could legitimately end yourself that way. You aren't invincible. It doesn't matter if you don't get hungover or if you don't throw up. Do not ever do that. A lack of surface level symptoms like hangovers is just a false sense of security. Some people have iron stomachs and just don't get hangovers no matter what. You absolutely can still poison yourself even if you don't feel sick. An overconfidence around your drinking habits is often what leads to an overdose. Please please please don't try to "test" how high your BAC can go. It's not a flex. Nobody is impressed. You're just hurting yourself.
@@LilT2o00 lol cool story bro
@@tatherva7387 Here for a good time, not for a long time. I make min wage in my mid 30's. My family stole from me, took out a second mortgage on the house I was supposed to inherit and then lost it, my uncle gave me a criminal record (he did a hit n run in my car, someone wrote down the plates and it came back to me). I'm stuck in min wage jobs I can't move up, I have no credit. I own nothing and I have nobody.
Not like I want to preserve my health so I can be 80, 90 years old and alone/still working jobs I hate because I'll never be able to retire w/ the types of jobs i get.
However many years drinking shaves off my life, that's a plus to me, not a negative
@@LilT2o00 you realize that if you blackout before you vomit, thats WORSE, right? You dont have a hangover because youre constantly drunk. If you even drink and youre not an edgy teen leaving this comment to seem cool
I feel bad for her, because im sure shes hurting, but this is honestly the best thing for her. Sometimes we are so stuck in self-destructive behaviors that we need a big event to happen to make us change.
It could have been so much worse- she could have caused an accident while driving or hit someone. I hope this is a turning point that helps her change.
You are actually totally right! Perhaps this will be the big life changer for her. I thought initially it was a bit cruel to broadcast this for millions of people. But it might be what she needs to quit! I think it’s a sink or swim type of situation but it’s better then her drunk driving and hurting someone.
I lost my job showing drunk as well, at the worst of my alcoholism and it did turn into the best thing that could’ve happened. Hit rehab, moved and have now been well over a year without. Kinda sucks that her moment is on camera on UA-cam, but hopefully it all helps her in the long run.
18:02 I needed your words today Boze. I’m not addicted to a substance, but I’m really bad a self care and getting stuck in unhealthy patterns with not prioritizing sleep and rest and taking care of myself. Take care of yourself and thank you!
I feel this! I hope you are doing well. I struggle with these things too and have had to get creative with some self care stuff ❤
I am someone who struggles with addiction very intensely but I’m fighting it strongly. Addiction isn’t pretty but it’s possible to get better. STAY STRONG.
I’ve been clean for 10 years. You stay strong too and always stay fighting, it gets so much easier! I’m proud of you ❤
@@killakates needed this today, thank you.
Addiction sucks. You should be proud of yourself for taking the steps necessary to quit, I believe in you!
I believe in you ! ! We're cheering you on ! God bless 🤍
2006 I got fired due to my drinking problem. I NEVER drank at work but I did feel a little drunk on the way to work. I'm grateful for the lesson. Been sober for 20 yrs. Life is so much better now. I hope this lady gets the help she needs.
Good job. I’m happy you turned your life around. :)
I don’t know you but Congratulations & I’m proud of you! Let’s make it 20+ more!!!
... the math ain’t mathing here
Just like some marriages, 3rd time is the charm 😂✌️ love ya Boze! Thank you for doing all the labor on Labor Day! We appreciate ya!!!❤
All of the comments on the video from Law & Crime people were saying “omg don’t embarrass this poor woman” I’m sorry she was DRUNK AT SCHOOL TAKING CARE OF CHILDREN. If I found out my kid’s teacher was DRUNK, I’d be throwing hands. How the hell do you live with yourself?
"How do you live with yourself". What an exaggeration.
how is it an exaggeration@@ferolsellon7749
No I’m sorry but I agree. I understand that addiction is a very serious issue and it’s very complicated to deal with, but if I found that she was drunk teaching my kid? I’m losing my shit and raising hell
@@maddiehail7991I feel bad though considering her battle with substance abuse is now known worldwide and has made national news. She’s not a celebrity who can rebound her image and reputation, even after getting the help she needs and fixing her life. There’s a real chance this woman’s life is forever ruined now.
