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1963comet · 11-02-2007, 08:48 PM

I think I found the right area to write in. I have been reading for hours now. It is so nice to relate to people sitting at home. And I hope I can get to know you all. Been recovering for eight years. Thought I would take a shot at getting my license back again. I have been trying for the last five years. I got a DUI and a UBAC IN 1997. This time I will try a lawyer. Boy, it is hard to get the appeals board to understand that I am not a threat if i don't drink. I can understand there side but does anyone have any advice?

discoveringme · 11-02-2007, 10:46 PM

I guess I dont really know the legal stuff, but I would think by now you should be able to get your license back! I hope so anyway. It must be very difficult having to rely on others for transportation, etc...

I know what you mean about relating to others sitting at home. I found this site a few weeks ago, and I love it!!

Keep posting...

indigo · 11-03-2007, 03:57 AM

I'm sorry I don't know much about legal stuff either, Welcome to women in recovery I'm sure someone will pop by soon with experience of your requirements.
indigo

Paulie · 11-03-2007, 08:07 AM

Welcome from me too

Lawyer, that would be the best way to go. Good luck!

laurenlanai25 · 11-03-2007, 08:12 AM

hi!

what is a ubac? On my first dui i lost my liscense 6 months, a year later i got my second one and lost my liscense for a year. I still have work and meeting privs tho.

***Anna*** · 11-03-2007, 08:47 AM

Hi,

I don't know what a UBAC is either.

A lawyer is the only way to go and go through the system.

Fluttering · 11-03-2007, 09:48 AM

1963

Hi and welcome!!! So glad you found us and so very pleased to meet you.

Getting a lawyer is the way to go...It might also be helpful for you to get a letter from your doctor.

Hope you keep postng and let us know how you are getting along.
I too am working on getting my license back..It is all about.Foot work and letting God take care of the rest

1963comet · 11-03-2007, 10:13 AM

UBAC is Unlawful Bodily Alcohol Content. I was told that DUI is a person that was pulled over because wreckless driving. And UBAC is not wreckless.

***Anna*** · 11-03-2007, 10:34 AM

Do you mean that you had your license taken away for more than 8 years because of one DUI? That sounds impossible, and if it's the case, you definitely need a lawyer.

1963comet · 11-03-2007, 11:34 AM

My license was taken away for a year in 1997. So, when I went to the secratary of state to get it back they said I had to apply for a hearing at the appeals board. If a person has two convictions in seven year's a drivers license is revoked. And I hear they are changing it to 10 years. I could not afford a lawyer back when this happened. So, I went to three appeals myself over the years. I did meet all the requirements to get a restricted. Witch was a page long. Have not been able to afford the extra cost of doing that interlock and a car to put it in. If you have three malfuctions on that device a person gets it taken away for another year. Mouthwash can set that thing off. And now they are adding drug charges to the list. Any two charges a person will go through what I have unless you can afford a lawyer.

laurenlanai25 · 11-03-2007, 01:43 PM

wow! that really sucks what state are u in? i did not have to do any of that i am in ohio which is in the top 3 strictest for duis! i dont have an interlock or party plates.

1963comet · 11-03-2007, 06:20 PM

Hey laurenlanai25

So glad you are not going through this. I live in Michigan. 2 offence here gets your license revoked. I'm sure a lot of people in this state is not aware of that. I do tell people I know, what they are looking at. But everyone seems to think they will not get caught.

indigo · 11-04-2007, 03:44 AM

Good luck Teresa.

11-02-2007, 08:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
1963comet Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,381	new to this I think I found the right area to write in. I have been reading for hours now. It is so nice to relate to people sitting at home. And I hope I can get to know you all. Been recovering for eight years. Thought I would take a shot at getting my license back again. I have been trying for the last five years. I got a DUI and a UBAC IN 1997. This time I will try a lawyer. Boy, it is hard to get the appeals board to understand that I am not a threat if i don't drink. I can understand there side but does anyone have any advice?

