http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/drunkdrivingrecovery Questions tagged with 'drunkdrivingrecovery' at Ask MetaFilter. Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:11:56 -0800 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:11:56 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/61226/Please%2Dhelp%2Dfor%2Da%2Dfriend%2Dguilty%2Dof%2Dmanslaughter A year ago, a friend of mine was drunk-driving and killed his best friend in a car accident. He needs help. Where can he turn to? His trial is coming up and he's shattered with guilt. He was an alcoholic but stopped drinking the night he collided with his friend's car. He's heavily medicated but it isn't helping. Are there any support groups for recovering alcoholics who were guilty of manslaughter? Or for those who've killed someone on the road through their own fault? Is there any way he could help others and so help himself? Perhaps he could set up an organization to help drunk drivers stop drinking or drinking-and-driving? <br> <br> Finally, on the legal side, perhaps there are lines of defense outside Portugal which his legally-appointed provincial lawyer hasn't considered? He doesn't care about his lawyer or his defense but his family and friends are in a panic as they obviously want his punishment to be as light as possible.<br> <br> He's a very nice guy - a fisherman, 50 years old, lives in an isolated hamlet by the sea - but now he's apathetic and depressed and just wants to go to jail and leave his (wonderful) family alone, in the hope they won't suffer so much - psychologically and financially - because of him. He's stopped working, driving and chatting to his friends. Everybody around him is desperate, including me.<br> <br> Any help - however remote it may seem - will be much appreciated. Thank you. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2007:site.61226 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:11:56 -0800 drunkdriving drunkdrivingrecovery guilt manslaughterdefense vehicularmanslaughter MiguelCardoso