My sister has always had a drinking problem.
And has been arrested for 2 DUIs in the past.

One of them she got removed. So her record shows that she currently has 1 DUI with the 2nd one occurring the other night.

Yesterday she texted me and told me she was screwed and I asked what was going on. The night before she went out to the store that is literally 2 blocks away from her house. She has 2 children 12 and 15 that live in my mothers house on the top floor. They were asleep in bed and she HAD to go to the store.

She gets pulled over and arrested for a DUI. Now this is her 2nd one..in less that 5 years. The other one was 4 years ago. In my state that means mandatory jail time..and lots of fines and community service.

Also at the time she was stopped they told her that her license had been suspended...So now the charge is a DUI on a Suspended License.

It was suspended because she did not renew her license on her birthday but she was unaware of that.

She has MS...she works 6 days a week...and now she can't drive probably for a year...and will probably do the minimum jail time of 10 days (jeapordizing her job and having no one to watch the kids, bring them to school and activities). Her daughter recently had major surgery on her back (spine) and my sister has been carrying a heavy load for a very long time.

I am going to kick in and probably take her to work for a little while and her daughter to school...but she is a mess and I don't know how to help her.

this is what drinking and driving does...this is what alcoholism does...its a huge mess.