48 year old Mr. Almassey applied for a curative discharge at his sentencing, which was for two exceed .08 charges and a charge of breaching a recognizance by consuming alcohol.  He had eight prior drinking and driving related offences. The curative discharge was granted and he was placed on a two year probation order, which focused on alcohol assessment and treatment.  He was also prohibited from operating a motor vehicle for three years.  The Court referred to an earlier Saskatchewan case in its decision : In some cases the evidence adduced may indicate that appropriate therapy or curative treatment will probably result in the accused overcoming his problems with alcohol. If such is the case it is probably in the best interests of society to take that route because such a solution is clearly preferable to repeated incidents of impaired driving which are not deterred by jail terms imposed on a person suffering from chronic alcoholism. In such cases society is only protected when the offender is in jail. In any given case the public interest may best be served by curative treatment as long as proper safeguards are imposed. R. v. Almassey, 2013 SKQB 19