Drinking and Driving

An Update

My friend who was in the bad car accident due to drunk driving, she is still in a coma and her chance of survival dropped from 60% to 30%. Her lungs have harden. My sister called me tonight crying because she is so torn from it all. She was closest to her, they were bestfriends. I can't imagine how my sister feels, I wish I could make her feel better.

I can't remind you guys enough, don't drink and drive. You don't just affect yourself, you affect everyone you know.
 
Jasmine4lakshmi said:
My friend who was in the bad car accident due to drunk driving, she is still in a coma and her chance of survival dropped from 60% to 30%. Her lungs have harden. My sister called me tonight crying because she is so torn from it all. She was closest to her, they were bestfriends. I can't imagine how my sister feels, I wish I could make her feel better.

I can't remind you guys enough, don't drink and drive. You don't just affect yourself, you affect everyone you know.
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I been through that situation before. Every time when school show video about driving and drinking, I have to leave the room
 
yeah it's not funny once u get DUI u can be thrown in state prison from 3 to 10 years... I think but my date is hard of hearing he was in state prison for 3 years.. that was long time ago he woke up and never drank and drove again cuz he was drooling over a woman and he crashed back into of a police car.. I think that's funny but now he learned a lesson don't let eyes wander while drinking and driving... :roll:
 
Jasmine4lakshmi said:
My friend who was in the bad car accident due to drunk driving, she is still in a coma and her chance of survival dropped from 60% to 30%. Her lungs have harden. My sister called me tonight crying because she is so torn from it all. She was closest to her, they were bestfriends. I can't imagine how my sister feels, I wish I could make her feel better.

I can't remind you guys enough, don't drink and drive. You don't just affect yourself, you affect everyone you know.
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This doesn't sound good that her chance of survival has declined. I will keep you and her friend in prayers for miracle for her to recover.

I agree on the last statement, drink and driving does affect not only your lives , but the other loved ones. This does impacted everyone to realize the danger of drink and driving.

To those who drink, please think twice before you drink, and get a designated driver to take you home or call a cab, or have your friend drop you off at nearby motel for the night til the alcohol drowns out. Having DUI on your record would not look pretty and it can come to a huge cost. No one would want that to happen to them. Please be wise and safe.
 
your friends and family are in my ththoughts and prayers

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Hi DeAnne. I wish them the best and hopefully others can learn. Always wear your seat belts and don't drink and drive and if someone is behind the wheel drunk, don't get into the car with them.
 
I'm so sorry to hear about your friend and have just said a prayer for her and her children.

What I'm about to say doesn't entirely pertain to what's happened here, but maybe it's something that needs to be discussed.
You see I'm a recovering alcoholic of almost 2 years. It's only by the grace of God that I've never hurt anyone by drinking and driving. Alcoholism is a serious disease that never has a happy ending. It destroys people and families physically, mentally and emotionally.

A couple years ago I was only going to the store for more booze when I got a DUI. I went to jail for a couple days and was in there with a woman who had killed her 2 children while she was drinking and driving. To this day I can still hear her heartwrenching sobs in my mind. She sobbed all night and I cried right along with her until I couldn't take it anymore and shut my hearing aids off. I can't imagine the guilt and pain of killing your own children or anyone for that matter. That did something to me. It woke me up and I got honest about my problem. A lot of my drinking was an escape from the lonliness caused from my lack of hearing. A break from the tension, humiliation and frustration that I experience in a hearing world. I wasn't facing my problems. And I realized that my drinking only caused more problems and added to my confusion of who I am(and who I'm not).
My VR counselor told me it's a fact that HOH/deaf people are prone to alcoholism and or drug abuse for this reason, and unfortunately there's not much help out there for HOH/deaf w/addictions.


Although this can happen to anyone who drinks and drives, whether they are alcoholic or not, I felt like I had to put this out there. I agree that there's no excuse for drinking and driving. Everyone knows the consequences. But for those who are so quick to judge this disease do not understand the power of addiction, or walked a mile in those shoes. No, I'm not proud of it but it's a part of my past that I have to live with.
If there's anyone else out there that is experiencing the same thing, please message me if you'd like to talk about it. Maybe I can help. At the very least I promise that I relate.
 
Sunryze said:
I'm so sorry to hear about your friend and have just said a prayer for her and her children.

