After a period of 13 eventful years, Prohibition ended this week in 1933, and Americans were able to legally have a drink once again. While alcohol is legal, its use involves personal responsibility. With the holiday season under way, it’s time for more parties and more driving than usual — as well as increased hours of darkness and bad weather. That combination is why this is National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month. About a third of the nearly 34,000 fatal highway accidents each year involve alcohol-impaired driving. There are over 12,000 beer, wine and distilled alcoholic beverage wholesalers across the U.S. You can find more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau, online at <www.census.gov>.
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It is quite important that those of us who indulge in the legal activity of drinking alcohol practice some preventive measures; like stay home and enjoy our indulgence or recruit a non-indulger to do the driving. Having been a victim of my own lack of good judgement in 1990, a highway patrolman pulled me, took me to jail and I had to pay quite a high price for two glasses of wine on an empty stomach. I was determined to go dancing after being ‘stood up’ by my dinner date and dancing partner. Of course, being a young woman, I didn’t think about eating, only about the dancing. Fortunately, my drunk driving hurt no one but myself. Though that was many years ago, I learned my lesson and thank God that I was spared hurting an innocent driver. Now, I embrace my Christian Brothers brandy in the privacy of my home and sometimes let the outside world know I am protecting them by simply getting high at home and dancing alone. I will never give up dancing or my brandy.