A Scary Night on the Road—Halloween DUI

Halloween pumpkins

In October of 2012 I finally got the reality check I needed. I, along with many other college students, spent way too much time drinking and having fun than actually going to class and paying attention. In my sophomore year of college, I developed a really bad drinking problem I hadn’t known at the time it was a problem but I soon would.

When I was in my drunken slumber I did not have a care in the world for myself, my school; work, or even my cheerleading team. I would even go to my cheerleading functions tipsy or hung over from the night before.

My last straw was when my friends and I were picking out Halloween costumes and deciding when and where we were going to party. We had picked out a really popular bar that had tons of people and a huge costume contest. So we all got decked out for Halloween night and headed out we had the time of our lives, shots were being passed around like candy and the drinks never stopped.

It finally started getting late so we all loaded up and got ready to leave, I was in the driver’s seat of my truck. I pulled out of the bar and immediately started swerving, being as drunk as I was I hadn’t seen the cop that I passed when pulling out. He pulled me over before I could even make it to the next block. The officer walked up knowing we had just left the bar and wanted me to do a sobriety test. I was just completely honest with him and told him I wouldn’t pass anyways so I got put in handcuffs and put in the back of the officers’ vehicle.

I watched as my friends all called someone sober to come pick them up. I was taken to jail and they all went free. I sat in the detox tank by myself I had a lot of time to think and that is when I realized this could ruin my life. It was my bad decisions that got me in jail and it would be my decision on how I handled my life from then on.

I had to pay my fines and go to DUI classes and drive with a breathalyzer in my car for 2 years. I realized how lucky I was that I didn’t kill someone that night driving. I am thankful I got that reality check before my drinking problem turned into something worse.

This is how alcoholism starts and for others, it doesn’t end but becomes a lifestyle.

Since my experience with the police that night I have completely turned my life around. I now surround myself with positive people that respect my family once had for me. I also now have a strong relationship with my fiancé and we both feel that we can now move forward with the wedding planning. I plan on going back to school in spring to finish my degree, getting a career started on the right path, and getting my own family started. I wouldn’t have had all this and more if I had kept going down the wrong path of alcohol and addiction.

Here at Narconon Arrowhead we care about and want to help others. If you or a loved one are seeking help contact us today at (855) 646-8505.

A.H.Narconon Arrowhead Staff Member

AUTHOR

Magan Kilgore

I am a 27 year old mother who loves to help people in many different ways. I truly believe in my heart, god put me on this earth to be a loving, caring, and a helping person.

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