That is complete horse crap. Good job trying to spin a DUI into a move toward sobriety though! Only an alcoholic would even think of that excuse.

I thought immediately about when I was like 6 or 7 and when one of us would fall on the playground we’d always say “I *meant* to do that.”

He may be trying to stop but take the DUI for what it is- evidence of active drinking and poor judgment on the day in question.