Maddie

I don't use mouthwash with alcohol in it. I won't take NyQuil if it has alcohol in it. I don't even want to go there because I already know myself and I already know... I love that feeling. So I'm just not even. Stay away. Yeah. Like, let's not go there. My first DUI at 19. I so I left the bar and I remember dropping my car keys and picking them back up and dropping them a second time.

I don't use mouthwash with alcohol in it. I won't take NyQuil if it has alcohol in it. I don't even want to go there because I already know myself and I already know... I love that feeling. So I'm just not even. Stay away. Yeah. Like, let's not go there. My first DUI at 19. I so I left the bar and I remember dropping my car keys and picking them back up and dropping them a second time.

And I remember being like, I feel messed up. So I went back and I was like, can somebody take me home or like, can somebody call me a cab? Because back then it was 2012. So Uber was out, but it wasn't what it is now. Like, I don't. Nobody had it on their phone. Sure, I could have called a taxi. I'm so sorry. But I do remember going back and asking everybody, can you bring me home?

And I remember being like, I feel messed up. So I went back and I was like, can somebody take me home or like, can somebody call me a cab? Because back then it was 2012. So Uber was out, but it wasn't what it is now. Like, I don't. Nobody had it on their phone. Sure, I could have called a taxi. I'm so sorry. But I do remember going back and asking everybody, can you bring me home?

Can you call me something? And I can pay you back tomorrow. Because I was also broke. So I didn't have money for a taxi. So I was like, I'll pay you back tomorrow when I'm done with my shift. And everybody was like, no, no, no. You're fine. Just go. And so I just went. I lived in a couple cities down the road. It took me about 30 minutes to get home. I...

Can you call me something? And I can pay you back tomorrow. Because I was also broke. So I didn't have money for a taxi. So I was like, I'll pay you back tomorrow when I'm done with my shift. And everybody was like, no, no, no. You're fine. Just go. And so I just went. I lived in a couple cities down the road. It took me about 30 minutes to get home. I...

do not remember this, so this is all told to me. Whenever I was found for my DUI, I was driving westbound on eastbound I-30, so I was driving the wrong way on a major highway in Texas. Um, I had clipped another car, um, just a random like truck driver. This is also at four in the morning. Cause like I said, I had just gotten off the bar at two and went across the street. So I clipped another car.

do not remember this, so this is all told to me. Whenever I was found for my DUI, I was driving westbound on eastbound I-30, so I was driving the wrong way on a major highway in Texas. Um, I had clipped another car, um, just a random like truck driver. This is also at four in the morning. Cause like I said, I had just gotten off the bar at two and went across the street. So I clipped another car.

He was not injured. Um, and I wasn't going very fast. I 35 miles an hour. And this is all in the police report. So like I said, this is not my recollection of anything. Um, and so I had clipped him, he had pulled aside and cars had already been calling about me driving the wrong way, but I just wasn't going very fast. Um, and then a police car came and hit me head on.

He was not injured. Um, and I wasn't going very fast. I 35 miles an hour. And this is all in the police report. So like I said, this is not my recollection of anything. Um, and so I had clipped him, he had pulled aside and cars had already been calling about me driving the wrong way, but I just wasn't going very fast. Um, and then a police car came and hit me head on.

But again, I was not going fast, um, hit me head on to make me stop. Cause I was not stopping. Um, And then whenever they opened the car door, I had peed myself and threw up on myself. They took me to the hospital because they thought that I had been drugged. I had no drugs in my system. I was literally just that fucked up. And back then, I didn't smoke pot. I didn't do anything.

But again, I was not going fast, um, hit me head on to make me stop. Cause I was not stopping. Um, And then whenever they opened the car door, I had peed myself and threw up on myself. They took me to the hospital because they thought that I had been drugged. I had no drugs in my system. I was literally just that fucked up. And back then, I didn't smoke pot. I didn't do anything.

I literally just drank. And so they took me to the hospital to find out everything because I was obviously not in good shape. The cop actually followed the ambulance and stayed with me in the hospital until the hospital workers told her that I was like stable and good. So like, it's so sweet. And I, I, again, feel so lucky. Like nobody was hurt. I don't condone drunk driving. That's terrible.

I literally just drank. And so they took me to the hospital to find out everything because I was obviously not in good shape. The cop actually followed the ambulance and stayed with me in the hospital until the hospital workers told her that I was like stable and good. So like, it's so sweet. And I, I, again, feel so lucky. Like nobody was hurt. I don't condone drunk driving. That's terrible.

And I don't look back on this story with like, any sort of proud moment or like to boast about it ever. I tell this story so that others can learn hopefully from my mistakes and not make those. There was plenty of times where I could have not gotten in that car and I thought about it so much that I turned around. So obviously I just needed to follow my intuition, but Hindsight's 20-20.

And I don't look back on this story with like, any sort of proud moment or like to boast about it ever. I tell this story so that others can learn hopefully from my mistakes and not make those. There was plenty of times where I could have not gotten in that car and I thought about it so much that I turned around. So obviously I just needed to follow my intuition, but Hindsight's 20-20.

So I woke up in the hospital and I found out what, you know, everything I'd done. And the nurse is the one who told me, like not the police officer. And there was a little like yellow ticket paper for your DWI, like sitting on the side, like on top of all my stuff. And, um, my clothes are wet. Like I was still in the clothes from the night before. Um, and I just called my boyfriend at the time.

So I woke up in the hospital and I found out what, you know, everything I'd done. And the nurse is the one who told me, like not the police officer. And there was a little like yellow ticket paper for your DWI, like sitting on the side, like on top of all my stuff. And, um, my clothes are wet. Like I was still in the clothes from the night before. Um, and I just called my boyfriend at the time.

I was like, can you please come get me? Like, I didn't really know what was going on. Also my BAC for that one was a 0.28. Um, Um, and 0.07 is legal limit, you know, uh, 0.3, they say you are dealing with, uh, toxicity to death. Um, so I was, you know, very intoxicated. I didn't really know. I knew the severity of everything whenever I woke up, but I didn't I don't know.

I was like, can you please come get me? Like, I didn't really know what was going on. Also my BAC for that one was a 0.28. Um, Um, and 0.07 is legal limit, you know, uh, 0.3, they say you are dealing with, uh, toxicity to death. Um, so I was, you know, very intoxicated. I didn't really know. I knew the severity of everything whenever I woke up, but I didn't I don't know.