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Jan. 22nd, 2006 03:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wheelieterpI spent 10 years driving after drinking. I was good at it, so I told myself. Always made it home, never got caught. Never had any accidents. Then I got caught in a sobriety check point 2 years ago March. I got a DUI and it was the last straw and I quit drinking. The worst part about getting the DUI and going thru all of that was the guilt I felt over driving drunk all those times.
Last night, my 14 year old niece and her step-mother were killed by a drunk driver. I can't tell you the pain and rage I feel.
I know you hear this all of the time people, but I mean it:
Don't drink and drive. Not even a short way. Not even after one drink. Just DON'T FUCKING DO IT.
Last night, my 14 year old niece and her step-mother were killed by a drunk driver. I can't tell you the pain and rage I feel.
I know you hear this all of the time people, but I mean it:
Don't drink and drive. Not even a short way. Not even after one drink. Just DON'T FUCKING DO IT.
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Date: 2006-01-22 11:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-23 12:00 am (UTC)I'm not completely guilt free in this regard, having driven while drunk on just one occasion. I was depressed and actually planning to do myself in, at the time. It was winter, I was driving to a bridge across the CT River with the intention of jumping over the side once I got there. I figured I'd have a better chance of success if I was totally drunk.
I wasn't thinking about anybody else's safety at the time and consider myself lucky not to have hurt anyone en route.
That was long ago and far away, and I'd never do that again.
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Date: 2006-01-23 12:11 am (UTC)I don't know what else to say, except that I'm sending huge hugs your way.
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Date: 2006-01-23 12:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-23 12:22 am (UTC)This is horrible news. I am very sorry for your loss.
- Paco
I am so sorry honey...
Date: 2006-01-23 12:27 am (UTC)Be kind to yourself.
Love, Tina
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Date: 2006-01-23 12:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-23 12:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-23 12:50 am (UTC)thank you for posting this.
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Date: 2006-01-23 12:50 am (UTC)I don't drink (personal choice prompted by allergies), but I do have friends who do, and you can bet I nag the hell out of them. I do it out of love, and I think they know that. But I really get pissed when I hear they made that stupid choice!
Good for you for being sober, and even better for encouraging people you know to drive safely!
JOhn.
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Date: 2006-01-23 02:04 am (UTC)Big hugs.
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Date: 2006-01-23 02:18 am (UTC)I'm sorry Steve, truly I am. I don't know what to say other than "sorry" and it feels so inadequate.
I've driven about 700 miles this weekend. All of it stone cold sober. I went to a party earlier where the hostess makes the World's Greatest Margaritas. Because I had another 350 miles to drive today I didn't even look at the blender. (Yes, these are the kind of Margaritas that will get you drunk if you're in the same room as the blender. No drinking required.)
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Date: 2006-01-23 02:46 am (UTC)Words can express how sorry I am for your loss, Steve.
I am glad you aren't drinking/driving anymore. I used to do the same and I am grateful for every day of sobriety and that I didn't kill anybody.
I will light a candle for them tonight.
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Date: 2006-01-23 03:22 am (UTC)i'm so sorry, Steve.
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Date: 2006-01-23 03:27 am (UTC)I was a stoned driver for many years -- also prided myself on how "well" I did it. Less than a month after I got sober a dear friend - a rare light in this world - was killed in a car accident - the driver was drunk+. I felt such grief and rage and shame -- it could have been me -- there is no reason whatsoever that I didn't kill someone with my dangerous behavior. Today I feel relief every time i get behind the wheel and realize that I don't have to "figure out" if I'm sober "enough" - I'm just fucking sober.
That is such a horrible tragedy for you and your family. stay safe.
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Date: 2006-01-23 03:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-23 04:46 am (UTC)love you
drink and drive...
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Date: 2006-01-23 05:25 am (UTC)My thoughts go outot you and your family
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Date: 2006-01-23 07:09 pm (UTC)hugs
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