In the paddling community, drinking beer is our second favorite activity. Complex carbs: GOOD.
But I was speaking with a friend of mine last week who had crashed their car into a cement wall coming home from a party at 2 o'clock in the morning. After 4 glasses of wine in 5 hours, they fell asleep at the wheel. No one was hurt, and the cement wall certainly won over the car.
This was a wake-up call for them, and even for me, hearing the story. They have children, and what if it had been worse? Aside from this, they were booked for a DUI and a hit and run (they didn't know the cement wall had belonged to anyone in particular so didn't contact the 'owner'). Six hours spent in jail ("a horrible experience") and all the ensuing ramification to job, car and personal life.
This isn't even the first story I've heard over the past couple months: another person refused a breathalyzer test, and this will now effect their profession.
I know that I have driven home after drinking when I probably should not have, but thinking I was 'just fine.' These stories, though, are stories that make me seriously think, and ones that I wanted to pass on. They are lessons for us all.
So, just be safe, take it easy, call a cab, drink water, stay on your host's couch, take the bus. Just be safe.
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