11-03-2007, 03:57 AM	#3 (permalink)
indigo Community Greeter Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Mid-Life Express Posts: 9,928	I'm sorry I don't know much about legal stuff either, Welcome to women in recovery I'm sure someone will pop by soon with experience of your requirements. indigo __________________ When you judge others, you do not define them, you define yourself." Namasté

11-03-2007, 08:07 AM	#4 (permalink)
Paulie It is what it is!!! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sobriety Posts: 5,785	Welcome from me too Lawyer, that would be the best way to go. Good luck! __________________ I know more about how to live than I did yesterday, but not as much as I'll know tomorrow. Today, Ill learn something new~JFT, 1/27/06 The difference between a good day and a bad day, is about 2 days~Ann of SR

11-03-2007, 08:47 AM	#6 (permalink)
*Anna* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dancing in the Light Posts: 27,815	Hi, I don't know what a UBAC is either. A lawyer is the only way to go and go through the system. __________________ Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. Marianne Willianson

11-03-2007, 09:48 AM	#7 (permalink)
Fluttering Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fluttering About Posts: 3,473	1963 Hi and welcome!!! So glad you found us and so very pleased to meet you. Getting a lawyer is the way to go...It might also be helpful for you to get a letter from your doctor. Hope you keep postng and let us know how you are getting along. I too am working on getting my license back..It is all about.Foot work and letting God take care of the rest __________________

11-02-2007, 10:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
discoveringme Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: MN Posts: 139 Blog Entries: 2	I guess I dont really know the legal stuff, but I would think by now you should be able to get your license back! I hope so anyway. It must be very difficult having to rely on others for transportation, etc... I know what you mean about relating to others sitting at home. I found this site a few weeks ago, and I love it!! Keep posting...

11-03-2007, 08:12 AM	#5 (permalink)
laurenlanai25 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Here Posts: 124	hi! what is a ubac? On my first dui i lost my liscense 6 months, a year later i got my second one and lost my liscense for a year. I still have work and meeting privs tho.

11-03-2007, 10:13 AM	#8 (permalink)
1963comet Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,381	UBAC is Unlawful Bodily Alcohol Content. I was told that DUI is a person that was pulled over because wreckless driving. And UBAC is not wreckless.

11-03-2007, 10:34 AM	#9 (permalink)
*Anna* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dancing in the Light Posts: 27,815	Do you mean that you had your license taken away for more than 8 years because of one DUI? That sounds impossible, and if it's the case, you definitely need a lawyer. __________________ Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. Marianne Willianson

11-03-2007, 11:34 AM	#10 (permalink)
1963comet Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,381	My license was taken away for a year in 1997. So, when I went to the secratary of state to get it back they said I had to apply for a hearing at the appeals board. If a person has two convictions in seven year's a drivers license is revoked. And I hear they are changing it to 10 years. I could not afford a lawyer back when this happened. So, I went to three appeals myself over the years. I did meet all the requirements to get a restricted. Witch was a page long. Have not been able to afford the extra cost of doing that interlock and a car to put it in. If you have three malfuctions on that device a person gets it taken away for another year. Mouthwash can set that thing off. And now they are adding drug charges to the list. Any two charges a person will go through what I have unless you can afford a lawyer.

11-03-2007, 01:43 PM	#11 (permalink)
laurenlanai25 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Here Posts: 124	wow! that really sucks what state are u in? i did not have to do any of that i am in ohio which is in the top 3 strictest for duis! i dont have an interlock or party plates.

11-03-2007, 06:20 PM	#12 (permalink)
1963comet Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,381	Hey laurenlanai25 So glad you are not going through this. I live in Michigan. 2 offence here gets your license revoked. I'm sure a lot of people in this state is not aware of that. I do tell people I know, what they are looking at. But everyone seems to think they will not get caught. __________________ Just Maybe... It is true that we do not know what we have until we lose it, But it is also true we do not know what we have been missing until it Arrives.

11-04-2007, 03:44 AM	#13 (permalink)
indigo Community Greeter Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Mid-Life Express Posts: 9,928	Good luck Teresa. __________________ When you judge others, you do not define them, you define yourself." Namasté

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