After everything surrounding the dwi mine continually risked it all for the beer.
One night (a few months after the ID was removed) after he drove away black out mean-blitzed one night, somebody called the cops. =] They found him parked on the roadside passed out behind the wheel, but the keys were in the back seat and he argued with the cops that somebody drove him there, so they didn't haul him in.
A year in prison, or potentially worse especially for somebody else, was worth it to him for the booze.