Reading this book could save you over $16,000 or more when you factor in inflation, court costs, attorney's fees, insurance, time off work etc... If you are old enough to drink, then you are old enough to drive. If you are old enough to drink and drive, chances are, you have probably done it at one time or another. This book is helpful, especially if you are considering hiring an attorney after being arrested for drinking and driving. This answers a lot of "what if" scenarios that could save you both time and money, through the stories of many individuals coupled with the fundamental of the laws. It contains helpful tips that can change your life and hopefully save lives in the process. One of the most common interactions with everyday working class citizens and police that turn into criminal convictions is related to drinking and driving. When this offense is committed, it usually comes by surprise and most often results in financial setback to the offender. It has become more and more apparent that first-time drinking and driving offenders do not know what steps to take after they have been pulled over for drinking and driving. This book is designed to give you enough information about the subject to help you make informed decisions about how to approach a DUI case. We will explore the many components that are associated with drinking and driving charges. If you are reading this book for yourself or someone you know just after you have been cited, you are probably pondering over one of the most frequently asked questions. Do I need to hire an attorney? My goal is to help you answer many of these questions for yourself, so that you may determine what approach to take financially and socially before putting yourself through a series of uncomfortable steps of the process. Celebrations and special occasions often lead to drinking. Unless we have a pre-planned arrangement to get home safely, driving ourselves home after drinking can easily become a routine activity more often than we give it credit. A young man in the early years of his marriage to a professional sports team dancer, shared an experience of his fast decisions on the fly that placed his family at jeopardy without ever even considering the consequences. One cold winter weekday night in mid-December, he was picking up his spouse from dance practice at popular downtown hotel. His wife got into the car and said, "Hey, all the girls and my coaches are going around the corner for dinner, and they don't get together too often outside of practice. Would you like to go?" "Sure," he said. "Why not?" So, they drove around the corner to the restaurant and bar, parked, and went inside. When we went in and were seated, the young man was pleasantly surprised to be in the company of many of the NBA players, coaches, and dance team members of well-respected professional basketball franchise, also in the company of the owner and general manager. Now, at the time, he was in mid-season him-self, playing basketball for another professional club in East Germany, but home for the holidays. The young man was not one to regularly consume alcohol, but when the six-time World Championship Team' general manager and top NBA executives offered him a shot of Grey Goose Vodka, it would behoove you to say, "Sure, I'll have a drink. Thanks " When he sat at the table and drank with his wife and her colleagues, never once did he think about driving back home in the snow 20 miles from downtown to home. He had his family in jeopardy in those moments; neither she nor the young athlete considered the consequences. This one night was not the first nor the last, but it became a distant memory of everything he did wrong in his 20s and an alert, that we will now learn that it does not serve any of us to be oblivious to small decisions that can have a life-altering impact.