"Usually alcohol is involved with the more ridiculous cases," he answers with a grin, then finishes the rest of his drink as if to drive home his point. Hopper knows he's done a thing or two in his time that might be considered reckless and most of those things have been done under the influence of alcohol.

He's got a problem and he knows it, but that hasn't stopped him yet.

"I think that's part of why I miss being a detective," he admits. "Usually you don't get the ridiculous stuff."