 Brought to you by the Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning, EPA, HUD, and the Ad Council. I had five drunk driving charges in the last six years of my drinking, and I drank for over 55 years. My probation officer threatened me with a year in jail. So the next day I went to my first AA meeting. I had tried many times in my life to quit drinking, but always went back to even heavier drinking.