LORD really was merciful;Alex will spend another few mos. in the county jail,then 6-9 mos. in the state prison facility in a drug/alchol rehab.He will not be in prison,per se';just next door to it.There will be a few hard cases in with him.
After that he will have 6 years of probation,anything more than a traffic ticket could give him 15 years bad time.