My coworker found this story last night and started to laugh. She said “how could you not know someone is on your windshield for 2 miles!” I can’t believe she found it funny. And like most drunk stories in the news, I just thank gods it wasn’t me!
If you didn’t click on it or haven’t heard about it, a woman, who was a drug and alcohol counselor, hit a guy that was walking down the street while she was drunk. She was double the legal drinking BAC level. A little higher than me when I got my 2nd DUI. Thankfully, I only hit a ditch. She did not know he was on her car and witnesses had to get her to stop after 2 miles. The guy was still alive but died at the hospital. She got sentenced 55 years in prison. Here is more about the story from when the accident happen.
She was a addiction counselor! But she must have relapsed. She drank again and became a murderer.
Never know what picking up just one drink, just one sip, could lead to.
Never know.
Mistake 143- I was dating a guy SP briefly. I really liked him but as usual for me, he didn’t want anything serious. He just wanted a party fuck buddy. I had a small get-together. SP came and 5 other friends were there. One friend was a guy with whom SP and I were both good friends.
I got trashed. Woke up with SP in my bed. Our friend was on the couch. Everyone else was gone. I was completely naked.
Later on I found out after everyone but our one friend left, SP and I started to have sex in the living room. In front of our friend. Our friend was drunk and laid on the couch with a pillow over his eyes. He later on told me SP kept inviting him to join us. I do not remember any of it.
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Every time I read a story like that I think, there but for the grace of god go I. I like to think I was more careful, but the scariest thing is that your impaired brain is making those choices. So, so sad.
One coworker was saying she doesn’t see how someone could be that drunk. I know I have driven home without in knowing how I got there.
What scared me the most was the headline saying she was a substance abuse counselor. I was looking up schools to that when I heard this story. I guess I thought that becoming a counselor would “cure” me but this proves we are never cured.
Many people go into counseling fields seeking answers to their own problems. There are no easy answers!
Wow! I mean wow! This is crazy scary! But you know it could have been me, it could have been anyone of us. Once I put alcohol in my body I have no clue what would happen next. I got a dui too, and my numbers we’re way up there also. Really scary that I remember getting in the car that night and thinking that I felt ok to drive. Thank goodness that I didn’t make it very far…
Thank you for sharing this. A truly sobering reminder!
I hate using another’s relapse to remind me of why I can’t drink. I hate that a man had to die. I just never want to forget and let my brain trick itself into thinking I can moderate.