Re: Driving after drinking moderately; or, how do you know where .08 i
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I'm mostly curious about how you guys make the call for yourselves as to whether you are able to drive or not. Does everybody just say "Well, one drink down, I'm not driving tonight?"
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I generally make this decision before I go out. I take cabs and busses a lot, just so that when I get where I'm going I don't have to count drinks, etc... Some of the time I find myself walking in the cold looking for a cab thinking "dammit I'm still sober, I shoulda just driven", but its better than the alternative. When I drive somewhere, I pretty much have to limit myself to 1 or 2 drinks at most. If I try to "walk the line" I'll pretty much always cross it and then convince myself that I didn't. In a drunken state, it's easy to convince yourself that you are fine, and the risk is worth it to save the pain of getting a cab and coming back the next day to get your car. It really sucks waking up the next morning with a hangover and only a vague recollection of driving home.
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