Bam Margera arrested for DUI - Sensationalist Headlines

I don't usually post stuff like this, but pretty disheartening to hear about after his supposed sobriety. [quote]We're told Bam drove past CHP officers who were in the middle of stopping someone else, and when he slowed down and spoke briefly to officers ... they detected a strong scent of alcohol. The officers told the "Jackass" star to pull over, gave him a field sobriety test ... and then booked him for DUI. His bail was set at $15k -- about $10k more than usual -- but he was eventually released around 2:30 PM on his own recognizance.[/quote] Source: [URL]http://www.tmz.com/2018/01/08/bam-margera-arrested-dui/[/URL] Another Source: [url]http://people.com/tv/bam-margera-arrested-dui/[/url] Sounds like he more or less turned himself in, but I'm probably giving him too much credit.

Damn, I hope he's not falling off the wagon.

[QUOTE=chunkymonkey;53035839]Damn, I hope he's not falling off the wagon.[/QUOTE] I think its clear that he has considering he got a DUI...

Damn, seemed like he was back on track after that new skating video. Really disappointing.

[QUOTE=simzboy;53035854]Damn, seemed like he was back on track after that new skating video. Really disappointing.[/QUOTE] He's had a problem for a long time and this is really the first time he's tried to get sober and show it. It can take many tries to get sober and keep it that way.

Ryan Dunn...

[QUOTE=chunkymonkey;53035839]Damn, I hope he's not falling off the wagon.[/QUOTE] He's been trying to get back [i]on[/i] the wagon after Ryan Dunn died, he was trying to drink away his problems ever since it happened. He was doing a little better recently by getting back into the skate scene, but he's still not in good shape. [editline]8th January 2018[/editline] Ville Valo of HIM was a horrible role model for Bam too, the guy practically ran on alcohol, and Bam being impressionable followed suit.

God he's a fucking retard, it's one thing failing to abstain when you have a drinking problem (which is a hell of a lot harder than most people think) but driving? It's not difficult to get a cab.

[QUOTE=Socram;53035847]I think its clear that he has considering he got a DUI...[/QUOTE] The further good people get away from their 3 basic needs in life (food, water, shelter) the less they will act like good people, please understand this.

[QUOTE=mikerocks;53035868]He's had a problem for a long time and this is really the first time he's tried to get sober and show it. It can take many tries to get sober and keep it that way.[/QUOTE] don't know if this is true but if your an alcoholic and relapse, it get's that much harder to quit. Kind of like an endless spiral.

[QUOTE=zakedodead;53036040]The further good people get away from their 3 basic needs in life (food, water, shelter) the less they will act like good people, please understand this.[/QUOTE] I'm sorry I have no clue what you mean by this in the context of the story?

[QUOTE=zakedodead;53036040]The further good people get away from their 3 basic needs in life (food, water, shelter) the less they will act like good people, please understand this.[/QUOTE] Not sure I agree with this statement. For one, the goodness of a person is a measure of the conformity of their social interactions to other people with respect to agreed moralities. The only thing I'd change to your statement is the continual need of a healthy social life. This would be what he is lacking given that he lost his best friend.

[QUOTE=_Maverick_;53035878]Ryan Dunn...[/QUOTE] You would of thought he would of learnt something after his best friend died...

[QUOTE=madmax678;53036434]You would of thought he would of learnt something after his best friend died...[/QUOTE] Dying how Dunn did might have been the intent before getting pulled over. :cry:

