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I don't believe you...(contraversial topic)

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Misssy2
Misssy2

Alot of people here...say they don't drink and drive.  I don't believe it....However, I do know that my sister has NEVER had any alcohol and driven a car.  She has always been "fearful" of not being able to drive...as she is handicapped without alcohol.  BUT, I know my sister and if she didn't have that handicap....she would have at least at one time drank and drove.

​Maybe it is just my "brain"...because when I used to drink when I was younger I REALLY believed that EVERYONE drank....and everyone does not drink.  So I could be wrong on this topic.

​But, I find it really hard to believe that almost every person on here says the store is in walking distance from their home.  I do believe that some people really do walk...but I do not believe that EVERYONE here has a store with liquor THAT close to their home.

The store has always been within walking distance from my home and I NEVER walked there.  Sometimes I felt in better shape after work once I got some alcohol into my system.  I can shamefully say...I have always drove after drinking...I had to bring my kids to school functions...or to the mall on the weekend (drop them off and pick them up).

​I will say on the days that I had to drop them at the mall..I tried to minimize my drinking until I picked them up.  I always also had a beer with me while I was driving.  I sadly regret one day my son picked up my "cup" after a basketball game because he was thirsty  (I always brought him a bottle of water..didn't that day)....and I reacted by slapping the cup out of his mouth.

​I was horrified..and needless ...really...needless to say he was horrified to...I never felt so bad in my life, I never had raised a hand to either of my kids...and I did for THAT BEER....2 reasons...1 - I didn't want him to know it was BEER....and 2...I was worried about him ingesting the BEER.

​I admit that God was with me and many people the many times I drove drunk.  This last bender...I really TRIED not to drink under the influence. I would get the beer or vodka early in the a.m. and then stay home.

​But, apparently I did drive a couple times drunk because my friend at the store...told me I did...and that I came in the store and asked her to cash a check...very scary...cause I did not remember it....I was telling her how I didn't drive drunk this time around...and she responded with that story for me....Thank GOD....I never hurt anyone and I never GOT CAUGHT.

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  • Sober_As
    Sober_As Misssy2

    Posted

    Well, Misssy... my local Shop is about 5 minutes walk from my house.  That is walking at a slow pace because I need Walking Sticks... sometimes I manage with one stick.  I gave up driving a few years ago. It was too stressful for me.  I am very anxious. I never drove if I had taken any alcohol... I am very anxious... too scared of accidents, or being stopped by Police.  Also, very correct about laws etc.  I wish someone would outlaw booze !  Oh there would just be illegal tippling then !!

    The shop closes at 10 p.m. I watch the clock if I am thinking of more alcohol.  When it gets past 10 o'clock, I know I am safe until the next day.

    Alcohol is sold here between the hours of 10a.m. and 10p.m.

    I will go out in any weather , to get it.  Even when it is dangerous... slippery ice, snow, slush.  I am terrified of falling... but I still walk on... such is the power of Alcohol Addiction.

    I think driving everywhere has become more common in U.K., so I must be a bit of a dinosaur.  Another thing... I use Cash rather than Cards for my local shop.  Dinosaur !

    Alonangel 🎇

    • Misssy2
      Misssy2 Sober_As

      Posted

      You sound like my middle sister..she won't drive at all for a drink or while drinking.
  • vickylou
    vickylou Misssy2

    Posted

    Hi misssy

    you know my story about drinking and driving. I gave up driving after being caught and will never drive again. If I've needed drink, I either walk or get a taxi. I still cannot get over the guilt of being caught drink driving, even though it was the next day. No excuse.

  • ADEfree
    ADEfree Misssy2

    Posted

    Earlier on in my 30 year run of daily drinking, if I ran out I was ok. In the latter half,  I managed to live within 3 blocks of a store. Beer was my weapon of choice, so no problem getting it at the supermarket. I'd put back a six pack at a party on occasion, of course there was the drive home and a few more beers before bed. I was indeed lucky that not so much as a fender was scratched, nor was I ever pulled over. If I'd gotten a DUI during the recession, that would have been it for my finances. 99.9% of my drinking was done at home, that was more than enough destruction in and of itself.
    • Misssy2
      Misssy2 ADEfree

      Posted

      Yes, seems that the UK has stifer penalties for driving while drinking..which could be a big deterrent.
  • vickylou
    vickylou Misssy2

    Posted

    Misssy

    hope I didn't come over holier than God.

    i can understand the need for booze, but not the need to drink and drive. I can understand that drink takes over but although guilty I can't condount it.

    • Misssy2
      Misssy2 vickylou

      Posted

      No you didn't come off holier than thou...If I ever had the experience of being pulled over...I probably would have stopped drinking and driving too.

      ​But, I have another younger sister that DOES drive drunk and has been stopped by police 2x...the 3rd time here...gets jail.....I don't think she does it now cause she has 2 kids.

      ​But, me never being stopped..just kept chancing it.

    • ADEfree
      ADEfree Misssy2

      Posted

      A number of drug courts in the US are requiring a depot injection of Naltrexone and counseling for repeat offenders. They seem to be having good luck with it, but I don't know what the long term success rate is. 
    • Misssy2
      Misssy2 ADEfree

      Posted

      I have never heard of that ADE and I am in the US.  I would imagine they could only do that to people who have criminal offenses regarding alcohol....cause there is no doctor that is going to force inject me with anything! 

       

    • Sober_As
      Sober_As Misssy2

      Posted

      Oh my goodness, Misssy.  The thought of forced injections makes me think of Death Row.  We don't have it, in U.K., but we know all the dreadful stories through the media information.  I suspect that much of the info. is sensationalised... but people are injected, then die !  End of story.

      We live in strange times.

      Alonangel 🎇

    • ADEfree
      ADEfree Misssy2

      Posted

      I think a California Supreme Court Justice was one of the early adopters. If you google Naltrexone Drug Court, you'll see some articles/papers.
    • ADEfree
      ADEfree

      Posted

      I don't know that it was forced, for a fact. It may have been a precondition for a more lenient sentence. 
  • nicole36330
    nicole36330 Misssy2

    Posted

    If I go to eat I will drink one glass of wine and drive,so in my mind I don't drink over the limit and drive....but.....I am a unit counter.

    I can drink a bottle of wine by say,one in the afternoon and then I'm counting how much I've had and when I can drive,ie one unit goes out of your system per hour.

    I have just ordered a breathalyser kit from eBay

    • Sober_As
      Sober_As nicole36330

      Posted

      Oh dear goodness, Nicole.  I know that is wrong to laugh at your comment... but ... a breathalyser kit from eBay is exactly what I would have... if I was still driving !

      I count the hours after drinking re medication.

      The drink still has priority... WRONG.

    • nicole36330
      nicole36330 Sober_As

      Posted

      It's one of those things I ordered in the middle of the night when I can't sleep....seemed like a good idea at the time smile
    • Sober_As
      Sober_As nicole36330

      Posted

      Ha,ha..... You have no idea how much I buy around 3 a.m.  Sleep would be so much cheaper.  I could tell you of every Sale in U.K. at present... and level of reductions... I would buy anything at 70% off.  Sick addiction, but it does not harm your liver !

      Alonangel 🎇

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