@@acwestyI can understand where you're coming from on the fact it made national news. And sadly you are probably correct about it well and truly ruining her life even more. However at the same time, SHE made the decision to drink while driving to school to teach children. Actions have consequences. These days society has taken things to far. There is not enough people taking accountability for what they've done. As hard as it is, and as sad as it makes me that it came to this, it was her choices that led to this moment. I don't agree with "cancel culture" and all that nonsense whatsoever. But I also feel very strongly that the world needs to stop being so damn soft about a lot of things and make people take accountability. Sucks that this is what that looks like in this case. I hope she gets the help sue clearly needs. Maybe once she is sober and doing well she can go on to help others do the same. Truly heartbreaking to see anyone struggling with addiction. I think Boze is right about this having been happening for a very LONG time unfortunately. The fact she has been putting herself and everyone else at risk driving drunk is scary enough. Made even worse when she felt comfortable enough in her addiction to be driving drunk, to a school, to teach children!! I hope one day she will count her blessing that this isn't a story about her causing the death of another person and hopefully move on with her life. It does suck it's blown up like this. But again, actions, meet consequences....wishing her and everyone suffering from addiction the best. I have personally lived with addicts. Had friends die, go to jail ect and it is truly sucks. But I believe everything happens for a reason and have to hope and believe things will get better for her eventually. But she has a long road ahead for sure.
Honestly thoughts and prayers to the husband, kids, and adults who trusted her to make the right choices when surrounded by vulnerable people and were betrayed
I used to bartend near a middle school and initially when the place opened we offered teacher discounts. We stopped the discount program entirely because the teachers were literally the most annoying, obnoxious, entitled customers out of everyone we served. It became a joke how much we hated serving teachers. Couldn’t believe how loaded they all got almost every day after school.
Alright I really have no room to talk after watching this. I struggle with alcoholism and it’s a hard disease to beat. I feel bad for her.
My brother in Christ I’ve worked in pediatrics. I can handle a few kids. I love kids. A whole fucking class of them is riot control none the less we gotta learn commas and shit. I’d be drinking too 😂
On the real it is very sad as someone with a lot of family that struggles with alcoholism. Those with viet family know. When Asians can drink and smoke they drink fucking petrol until they die, functioning alcoholic on another level. They didn’t have age limits on drinking so my Dad was just drinking and smoking as soon as he was like 11 then came over here to “underage” drink. My dad never drank at work that’s not what you do but he can drink a box wine and smoke a whole pack of filter less cigarettes in an evening and do his fucking taxes. He have a box and a half and he’s looking drunk. My moms the same white Irish ass drinking like it was water. They just been doing it since they we’re literally children.
You'd wanna lil' sumthin' sumthin' after work, too. You've seen these kids nowadays? Lol
The way she casually said “Half a box” like it wasn’t a big deal, made me think in that instant she killed that whole box. I grew up with “functioning alcoholics” for parents and had to raise myself and my younger sister. My mom would down a box a day (if not bottles too and liquor) and taught me at a young age how to work a box of wine at 2-3 years old (my mom brainwashed me by bein like “Oh isn’t this cool? See if you can do it” and acted like it was a game and I was so mature cause I could do that) so I could go up and down the stairs to the basement to fill up her fish bowl sized glasses (as an adult I realized that that was because she didn’t want to fall down the stairs, drunk to get more wine and that disgusts me)
Even though I was 4 when my sister was born, she became my baby. I changed her, fed her, burped her, cared for that child with everything I had. I was the one to take care of her not my mom (even though she was home constantly) and I protected her with everything I had, even when that meant I was ok with getting beat because I knew no one laid a hand on her. Never got a thank you, never needed one until my mom turned her against me when I moved for college, cause she was in high school then and didn’t need raising.
My parents literally don’t remember my childhood. I was abused and neglected.
When I try to talk about anything that happened to me as a child with them for healing, they just gaslight me.
My mom AND I QUOTE says “If that’s how you think it happened.” Or “I’m sorry you think that that happened but it didn’t. You’re making shit up.”
With a dead pan face just staring me in the eyes.
Yet everyone else (neighbors and family friends) remembers my side. Like they saw this stuff and helped me as much as they could.