[QUOTE=Berman Slick;53036695] There seems to be a disconnect with drugs, the "it'll never happen to me" mentality. Heck I thought that way when my brother had a weed-induced psychotic breakdown, he thought his brain was fucked and he was going insane for months. I was still a heavy stoner, and not 4 years later after thinking "it'll never happen to me, I'm fine", a series of heart palpitation episodes/maybe a minor heart attack, I too suffered from a breakdown, went absolutely insane for a few months. I've since been sober for 5 years but man, it's never that easy to go "oh no, I should be careful". You never think it'll happen to you, that you're invincible.[/QUOTE] Sorry to hear about your friend, fentanyl is a god damn demon. Regarding the second part of your post, it sounds like you just began getting panic attacks, and about it messing you up for months sounds like it could have triggered an underlying condition which seems more likely because your brother experienced it too and these things tend to run in the family. I used to be able to smoke pot and have the time of my life, but after a while I began to get severe panic attacks even off a single hit of bud. I would feel like I was dying, the experience became practically hell, however I kept using it. After a few years it had finally stopped, possibly related to my therapeutic use of xanax. Keep in mind though, weed does have psychedelic effects, bad trips are a reality. Regardless, I'm not trying to tell you you're wrong, but possibly view your experiences from a different perspective. Everybody reacts to drugs differently, for example, people claim it helps with anxiety, when it did the exact opposite to me. I can't help but agree with this line though: [QUOTE]You never think it'll happen to you, that you're invincible.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Jeezy;53036849]I used to be able to smoke pot and have the time of my life, but after a while I began to get severe panic attacks even off a single hit of bud. I would feel like I was dying, the experience became practically hell, however I kept using it. After a few years it had finally stopped, possibly related to my therapeutic use of xanax. Keep in mind though, weed does have psychedelic effects, bad trips are a reality.[/QUOTE] Smoking weed has become so awful for me that I can't stand it. It's to the point that I can't understand how i ever felt good smoking weed - it's like being in a fog that you have to wait out, gruelingly

[QUOTE=KingKombat;53037095]Smoking weed has become so awful for me that I can't stand it. It's to the point that I can't understand how i ever felt good smoking weed - it's like being in a fog that you have to wait out, gruelingly[/QUOTE] I used to smoke and quit about a year ago or so, but ocasionally having a few hits, and I can tell you that a considerable part of the effect of pot is pretty psychological. A little panic after smoking can tip the balance and make you have a bad time, and repeating that will make it much more frequent.

You know, I watched the Vice documentary and started to form an opinion about something. It doesn't seem from my position, that his wife has much involvement with his recovery. Am I wrong? Seems like shes just kind of along for the ride. Maybe I'm just ill-informed but it just seems like she could be doing more, ya' know? If my wife was battling an addiction, you bet your ass I'm going to help her in every way I can.

[QUOTE=mrgrim333;53038455]You know, I watched the Vice documentary and started to form an opinion about something. It doesn't seem from my position, that his wife has much involvement with his recovery. Am I wrong? Seems like shes just kind of along for the ride. Maybe I'm just ill-informed but it just seems like she could be doing more, ya' know? If my wife was battling an addiction, you bet your ass I'm going to help her in every way I can.[/QUOTE] I don't see how you could possibly draw any of those conclusions from a 45 minute video focused on Bam's return to skating. If anything I got the vibe she didn't really want to be in the documentary which I can't really blame her for.

I actually thought his name was Bam Margherita and pronounced like that. This throws me back to Underground 2.

I love Bam, I just want him to be happy. I think if he can continue to stay away from the drugs/alcohol and keep skating, he'll be ok. Honestly he's one of my biggest childhood skating heroes.

