Sobering Up Administrator

Sobering Up Administrator

Sobering Up: A blog about drunk driving, alcohol addiction, and criminal justice, is anything but a corporate blog. Sobering Up is an opportunity for anyone interested or involved in the issues of drunk driving, alcohol-fueled crime, alcohol dependence and addiction, and the justice system to participate in the conversation.

Top 12 of 2012: U.K. Looks to U.S. as a Model for Impaired Driving Tactics

It has been estimated by the United Kingdom’s Home Office that “irresponsible” drinking costs taxpayers in the U.K....

Top 12 of 2012: North Carolina’s Laura’s Law Represents Paradigm Shift in State DUI Laws

In July of 2010, Laura Fortenbury, a 17-year-old Gaston County, North Carolina, teenager was killed in a head-on...

Top 12 of 2012: Law Enforcement Sobering Centers

In February, the Mayor of Houston, along with police department officials, announced plans to fund the city’s first...

Top 12 of 2012: CDC Report on Binge Drinking, Relationship to Impaired Driving

As part of Impaired Driving Prevention Month, Sobering Up is taking a look back at the year’s Top...

A Year in Review: 2012’s Top 12 Newsmakers for Impaired Driving Prevention

In December of 1982, President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation establishing “National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week”...

Slipping Through the Cracks: Fox News Op/Ed Hits on Mental Health, Crime

Earlier today, Fox News Medical Team member Dr. Keith Ablow published an op/ed piece on Foxnews.com  addressing the issue...

Church vs. Jail for Underage Drunk Driver in Fatal Accident?

Oklahoma District Court Judge Mike Norman is using an unusual form of punishment for a convicted DUI offender...

Making a Difference: An Inspiring Veterans Court Story Out of Austin, TX

While Veterans Day recently passed, we found this story in the Austin American Statesman particularly moving. Meet 63-year-old...

Sober Days for the Holidays: Drinking Violations Jump 54% This Thursday

It may surprise many that over the last several years, Thanksgiving weekend has become one of the biggest...

Dr. Beau Kilmer Talks About Why 24/7 Programs Reduce Recidivism

Dr. Beau Kilmer, a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation's Drug Policy Research Center, talks about a peer-reviewed...