Flashing Back
posted 2018-12-10 12:04:37

There was a guy on twitch live streaming himself driving drunk. I watched the replay video this morning. It ended up with him crashing his car and I read in the comments there ended up being some fairly serious injuries and this guy could face some jail time. I share this because what this guy did and how this guy looked when he was driving was probably not far off from some shit I did about 2 years ago. Black out drunk, leaving a holiday party, driving like an idiot. Thankfully and luckily I made it home in one piece and without a DUI. I wasn't unscathed though. I parked my car the wrong way on my street with 2 wheels up on the curb. I have memory flashes of backing up to fast in the parking lot, jumping the curb and knocking over a parking sign. I'm sure I was swerving, checking curbs left and right. I think back on it and I was so incredibly amazingly astonishingly lucky that night. Something in the universe was looking out for me in that moment. After that I went sober for 3 months. Boom. Cold turkey. I drink alcohol again. But I will never drink and drive again. No fucking way. I should have died that night. I could have killed someone, killed myself, ruined my life. Most people don't get second chances. I cashed in my one get out of jail free card (no pun intended) and I don't intend to waste it.




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