Getting arrested for a traffic violation is the last thing any driver would want to be in. It's one thing to violate a traffic law, but it's another thing to be caught drunk driving with a two-year-old toddler as a passenger.

Minnesota Trooper Kristie Sue Hathaway could not forget, even after ten years, the woman she arrested for DWI (Driving While Intoxicated). She pulled the car over of Amy Martin on Highway 77.

"I went out and saw that she had watery, glassy eyes," Trooper Kristie said.

She also saw an opened bottle of Vodka at the center console of her car. It was also alarming to see her barely two-year-old daughter, Madeline, in the backseat, KARE-TV reported.

Madeline was sent home with her grandparents, and Amy went with the officer to the County Jail.

At that time, Amy's alcohol level was three times higher than the legal limit.

Amy could not forget Trooper Kristie's advice. She said, "Please don't do this to your daughter. She needs a mom. I know because my mom left when I was 10." This police officer was raised by her aunt and uncle after her mom died. Her mom also struggled with alcoholism.

Amy wanted to see Kristie again after a year, only this time, she promised to be sober.

But this police officer was in for a big surprise.

They met again after a year. Amy was not only sober, but she showed Kristie the 12 Steps Program's Sobriety medallion, proof that she had not touched alcohol for a year.

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