[Gin 'n Tonic]

To all the posters debating .08 / am I impaired / just a couple of drinks / blah, blah, blah…ad nauseam.

Is it not possible for you to go out and enjoy yourselves without having a drink ffs?

I like a drink, I drink often, I drink quite a lot. I virtually never use public transport.

I do not have a drink if I’m going to drive a car within 12 hours – period. It’s not difficult.

Why?
!) Because when I was very young and stupid I was a passenger in a car where the driver was absolutely shitfaced – no bad outcome, but I recognised that he could have easily killed someone just through being an idiot. The consequences of that – the effect on his life (let alone that of the victim / family) would have been so huge that I decided to never place myself in that position.

2) Because if I did kill someone after a couple of drinks, even if legally below the limit, I would always be asking myself if the accident could have been avoided if I was 100% sober.

Sorry if this comes off as overly preachy, but I just can’t understand how so many people’s (apparent) criteria for enjoyment seems to depend largely on alcohol consumption, and how willing they are to then jump in a car and endanger others.

Stay in a hotel, get a taxi, sleep on a friend’s floor, be the / have a designated driver. Again – it’s not difficult.