Alcohol just like drugs can do horrible things to you if you let it. If you put that before the things that actually need to take precedence, you don’t deserve those things. Whether that’s your job or your children, they’re clearly not what’s most important to you.
It’s horrible but that’s how I see it. That’s the situation I grew up in and I can’t ever imagine doing anything like that.
People in those situations with dependencies on alcohol or drugs or what have you, have to make the choice to get help. You can’t force it as much as you want.
Please go no contact
I think people really don't understand alcohol IS A DRUG and so is smoking, that's what they are A DRUG.
My heart goes out to you. Your mother literally groomed you into becoming her surrogate parent. My mother did the same thing to me, too, although her grooming didn't lead to alcohol. She's a 100% sober demon all by herself. She groomed me with literal candy and cookies, in a walmart parking lot, in a fucking van, late late late at night, into becoming her surrogate parent and also her surrogate emotional partner because my dad has the emotional range and depth of a closet door. Not the closet, just the door.
My mother had four other children after me and I love them so much. My mother turned one of my sisters against me as well. Right around the same time I was going to a mental health institution, this sister blocked me on every possible app because in her words I was a burden to her... perfect timing for a suicidal person to be told they're a fucking burden... Anyway, I'm still here, but that was painful as FUCK.
One thing I will say - these types of parents don't need a reason to not remember anything. My parents also have this psycho amnesia where they "don't remember" any of the things I've confronted them about. I talked about it over and over and over again to two completely sober adults and they "don't remember" my attempts to communicate with them or the original events themselves. It's how narcissists are. Anything that challenges their dark, twisted obsession with themselves as the main character gets deleted every single time it comes up. With respect to you, Fuck your mom and Fuck my mom too. They're harpies who have created such horrific suffering in this world. Everyone they delude into thinking they are good people become unwitting weapons the narcissist hurls at us to shame us for refusing to entertain their delusions.
I have a very specific type of PTSD. It's onset is usually only seen in overworked, exhausted social workers. My mom's emotional dependence on me had me burnt out on social work before the age of 15.
I made whiskey on ice for my mom. Black velvet
I hope the relationship between you and your sister is good now after you were done with college. I also wish you well in the future years. Thanks for sharing your story.
I’d feel bad for her for experiencing such horrible despair, but she just kept making it worse and worse for herself. She had so many chances! Why!!
I do not have empathy for someone who puts children in danger
@@nyphira I don’t either, but I just can’t imagine how horrible and desperate her life must be that she would have to resort to doing that as the only way to cope
@@nyphirato be fair, she seems pretty in control of her faculties as her tolerance is so high. Not saying it’s right, but I doubt the kids were in mortal danger.
I will say what I said again : This lady does not know what she’s risking when she drinks. You don’t know how someone would act once they’re drunk, they can be very unrealistically aggressive sometimes.
(Edit : Also this lady was on court cam and she appeared drunk at her trial, and at the time she has two trials pending.)
She probably knows if she’s an alcoholic and likely drinks just enough to stay functional and appear sober.
What I think she’s actively ignoring is how much risk she’s putting others in if something bad were to happen. Kid passes out and she’s unable to think clearly enough to handle the situation well, school shooting and she’s panicked and isn’t able to get the door locked in time, a natural disaster and she can’t react quick enough to direct students. She’s banking on nothing outside the ordinary happening so she can go through the motions, but if that gets thrown off all of her students could suffer.
@@akcland5349That is very true, thank you for explaining it in more depth!
Nov 13th 2023 she was arrested a THIRD TIME for public intoxication and now is facing charges for public intoxication and endangerment. She is currently in jail.
I root so much for people going through addiction recovery. This was sad to watch. Thanks for lightening the mood Boze
13:01 Boze’s explanation about how life knocks on your head to correct you resonates so bad. I used to have TERRIBLE spending problems, but bc I still live with family I’ve never worried about my finances. Well, 6-8 months of unemployment and now starting at literally $0 in my account taught me that lesson my hard-ass needed to learn 😅
She's losing the job no matter what, refuse the breathalyzer so you at least also don't go to jail. No evidence, no conviction
Foreal!!😂😂
I believe they still would've found the cup in her classroom. Because there's no way she would've been let back into her class
Yep
@karriemramzy9256 the cup was in her bag...which I'm not sure about the legality or how proper it is to take the cup out of her bag when he went to get it for her...I don't know...
