Drunkest Drunk Lady Meagan Harper Was Once The Country Music Video World's Alicia Silverstone

Moe — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:40:00 EST

This is a Brooks & Dunn video from 1993. Not knowing much about country music, I always considered it the realm of Christians, and not knowing too many Christians, I learned a lot from watching it because after a few seconds into the then-sixteen-year-old Meagan Harper's appearance in the video (it starts 29 seconds in) I started to think thoughts like, "Horrors! The glorification of teen sexuality in this country is going to turn the entire nation's children into whores and sluts!" (And this was 1993, back when the only slut in the media I was consuming was Helen Hunt's sister on Mad About You.) But the real reason I'm posting this is because as you may remember, Meagan Harper grew up to be the drunkest female drunk on record. The Smoking Gun unearthed this video after she was found passed out in a pizza parlor parking lot with a blood alcohol level of 0.55.

So yeah, in a tale as old as...at least the first eighties teen movie, Meagan Harper peaked in high school. The Smoking Gun folks tell us she had quite a burgeoning modeling career, but all that went downhill.

Her tolerance for the alcohol, on the other hand...

Immortalized Behind The Wheel [The Smoking Gun]

Don't Drink And Diet This Weekend

Moe — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:30:00 EST

Before we start attending to the serious business of scowling intently at bartenders we wrongly suspect of ignoring us and wildly overtipping them to compensate for that — oh why pretend, I'm already drinking — we'd like to present you with this sobering image. It's Meagan Harper, Oregon 30-year-old and female record holder in the Smoking Gun's "highest blood alcohol level at time of arrest" contest. At 5'11 and 130 pounds, Harper's shocking 0.55 blood alcohol content suggests to us she hadn't had very much to eat the day police found her passed out in a car parked outside a pizza parlor. (Fun fact: Being passed out drunk in the front seat of a parked car: illegal!) And don't think it can't happen to you drunkorexics!

Back in college, before I even had much of a problem with alcohol, I had a problem with over-the-counter diuretics, laxatives, and overall not eating. Add a stressful schedule and two cups of Everclear punch to that mix and guess what the school addiction counselor told me my BAL at the time of entrance to the emergency room was?

A: 0.35

So along with not drinking and driving, ladies, don't drink and starve yourself this weekend. I know you feel fat from the crap your parents keep around the house, but make sure to accompany every adult beverage with plenty of salty snacks, electrolyte-infused sports drinks and real Coca cola. Happy New Year! [Yeah, we'll be blogging on Monday. -Ed.]

Megan Harper [TSG]

Jezebel: jezebel psa

Drunkest Drunk Lady Meagan Harper Was Once The Country Music Video World's Alicia Silverstone

Don't Drink And Diet This Weekend