Rare Condition
In 2014, the driver of a truck that spilled 11,000 salmon onto a highway claimed to have auto-brewery syndrome. A year later, a woman in New York was received a DUI after registering a blood alcohol level over four times the legal limit, but the case was thrown out after it was proven that she had auto-brewery syndrome.
Ongoing Illness
Auto-brewery syndrome may cause people to smell like alcohol or be too exhausted to work or be social. Others may be unemployed due to the effects of the condition; some skip meals to maintain sobriety.