@@PrimateProductions If it was in her bag, they'd need a warrant which they could easily get because they have probable cause when she willingly blown into the breathalyzer. If she just shut the fk up though and said I want a lawyer and nothing else? The staff saying "we think she's drunk" isn't gonna get the cop a warrant to search
My heart goes out to people that are suffering from substance disorders. I really do hope she gets herself together and can find a job that will be fulfilling enough to keep her away from alcohol
For everyone that is surprised how sober she seems, and the fact that she can talk 'normally': you've never been around a functioning alcoholic. That's the real scary part, when you get so used to being drunk that you appear fairly normal. But there's still signs, even ones the people themselves don't see anymore, like slow reaction time, some stumbling, difficulty with balance etc. They also often overestimate themselves b/c they've gotten so competent at being drunk, like still being able to drive, or being able to do their jobs, etc.
Yes I do feel sorry for her, should she be able to keep her job especially being around children? Absolutely not. What she does need is help and rehab which is incredible difficult to get, so best of luck to her.
I feel for her...but it's difficult knowing she's working with kids like that. She got a problem and she has to be held accountable. I hope she can grow from this, get the right kind of help, and that people forgive her once she has made changes.
The worst part of this was she could’ve AT LEAST avoided this level of exposure by CALLING HER HUSBAND TO PICK HER UP! This could’ve been handled discreetly. They WANTED to handle this discreetly. They TRIED to handle this discreetly. Damn.
One of the last things schools want is this to be a big publicized case. For the sake of the parents and the students. I can’t imagine having a child at a school like this, or being a student having this teacher, or hearing her being dragged down the hall in handcuffs as she pleads with them. That’s truly awful
the fact she drove to work under the influence and could’ve potentially hurt someone
That felt like a super fast lie that she didn’t think through to avoid admitting that she drank at school. But idk for sure
It’s horrible to know that a child could have been injured if she lashed out/ was an angry drunk or she could have hurt someone driving there. By the looks of her she has probably been teaching from a while so how many times could she have done this before
Edit: lemmie be cliché for a sec “thanks for all of the likes :)”
What makes you think she was a violent offender…..
@@TakeTheStep10Well what makes you think she’s not? You don’t know her.
Also, Driving drunk is very violent and could kill someone.
@@TakeTheStep10 she’s been working there for ten years, if she’s done it once now then what’s to say that she didn’t do it other times in the past
@@TakeTheStep10well, most alcoholics are violent bud
@@Charles-kc2vtwell she actually from what I have heard was a great teacher but also a struggling alcoholic
I def feel for her. It’s so sad to watch someone destroy their own lives. I was a functioning alcoholic for years. It started when I was working in the restaurant/bar scene as well. Luckily I got put on bp meds and antidepressants and that somehow made alcohol horrible. So I’ve been good for 3 years. But you always gotta be careful. I have a ton of alcoholism in my family. My dad drinks a case or more every day. He’s functioning but I can see it now is starting to affect him mentally. Like he’s not all there anymore. I really hope this woman finds some good from this and uses it as motivation.
From a parents perspective, I’m sure they were up in arms. Which is totally understandable
3+ years clean off heroin!! ❤ thank you for talking about it and being understanding
3 years and 5 months 🍀🇨🇭
I’m sorry she was THREE TIMES THE LIMIT?????
Also I really hope she gets the help she desperately needs. 10 glasses is inconceivable to drink for me.
For driving. She wasn't driving. There's no legal limit if you're not operating a vehicle
@@LilT2o00oh true true
@@LilT2o00She drove to the school.
@@LilT2o00she said she was drinking on the way to school and may have been driving drunk. It’s also a good way to gauge when and how much a person has been drinking, like here
When she said half a box I GAGGED. The boxes of wine they sell near me are 32 glasses 💀
As someone who works in the communications department for a school district, I feel the most bad for the principal, SRO, and comms team who have to try to clean up the mess she made. Parents can be vicious on a good day, and I guarantee they have parents in an uproar, even if it was handled appropriately.
"one of the hardest things about battling addiction is trying to find something to live for" god DAMN. Bc trying to find something to live for is what drives people into addiction too. Vicious cycle.
