ok, say someone is a alcoholic. they are legal age, and don't do anything wrong, except being a alcoholic. i was wondering if someone in their family or someone who knows them could do something that would prevent them from buying alcohol anymore?(other than some type of rehab or intervention) like a card or something that says "this person is not allowed to purchase alcohol"
2007-08-31 16:50:42 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
If they are an alcoholic, but they don't drive drunk and aren't an abusive drunk, they just drink, walk home, fall into bed, get up and do it again tomorrow, then there is nothing you can do. You can plead with them, ask them to quit, try any tactic to pursuade THEM to stop drinking, but you cannot make anyone else stop selling them alcohol.
Now, if they have kids and their alcohol addiction is causing them to neglect the kids, you can call Social Services. They might place the kids in foster care, or might require the parent to shape up or lose the kids.
2007-08-31 17:00:30 · answer #1 · answered by Chredon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, there is no such law- however I have long felt that one should need to have such an ID necessary to purchase alcohol. Not beacuse I am anti-alcohol but the most difficult problem in recovery of alcoholism is that it is legal and easily available. The ID stating that the purchaser is not lawfully able to purchase alcohol should only be required if : 1. The person voluntary chooses so or 2. The person has been arrested for alcohol related crimes. If I were an alcoholic and trying to become sober, I would voluntarily do so.
2007-09-01 00:01:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who says that they are not doing anything wrong? They are harming others with their addictions. Everyone pays a price; families, friends, strangers. When you are an alcoholic it doesnt just affect you. Are they looked up in the home while they abuse these liquors, come on. I think that there does need to be something like that. I have seen bartenders who really didn't give a care how much drink a person had and called them no cab or anything to get them hope even though the person was toasted and walking recklessly. These people have serious issues and need all the help they can get. No mean or rude help but people who really care. I think that with their permission; they should carry a card just like those medical alerts cards that people carrd.
2007-09-01 00:17:03 · answer #3 · answered by Sue 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can try to obtain a "conservertorship" over someone. This will allow you or a family member to make decisions for that person to protect them from harm. It can be fought in court however, and you have the burdon to prove its for their own good. The other option is to allow them to get in trouble for their alcohol (driving, drunk in public, etc) and go to court and tell the judge. The judge can then order him/her to rehab, AA meetings, etc. Also, look up Al-Anon, a support group for family and friends of alcoholics. There are alot of people in your position, you are not alone!
http://www.alanon.org.za/
Good luck and God bless.
2007-09-01 01:48:36 · answer #4 · answered by JR 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the answer is no. I worked at a convenience store and had a drunk I sold to every morning. One day his wife came in madas all get out and demanded that I stop his procurement of alcohol, I went to the manager who told me that wouldn't even be legal.
2007-09-01 00:05:44 · answer #5 · answered by James F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could pay each seller of alcohol in the town you live in about $100,000 each, but beyond a massive bribe like that, no.
2007-09-01 01:22:09 · answer #6 · answered by Gray Wanderer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not legally enforceable -- but the family members can go around to local bars and liquor stores and ask the owners not to sell to this person -- it's strictly voluntary, though.
2007-09-01 01:29:07 · answer #7 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
foggettaboutit!!!
there are things you can get to install on there car to prevent them from driving while there intoxicated!!!
why dont you take a video of them while they are drunk, i think it might have helped that hasselhoff guy!!!
2007-09-01 00:02:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Won't work.......
2007-09-01 00:37:40 · answer #9 · answered by Mustbe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