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There was a warrant for Tommy’s arrest for failure to pay for child support.  He and Chelsea were high school sweethearts and had a child out of wedlock.  As soon as the baby was born, Tommy left the relationship.  As irresponsible as this was, he also did another irresponsible thing: he didn’t pay child support.  Not only this, but Tommy started to drink excessively with his friends.  One evening, Tommy was pulled over by the police for driving with an expired 30-day tag.  When the police officer ran Tommy’s license plates, it was discovered that there was a warrant for his arrest.  The charges for driving with expired tags were dropped but Tommy had to spend 10 days in jail for his child abuse.  While in jail, Tommy couldn’t drink and therefore got “dried out.”  In short, he was forced to quit drinking, even if only for ten days.  This proved to be the catalyst that would change Tommy’s life.  When he got out of jail, he decided to get alcohol treatment.  Once sober, he got a good paying job and started making child support payments.  This is obviously one time when time spent in jail was a positive motivating factor for changing a person’s life.