I used to have a very bad drinking problem. Day drinking. Night. All day. I didn’t want to be sober. Then I applied for a job. It was for a daycare. I didn’t touch alcohol during the week. I could never imagine being intoxicated and being able to keep children safe. That job turned me around. Those kids saved me. This was frustrating to watch.
I feel bad for her, but this was needed not only for the children in the school system, but for her to get better.
When they said she could call someone to pick her up, I could not believe she didn’t jump on that immediately !! She did have her chance but I don’t think reality had hit her yet .
The confidence of the officer to say “I think she’s a functioning alcoholic” right in front of her like she’s not there lmao
Even best case scenario, no kids are physically hurt from her being drunk, seeing an authority figure inebriated like that REALLY messes with a child’s mind. It is directly damaging to the emotional wellbeing of those kids. Shame on her. I have all the sympathy, until kids are involved.
Addiction is heartbreaking. She clearly isn't a terrible person, just struggling. What would make her a crappy person is if she doesnt use this as an eye opener and even then not a terrible person but a crappy one endless she makes an effort.
I do not feel bad about this at all honestly. This woman is trying to hide her problem, not deal with it and then try to guilt everybody around her into letting her keep doing it.
The only way to help people like this is to hold them accountable. Its the only way they will get better or else they will just keep abusing
At this point, she's hiding from the drinking by drinking....
@@ironman1458keep them accountable for drinking by forcing addiction therapy on them, not arresting them and charging them for a crime. Charging them for a crime or publicly humiliating them at what was once their job is just going to worsen the problem. They are alcoholics because they are drinking to fix another problem in their life. My guess is that her husband is part of the problem based on her response to calling him. Putting people addicted to stuff in jail doesn’t help their addiction. It’s the same for other drugs.
I think she's mostly regretting everything now that she's realized she can't turn back. The consequences have finally caught up to her, and it's only just now hitting her how many times she could have fixed it before it was too late. She didn't think it would come to this because she thought she had it under control enough to not be caught.
I do think she feels bad. But only because she knows she has been caught this time. She just dismissed the issue for too long, and couldn't bring herself to admit that she had a problem. Now she just has to deal with the humiliation and shame of that.
Facts!
As someone who has family that used to be an alcoholic, I don’t feel any sympathy. She knew she was lying, she knew she did something wrong, she knows everything. Now it’s just her decision on whether she wants to act like an adult because she apparently likes to drink like one. Yet, this feels like a child getting caught eating glue, she knows she wasn’t supposed to but thinks lying is the better option. That guilty yet hiding it face gave me flashbacks lol.
I don't feel sorry for her specifically but sorry for people battling substance abuse
To have sympathy for others you need to have it for yourself. Let’s hope she heals and make right where she can. Wishing you all healing, happiness and peace.
@@nadyah8183I agree but she didn’t have any sympathy for the drivers that she could have potentially hit and killed, that’s makes you a perpetrator now
It scares me that these people think that they are “good enough” at being drunk to be able to drive. Functional alcoholics may look fine but they are not safe.
16:34 The way they both slammed that cup down told me everything I needed to know. They were so done with her shit.
Boze handled this case SO well, this lady messed up and endangered children, but she’s also suffering and needs help.
Yes! You can feel for the kids AND the adult who obviously had anxiety and maybe depression! People demonizing her just don’t get it. This is coming from someone who self medicated with drugs so ALOT of us don’t do it for shots and giggles.
@@Denebula549No. Stop it. She’s endangering children. She doesn’t get a pass just because she’s suffering. Lots of people are suffering from all kinds of things and they don’t do this stuff. If she drinks at school then nothing will stop her from driving drunk. Will you guys defend her if her recklessness kills someone?
she does deserve to be fired but i can’t help but feel sorry for her. she obviously has really bad alcohol problems and the relationship with her husband is probably at risk because of it. hopefully it’s a wake up call for her and she gets the help she needs
The cinematography of that half a box of wine reveal was IMMACULATE
Heart goes out to anyone that saw this woman and was reminded of a relative, friend or even themselves. Addiction is no joke and while the actions in this video may seem harsh, sometimes a sobering verbal slap like this is needed. I hope nobody has to get to this point but know that even for this woman, she has a way up and forward if she's willing to work and so do you.
