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So, here I am yet again. Much older, certainly not any wiser...
Something has to be wrong with me, at this point I'm almost sure of it.
Where to begin?
A recent breakup has led me on a path to reclaim my independence, yet somehow I ended up in the same poisition I was in almost 10 years ago after my last big breakup... A DUI.
The first time was a mistake, pure and simple, I was stupid and I paid a very steep price for it.
This time it's like a bad joke.
I rarely drink anymore, the events following the first DUI have left a bitter taste in my mouth. I've never wanted to go through anything like that again, and all it has taken is one absentminded night to ruin it all.
The first night I've been out alone in almost 5 years and I did something mildly stupid and have to suffer a harsh punishment... It's like a bad dream, I even waited around to sober-up, and ate a giant chicken burrito (which was excellent), but I guess it wasn't enough because after I started getting hounded by an oddball bar patron and I decided to leave, I got pulled over for speeding and failed breath test. I felt completely fine, I was 100% certain I would get home without incident, bit that's not the point I suppose. Of all the nights of me and about 10 other cars around me going 80 on the freeway and they chose me...
Captain Hindsight makes his appearance in the guise of everyone I know with the "shoulda-coulda-woulda-didn't", offering genius ideas I was too polite to even think about. After all, who doesn't love getting up crazy-early and giving a ride to a friend who's had a few drinks?
Most would look at the black and white and say I could have killed someone, but I swear I would not have been behind that wheel if I wasn't absolutely certain I was able to pilot that vehicle home without incident.
The irony is it was my lead foot that got me in trouble... I've driven that route thousands of times, I know it like the back of my hand and I tell you, you get used to speeding when everyone is doing the same thing. I could have sworn even the handbooks say its better to keep up with traffic flow but i'm not sure anymore...
My first DUI was only a month or two from being wiped from my record and this happens... I've been a model citizen ever since that first mistake, and now I face charges for a second offense... I'm dreading what they'll be... I don't want to go to jail... I just got started getting my life back together and now I'm totally screwed... How can my luck be so bad?
At least I didn't hurt anyone or destroy anything important... Just myself again...