What I'm about to say doesn't entirely pertain to what's happened here, but maybe it's something that needs to be discussed.
You see I'm a recovering alcoholic of almost 2 years. It's only by the grace of God that I've never hurt anyone by drinking and driving. Alcoholism is a serious disease that never has a happy ending. It destroys people and families physically, mentally and emotionally.

A couple years ago I was only going to the store for more booze when I got a DUI. I went to jail for a couple days and was in there with a woman who had killed her 2 children while she was drinking and driving. To this day I can still hear her heartwrenching sobs in my mind. She sobbed all night and I cried right along with her until I couldn't take it anymore and shut my hearing aids off. I can't imagine the guilt and pain of killing your own children or anyone for that matter. That did something to me. It woke me up and I got honest about my problem. A lot of my drinking was an escape from the lonliness caused from my lack of hearing. A break from the tension, humiliation and frustration that I experience in a hearing world. I wasn't facing my problems. And I realized that my drinking only caused more problems and added to my confusion of who I am(and who I'm not).
My VR counselor told me it's a fact that HOH/deaf people are prone to alcoholism and or drug abuse for this reason, and unfortunately there's not much help out there for HOH/deaf w/addictions.


Although this can happen to anyone who drinks and drives, whether they are alcoholic or not, I felt like I had to put this out there. I agree that there's no excuse for drinking and driving. Everyone knows the consequences. But for those who are so quick to judge this disease do not understand the power of addiction, or walked a mile in those shoes. No, I'm not proud of it but it's a part of my past that I have to live with.
If there's anyone else out there that is experiencing the same thing, please message me if you'd like to talk about it. Maybe I can help. At the very least I promise that I relate.
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That was a really powerful and motivating post. I have had a friend who has had 3 DUIs and what keeps him drinking is the fact that he doesn't own a car so he thinks he can't get in trouble since he doesn't drive. I wish I could help him overcome alcoholism.
 
Jasmine4lakshmi said:
That was a really powerful and motivating post. I have had a friend who has had 3 DUIs and what keeps him drinking is the fact that he doesn't own a car so he thinks he can't get in trouble since he doesn't drive. I wish I could help him overcome alcoholism.
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Introduce him to new addiction. Weed or Sex or both!
 
Honestly, to those people who are, were, and will be drunk drivers. There's only one problem with you girls, and that's thinking. Those who ended up in ER tells me things like "I wasn't thinking, I just wanted to go home."

You see, I've lived almost all my life in Northern California where DUIs happens EVERYDAY. Especially, Chico, CA, wacked place to live, the laws were getting more and more strict. Cause people died almost everyday back then due to DUI, WUI, SUI, TUI, and DWI.

DUI - Driving under influence
WUI - Walking under influence
SUI - Studying under influence
TUI - Tubing under influence
DWI - Driving with influence

Any of you get one of those ends up in jail for a night. There was a time where they had this summerfest tubing at the Sacramento River, the crew from Girls gone Wild came and filmed everyone. Not only that, in the river, there were around 10,000 people and several of them has drowned. 33,000 came to the summerfest and trashed the whole river with cans, bottles, and butts. We had to fish people out of the river for there weren't only one dead body.

Over 200 years ago, we forbid alochol until the tax system started. Today, because of the tax system, beers are cheaper to buy and stronger to get buzz. Also, marijuana is much better and easily controlled, but not the encomoy since it is growable.

The mother must live or the kids will live much harder without guidance. I will pray for guidance to the mother for she should find a way back.
 
imdeafsowhat said:
Then test it out before you leave him.
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I meant to say, I have a boyfriend who is good to me and I am happy with him. My troubled friend wants to date me, and would love for me to help him find another addiction, sex. Which isn't going to EVER happen. That is what I meant to say.
 
Jasmine4lakshmi said:
I meant to say, I have a boyfriend who is good to me and I am happy with him. My troubled friend wants to date me, and would love for me to help him find another addiction, sex. Which isn't going to EVER happen. That is what I meant to say.
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Gotcha.

Looks like he failed. He didn't ask you properly.

I wouldn't ask for sex in the first place if I was asked if I wanted another addiction.

Why would he want to have sex WITH YOU?

You should explain to him that it doesn't have to be YOU. Maybe you are the addiction, not sex.
 
imdeafsowhat said:
Gotcha.

Looks like he failed. He didn't ask you properly.

I wouldn't ask for sex in the first place if I was asked if I wanted another addiction.

Why would he want to have sex WITH YOU?

You should explain to him that it doesn't have to be YOU. Maybe you are the addiction, not sex.
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Maybe so.
 
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