I'm an alcoholic and recovering and my heart hurts for her. I have felt exactly like she does. It's clear she wants to stop, but her addiction is causing her to lose everything about her. Her job, what sounds like her husband, her dignity... addiction is so evil. I hope she gets better... poor woman.
I feel so sorry for her. She's obviously going through something. As a parent I would be pissed but I wouldn't want her fired. As a compassionate human, I would hope that she gets help and can return to work maybe under some supervision or guidance when she's back to being fit and healthy ❤
I was thinking they were being extremely kind and patient with her. The fact that they busted her lying and now they're done with and she starts begging. She screwed up and it's on her.
This makes me so sad but so mad at the same time. Not only did she drive but she is taking care of kids. I am clean from heavy drugs for 19 years and it took everything to get clean. I did rehab and relapsed and about 5 months later got pregnant, that’s the only thing that saved my life. Before that though I lost everything and had to start all over. Luckily I have amazing kids, a husband who loves me.
I had a substitute teacher that came to school with liquor in their water bottle and when we went to show him our work we could smell it. Someone snitched and he ended up getting fired and we never saw him again! Class got dismissed 20 mins into it
I admire how they handled this, as empathetically and temperately as possible within the bounds of their jobs and obligations to the public/schoolchildren.
10:23 If any of y’all are wondering, that’s a horizontal gaze nystagmus test. Basically the cop is watching how smooth her eyes move side to side. Sober people’s eyes will move smoothly while drunk people’s eyes will shake and kind of dart back and forth.
Shout out to this officer! He gave her every chance. She did this to herself. I do wish we had the husbands reaction though
A friend of mines mom is a pediatrician and about 10 years ago was a functioning alcoholic. Whenever she would be home alone she would drink. She never would drive around or anything, until one day when my friend needed to be picked up for some reason early from school, and her mom made the decision to risk it and go pick her up instead of telling people she had been drinking. She pulled onto the offramp of the freeway and got in a horrific car accident that almost killed her and luckily didn't hurt anyone else. She has been sober since and is an amazing lady who just got caught up in her addiction and has really changed a lot of lives, so it always makes me sad to see people like this because she really just needs a lot of help. At the end of the day I hope she is doing well, recovering, and able to be honest with her loved ones so she can get on that road to recovery. Hopefully this will be her rock bottom moment that people can need to turn their life around.
This is why I trust very few people with children no matter how normal they look like
God this hurts. My husband is a recovering alcoholic and this reminds me of him when i had to intervene. It was so difficult to be supportive when i found all the empty liquor bottles and cans he had hidden around the house. Thankfully both of our families were really supportive so we didnt have to go through it alone. Over 6 months sober now thank goodness.
I love the way you described her down fall...very well put ive been there and yes you ignore the knocks of wisdom...until it shakes you down. Poor thing man she goin through it and it brought her down. It happens to many but its HUGE blessing to WAKE UP and fix it!. Bless you Mrs Johnson hehe or whatever your name is. You'll be ok
Boze you and your editor, whoever else all helps you make this content, have a beautiful heart. To have that reminder and everything, and explaining the deeper sides to these things, it’s really heart-warming to see that. Thanks Boze and friends!!!
This video hits me on two levels because I am a certified teacher and my father is an alcoholic (functioning one). With this type of situation I have to have two different kinds of thoughts at once: she is clearly going through a rough point atm but also it is unacceptable, especially around small children. The buck of sympathy has to stop when minors are at risk, because it is our job to make sure the students are safe first and foremost. So it is sad and not something that I would ever take pleasure with, but it is ultimately a good thing that she is getting terminated because otherwise someone, either her or a student could have gotten severely hurt. The selfish disease of addiction has finally caught up.
Edit: To add one more point, when it comes to this following her for the rest of her life, logistically speaking no school is going to want to have a teacher who has done that, just way too much of a liability and a risk. If or when she even gets sober, there's too much uncertainty and risk so something will have to change there. Does she deserve to have this happen, no, again that's addiction, but that's just the societal outcome of that happening unfortunately.
This is so sad. I hope she gets the help she needs.
My 13 year clean date from meth is on September 6th. I was clean previous to that for 14 years. I relapsed and went on a 3week bender and ODed.
