Officers filed charges of driving while intoxicated against Christopher Greyshock, a resident of West Milford, after his rear-end collision into another vehicle injured a woman. When officers initially encountered Greyshock, they found him “staggering and swaying, unable to walk straight, and in danger of falling onto the highway.”<\/p>\n\n
That, combined with the strong smell of alcohol on his breath, prompted a field sobriety test, which he promptly failed by registering a blood alcohol level of 0.13, well beyond the state legal limit of 0.08. The open bottle of whiskey that police found in his car just served as further confirmation.<\/p>\n\n
What was Greyshock’s excuse for drinking? During the field sobriety test, he was quoted as saying, “I drunk too much because the [New York] Jets suck.” And while his actions behind the wheel were wrong, his analysis of the pro football team was spot-on. The NY Jets were defeated by the Buffalo Bills by an embarrassing final score of 41-10.<\/p>\n\n
Drinking to cope with misery is a common tactic, but ultimately we are all responsible for our choices. Blaming a poor choice on another person just makes the problem worse.<\/em><\/p>\n\n <\/h2>","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":0,"template":"","tax_ctp_audience":[],"tax_ctp_authors":[],"tax_ctp_categories":[165],"tax_ctp_format":[171],"tax_ctp_illustration_types":[411],"tax_ctp_multimedia":[],"tax_ctp_point_editor":[],"tax_publications":[140],"tax_ctp_tags":[3372,3380,3404,3502,3746,3829,3911,4112,4546,4821,4912,4919,5066,5169],"tax_ctp_topics":[395],"class_list":["post-38939","sermon-illustrations","type-sermon-illustrations","status-publish","hentry","tax_publications-ct-pastors","tax_ctp_tags-accountability","tax_ctp_tags-addiction","tax_ctp_tags-alcohol","tax_ctp_tags-blame","tax_ctp_tags-decision","tax_ctp_tags-drinking","tax_ctp_tags-excuses","tax_ctp_tags-habits","tax_ctp_tags-news-that-illustrates","tax_ctp_tags-responsibility","tax_ctp_tags-self-control","tax_ctp_tags-self-examination","tax_ctp_tags-sports","tax_ctp_tags-tolerance-of-sin"],"acf":{"scripture_references":[{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null}]},"yoast_head":"\n