A woman in a bathing suit
 

A woman in a bathing suit walks into Carrabba's... sounds like a joke right?

Nope. She walked into Carrabba's and then was arrested a short time later near the bar inside.

"An officer went into the restaurant and found 46-year-old Meridith Manning, who lives at 102 Costa Mesa Drive in the Village of La Zamora, leaning against the wall between the hostess area and the bar. Her eyes were watery and bloodshot and she had “the distinct odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating” from her, the report said."

Wonder if she were wearing a bikini if they would have let her in? I mean what kind of dress code do they have exactly?

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That story is so sad. What in the world would have brought someone of that age to the depths - obviously alcohol may have a lot to do with it, but also having nothing or nobody who cares enough to help.

When I think back to how I was living and looking at that age .............. I had a corporate level job, a loving husband, a couple of kids who could be a pain, a nice home and a wonderful dog. I had it all. I would be interested to know what her life story may be.

I thought it was sad they wrote the sad story.

:ohdear: Not my first thought.

Good question..... let's hope she get the help she may need.

Yes hopefully she can get help now. Way too young to look like that.

HELP is available, l hope this was her bottom and she seeks treatment.

I agree. Before moving here, I had never seen so many (or paid attention to) stories about elderly/alcoholic/drug addicted people. I think seeing these stories has made me more aware of and empathetic with many of these situations where there is no one to help them.

She's "only" 46 years of age. Could she be living in TV with her parents?

I did too. She left her car running and they found oxycodone in the car. I don't know what the answer is. Who is paying for the gas to run the car and for her day to day expenses? I wonder if she can work having this difficulty?

Inevitably more shall be revealed - and I am not addressing her (hopefully modest) bathing suit coverage or lack thereof.

Alcoholics and drug dependent people usually need to "bottom out" before they can recover via AA, NA or treatment facilities. This does not relate to their choice of attire.

So KIND of you to post her address!!!

Her address was published in the news article and is public knowledge as are the addresses of those arrestees who have them.

Ouch
 

I've seen worse full length yoga outfits on very plus size ladies at walmart and wondered why they dress that way. Feel sorry about the substance abuse problem if alcohol and drugs, deadly combination.

Just remember they have to hit their bottom and want help. This has been the hardest part of dealing with my Dad. Accepting that only when he wants help them it can work. I can't do it for him or make him stop. His alcohol in has led to dementia so now assisted living.

Bottom line there may be help but if she won't take it there is nothing to be done.

Im so sick of hearing about these drug-addled or alcohic children being enabled by their parents.

And you know all this...... how?

Me too!

If you’ve had experience in the recovery field you’d know the signs are unmistakable.

Denial is not a river in Egypt.

What, the signs that her parents are enabling her?


I think the signs of drug addiction and alcoholism are unmistakable, but not the assumption that her parents are enabling her.

Signs? Parents bringing adult children back under their roofs many times are the result but not always as sign that they adult kids are not making it on their own. When the arrests start there’s a sure sign parents have enabled their kids and probably have posted bail. I’ve seen this happen with my late in-laws and late brother in law. He just couldn’t do it on his own and passed at age 53.

There is still no proof or "sign" in this story that her parents are enabling her. What sign did she give about that? I am responding to your response to eweissenbach, who was responding to gpsma, who was assuming that her parents were enabling her.

No proof but as I wrote in my last post I’ve seen this in a family situation of my own. Ya gotta read between the lines.

It is a shame that people, especially in our age group, or others I guess, can't drink responsibly. I have on occasion went overboard, which Is bad, but some of these people just don't give a damn. I guess I really can't explain the feeling they are looking for when they overindulge. It has to be something that alters their state of mind so that they can live with whatever they are living with. Maybe there is someone here that can really explain what possesses them to drink, what feeling they get to make them drink and then what feeling they get to make the overindulge. Anybody?

I read the newspaper from "back home"...….it's everywhere, so many stories.

Just don't think it's right to put a common tag on every addict's parents. What if she's mentally ill or has a learning disability or some other disabling factor? Not every "child" can be tossed out on the street to find his/her own help.

You know, each person throughout their lives has choices to make on how their life turns out.

The thousands of people I arrested in my career had that choice to do either what they did wrong to come in contact with me or make the right choice and not commit a crime.

The people that do bad things in life that we read about on the*******news.com, here on TOTV, see on television - they had that choice.

I do not believe all the BS about “mental disorders” or “mental disease”; I think it’s conveniently used far too often to not take responsibility for the actions they committed.

I think the addictive tendency may be at least partially inherited. Several people I know have decided to not drink because of the behavior of their ancestors. However, I also think that the majority of people can and do drink responsibly for their whole lives. We never know what kind of depression and sadness some people are facing. A drop in serotonin is also a common thing as we age, causing several conditions like depression and obsessive behaviors and anxiety.

It's very unfair to judge someone you know nothing about and don't know what they have been through to bring them to this point. I am really tired of all the self righteousness by people who's lives could have turned out very differently under different circumstances.

Boy, you said it, fw.

Agree! Until you have walked a mile in their shoes...... best to keep quiet.

However...…..we all do sort of decide how we feel. Even if we remain silent. She embarrassed herself and there were opioids in her car. Grateful she was stopped before she drove the car into someone. Even grateful that the other news publishes mugshots. I think it might deter some of the behavior that is dangerous not only to the person but to others.

So now you pile on to let us know that there were opiods in her car etc. etc.

GG it's all gossip .............. and we are all really good at gossip.

Check out her mug shot on the other site. Shudder....

When you arrested someone did you have to appear in court for the charge?

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An adult woman going into a restaurant in a bathing suit that police say she was impaired is a very sad thing.

Bizarre and tragic events happen daily in the area. The online news recently reported a deranged adult son attacking his mother with kitchen knives and an apparently inebriated 77 year old man attacking a deputy who was trying to save his wife from choking on her own vomit.

Alcohol and other substance abuse is rampant these days. Age and economic class do not matter.

Pile on?


"Lady Lake police received a complaint at about 1:30 p.m. Thursday about the driver of a sport utility vehicle almost causing a head-on collision in the parking lot of the restaurant in Rolling Acres Plaza. The 78-year-old Villager who made the complaint said he saw the woman, wearing only the blue one-piece swimsuit, get out of the SUV and walk into the restaurant." snipped

"She refused to provide a breath sample without a lawyer present. She again asked police to call her mother.
An empty bottle of Hydrocodone was found in the center console of her SUV." snipped

Depression. Addicts are self medicating.

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It is a report of facts about what happened, certainly not gossip.