The price of drinking

[djconklin]

From http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/wireStory?id=3402966

"A man trying to stop a friend from driving drunk after a block party was run over by the woman's car and killed, police said."

"Beatriz Vega said her niece is "very sweet, very nice, from a good family" and that she had never seen her drinking."

She had no idea that even one drink affects one's ability to make good judgments.

Some people ask why can't we drink? As if there were no costs or it's so great that they just can't live without it. She alone, not to mention the family and firends of the guy who died, could tell you otherwise.

 

[IntoTheCrimsonSky]

From http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/wireStory?id=3402966

"A man trying to stop a friend from driving drunk after a block party was run over by the woman's car and killed, police said."

"Beatriz Vega said her niece is "very sweet, very nice, from a good family" and that she had never seen her drinking."

She had no idea that even one drink affects one's ability to make good judgments.

Some people ask why can't we drink? As if there were no costs or it's so great that they just can't live without it. She alone, not to mention the family and firends of the guy who died, could tell you otherwise.

And it's reasons like this that I decided to never touch alcohol after I first found out I enjoyed the taste at a wedding when I was 14. It does no good, no matter how you look at it. Even those who get a "good time" from it, still do not gain anything in the long run but a possibility of health problems.

What's sad, for me (beyond the news article you posted, of course), is that I'm the only one of my friends who does not drink and/or has never gotten drunk. *shakes her head* And I'm the strange one?!

Blessings and love,
Sarah