Officers had to use incapacitant spray to get a drink-driver out of his car, a court heard.
James O'Callaghan, of Mold Road in Cefn-Y-Bedd, appeared at Wrexham Magistrates Court on Monday for sentence.
The 27-year-old had previously admitted offences of drink-driving and resisting a police officer.
Justin Espie, prosecuting, told the court that just before midnight on May 26, police pulled over a vehicle at Mold Road at Gwersyllt after they had spotted it driving at "high speed" and with "poor lane discipline."
The driver, O'Callaghan, provided a positive reading for alcohol but when officers attempted to arrest him he began to resist.
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He gripped his steering wheel as the officers tried to handcuff him and used his leg to keep himself inside the vehicle, resulting in the police using incapacitant spray on him.
He was found to have 89 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.
Mr Espie added that O'Callaghan has a previous offence for drink-driving.
A probation officer told the court: "Mr O'Callaghan said that on the day in question, he had been having a few drinks with his brother, who was celebrating finding a property.
"He noticed he hadn't eaten that day and decided to get in the car and go to McDonald's - he was driving home when police stopped him.
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"He knew what was coming - with the previous conviction for driving with excess alcohol, he knew he was going to be tested.
"Obviously, you heard his driving was erratic, which brought him to the attention of the police.
"The second officer who spoke to him wasn't as nice or friendly as the first and this got his back up.
"He wanted to make sure he had all of his personal items in his pockets and that's where the resist came in."
The probation officer added O'Callaghan had moved to Wrexham from the Leicester area around five years ago and had undertaken an apprenticeship in dairy engineering - which now sees him travelling all over the country fixing broken dairy equipment.
He "drinks excessively" to help him sleep and deal with mental health conditions.
Pierce Blythen, defending, said: "He is an individual who has issues with alcohol and is trying to address it.
"He's ashamed to find himself back before the court."
O'Callaghan received a 36 month driving ban as well as a 12 month community order with 10 days of rehabilitation activity and a 120 day alcohol abstinence monitoring requirement for the drink-driving offence,
For resisting the police officer, he was fined £230 and must also pay a £114 victim surcharge, as well as £85 costs.
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