Tsawwassen to Ladner is way too far of a distance to drive when you're drunk. Any distance is.
I tried to stop her. I got out of bed to drive her home at 1:30am. Mom had a party, and everyone had a few too many (minus me, I was upstairs).
So what was I supposed to do in that situation? I couldn't do any more than I could. And I certainly wasn't going to wrestle her out of the car. If she had't been in her car already I wouldn't have let her have the keys. But when I got downstairs she was already starting to drive away.
I can't stop thinking that if she was to get into an accident, it would be my fault. There must have been some way to stop her. But I don't think I could have done any more short of opening up the door and forcing her out. But as the only sober one in the house, I feel like I am responsible.
I think the solution is to take everyone's keys beforehand, and only give them back to people who are sober. If they're not, they don't get their keys back. They get a ride or take a taxi. There's got to be some kind of a plan in place.
People die driving drunk. And it's their decision to do it. I don't understand where the severe lack of judgement comes from. Why do people do it?
More importantly, how can we protect our friends from doing it?
posted by Lisa @ 1:44 AM
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