Oh no, I thought Barcelona changed you man! It's too bad that my only memory and experience seeing him in real life was of him being a grouchy but entertaining drunk, when his band [I]FuckFace Unstoppable[/I] rolled in to town and played a show to a crowd of like 20 people. Really terrible turnout, definitely the worst performed show I've ever been to. Although opening with a Phil Collin's song was hilarious. So even then, I got some good moments out of it. But yeah, he was really showing his emotions to the turnout. Sort of made sense though, as they played a fairly small and casual venue, in a NH city, instead of big city like Boston. Plus it was a 7pm show on like a Thursday. Not the prime timeslot for people going out to a show! [QUOTE=Berman Slick;53036695]A good friend of mine overdosed and died (fentanyl in his heroin, first time shooting up too) and nobody even cared to reevaluate what they were doing (a good fifth of my friends when I was 15-20 were on weirdly hard shit considering our neighbourhood/life's circumstances). Not a year later, another friend of mine (one who used to give the first friend drugs) OD'd on the same shit, still nobody changed. He saw his friend die, and kept doing it. In fact a couple friends I knew from elementary school got ONTO meth and crack separately after it happened, but have since cleaned up thankfully. There seems to be a disconnect with drugs, the "it'll never happen to me" mentality. Heck I thought that way when my brother had a weed-induced psychotic breakdown, he thought his brain was fucked and he was going insane for months. I was still a heavy stoner, and not 4 years later after thinking "it'll never happen to me, I'm fine", a series of heart palpitation episodes/maybe a minor heart attack, I too suffered from a breakdown, went absolutely insane for a few months. I've since been sober for 5 years but man, it's never that easy to go "oh no, I should be careful". You never think it'll happen to you, that you're invincible.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Jeezy;53036849]Sorry to hear about your friend, fentanyl is a god damn demon. Regarding the second part of your post, it sounds like you just began getting panic attacks, and about it messing you up for months sounds like it could have triggered an underlying condition which seems more likely because your brother experienced it too and these things tend to run in the family. I used to be able to smoke pot and have the time of my life, but after a while I began to get severe panic attacks even off a single hit of bud. I would feel like I was dying, the experience became practically hell, however I kept using it. After a few years it had finally stopped, possibly related to my therapeutic use of xanax. Keep in mind though, weed does have psychedelic effects, bad trips are a reality. Regardless, I'm not trying to tell you you're wrong, but possibly view your experiences from a different perspective. Everybody reacts to drugs differently, for example, people claim it helps with anxiety, when it did the exact opposite to me. I can't help but agree with this line though:[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=KingKombat;53037095]Smoking weed has become so awful for me that I can't stand it. It's to the point that I can't understand how i ever felt good smoking weed - it's like being in a fog that you have to wait out, gruelingly[/QUOTE] Wow fuck, so I'm not the only one! In some ways it almost feels like a trend among smokers, I've heard of quite a few people that started to shift from loving every second of getting high to dealing with all sorts of panicky episodes.

[QUOTE=NO ONE;53040004]Oh no, I thought Barcelona changed you man! It's too bad that my only memory and experience seeing him in real life was of him being a grouchy but entertaining drunk, when his band [I]FuckFace Unstoppable[/I] rolled in to town and played a show to a crowd of like 20 people. Really terrible turnout, definitely the worst performed show I've ever been to. Although opening with a Phil Collin's song was hilarious. So even then, I got some good moments out of it. But yeah, he was really showing his emotions to the turnout. Sort of made sense though, as they played a fairly small and casual venue, in a NH city, instead of big city like Boston. Plus it was a 7pm show on like a Thursday. Not the prime timeslot for people going out to a show! Wow fuck, so I'm not the only one! In some ways it almost feels like a trend among smokers, I've heard of quite a few people that started to shift from loving every second of getting high to dealing with all sorts of panicky episodes.[/QUOTE] Same thing happened to me. I think once you associate the high with anxiety, there's not much hope it enjoying weed anymore. It was like a switch for me. I haven't been able to smoke weed ever since.

Oh boo hoo, the guy was literally drunk driving and could have easily killed someone. He's a fucking grown adult and should be held responsible for his bad decision making. I promise if this was an anonymous story about a drunk driver you'd all be calling for heads.

[QUOTE=Berman Slick;53075897]In response to the point of putting themselves through all that just to keep smoking weed. Buddy can handle it because they're prescribed xanax, but before that? IDK how weed is worth all the anxiety/panic attacks for "a few years", I backed out after the second real episode. Not worth it, man, that shit does a number on you. I'm curious though Jeezy, did you get prescribed xanax because of the weed-induced anxiety? So you could keep using it? Or other reasons and it helped as well[/QUOTE] I'm not Jeezy, but using xanax is generally used to treat generalized anxiety disorder. Fuck Xans though, they're fun until you've blacked out and fucking destroyed your social relationships.