When I tell you I lost everything, I mean I lost EVERYTHING. My kids, my place to live, my families trust, my dignity, my pride, EVERYTHING!! My oldest daughter and I just started talking again when she was almost 18. She's 23 now.we are best friends but she said she has a hard time seeing me as a mom.
Putting myself through detox and read was the hardest thing I ever did. The counseling you vet there makes you look at yourself and the trauma you went through and caused. Getting clean was the best thingn I ever did for myself.
I am getting the trust I lost back, dignity, my self-esteem, ect.
I hope this is her rock bottom and she gets help. A clean life is not easy sometime. BUT DAMNIT IT'S SOOOOO WORTH IT
Happy 13 yrs clean! May you have many more! 🙂
Happy 13 years clean!
I was a severe alcoholic for a number of years, so while I have some empathy for her it comes to a point you need to take responsibility. She is beyond entitled and immature!
I love how Boze approaches addiction with empathy, even when someone screws up this bad
11:20 Stop giving people the option to resign over something so serious. It just gives them the opportunity to go to another school to do the same thing. FIRE HER
The school only cares about how they LOOK tho. If the teacher can keep it quiet, the school can keep it quiet and not put a stain on the school. Obviously since she was booked, they probably won't try to hide it and just fire her.
Eh, it works both ways. It allows a person who rectifies their mistake to try again. This is a person with decades of experience, to toss them aside and forbid them to ever use their skills again could drive them even further into their addiction. Yes, it dies protect the schools reputation, but schools are notoriously underfunded, and I can't blame them for trying.
I was so confused as to why I got a notification that the video was posted but I couldn’t find it! Glad you were able to get it up boze
5:30 my aunt has a close friend who is a twin. Both my aunts friend and her twin brother were born with a form of Cerebral Palsy because the doctor delivering them came in drunk out of his MIND. My aunts friend was born first and her cerebral palsy isn’t as bad as her brothers. He lost so much oxygen. Their mom later sued the absolute shit out of that doctor
God, seeing her fall apart at the end hit hard. I grew up with addiction in my family, parents werent sober until I was like 10, meanwhile the other parent wasnt sober until like last year. I can only imagine the pain shes feeling but its so so irresponsible to be drunk at a building like this, whether its school, a hospital, anywhere like that, people know better. People know better, and she knew better.
As an alcoholic who is now getting close to 3 years sober, I feel for her. I struggled with alcoholism and addiction for 14 years after I was first overprescribed painkillers while going through a lot of surgeries and dealing with complex PTSD. NOT an excuse. But this is such a complex issue. And there is NO excuse to do this around kids. But I do hope this was a catalyst for her recovery. I am so glad the worst of my addiction was not broadcast on the internet and I have rebuilt my reputation and continue to do so. But this is awful. Just tragic in so many ways.
I already watched this the other day, but I had to watch it again with Boze. I LOVE Boze's take on things. She cracks me up. ❤❤❤
I saw this video yesterday but you best believe I’m still watching it with Uncle Boze’s commentary
PLEASE. THE EFFORT YOU'RE PUTTING INTO THIS, ILY BOZE
Boze I'm happy about how you approached this topic. I was raised by recovering alcoholics, and still have my issues with alcohol. But I fight every day and would never EVER drink before or during work.
I really appreciate the reminder put on the screen about addiction and moral failure. My sister is an alcoholic, and has verbally told me multiple times she refuses to get help. I’ve given up on her and finally realized she is a bad person not because she is addicted, but because she actively refuses to seek help with both her addiction AND her severe mental issues just because she doesn’t want therapy because “it will make her cry” and ssris will “fuck up her sex drive.” She seeks out jobs at restaurants and bars that enable her to drink ON THE JOB. She has two beautiful children who she actively chooses to traumatize. THAT is moral failure. I was the only person in the family that approached her with kindness and understanding about her situation but she doesn’t have me anymore. I’ve cut her out of my life the past week despite living under the same roof, but sadly I don’t think that’s even the slap in the face she needs to wake up
I feel for her in that she is clearly dealing with something in life that pushed her into addiction, as well as dealing with the addiction itself. I don't feel for her when it comes to her refusing to take full accountability once she was confronted. I really hope she's able to recover and be in a better place, for herself and those in her life.