HI, as we all do sometimes, I had three beers, and decided to drive my friend to her home, which I know it was a mistake, especially my car had an expired sticker(waiting for the DMV sticker) and is quite old, a bargain for the cops to pull me over. That was the reason, I got pulled over.) I understand and accept my mistake and want to fix, and will do it for sure.
I want to fix this problem , I have never had any problems with the law, this was my first offense having drunk 3 coronas, I think it was just bad luck. I am a good student, work hard to achieve my goals, and love nursing.
It sounds to me that okay, I will go to classes DUI program everything, but 3 beers and then suddenly from night to day , you are a criminal, it's very funny to me this situation and at the same time scary.
PLease if anyone knows about the consequences , could you let me know?
once again, thanks a lot for your help, the nurses here have always been so good, I love this website.
HI, I want to thank all the nurses who took the time to advise and also to judge or crucify, that's okay. I mentioned before yeah, I made a wrong choice and will pay the consequences. I also will have a chance to learn a lesson in my life that's for sure. I am positive that nothing will stop me from achieving my goals, and yeah, I agree I should have known better, but it happened and now I have to face it.
In the state , I am in they evaluate case by case , and then after analizying your efforts and work , they make a decision. I will certainly work hard and prove to myself and them that I can be a great nurse, passionate, professional who can deal with this problem and work in the same manner as any reliable nurse would perform. For sure, since that day I cannot see a beer. Today, it was the last day of clinical my friends went out had some beers, and I had diet coke. It's gonna be a long process , and I know it was wrong. One thing is right many people die because of drinking, luckily I didn't cause any accidents and nothing happened, but it could have happened.
I know that it won't happen again because I cannot see myself driving and drinking, so people are right sometimes things must happen so you realize what you are doing, and fix them in the appropriate time. I also know that there are those ones who like to especulate and yeah never drive again, never become a nurse, never live again, all bla, bla, bla.
Yes the judgement was completely wrong,but there is a chance for improvement and learning, I know exactly the law, and will pay the price.
I wish you all the best, and please I do appreciate all opinions, I understand I am gonna get the ones that I might expect, that's okay, it's life, opinions should be discussed, and please for the ones who cannot have a good discussion , and try to do personal attacks, don't waste your time, get a life.
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I truly wish you the best. As you can see by the posts, nurses tend to eat their young. There is not one nurse here who has not done something they truly regret doing. Hopefully they learned from it, as you have
As you can see by the posts, nurses tend to eat their young.
I don't believe ANY of the nurses who responded to this post is an example of "nurses eating their young". I think they did an excellent job of posting what needed to be said. Yes, everyone regrets some past experience, but the posters here were commenting on the OP, not judging.
Since they did do an excellent job, I will spare you the lecture I originally wanted to post. I think you are truly a very lucky person in that there was no harm done to yourself, your friend or anyone else on the road. I represent one of the people who would have to cut your mangled body out of your mangled car. I also represent one of the officers who would have arrested you. I would have to be the one to contact your family and explain the situation to them (whether you are dead, alive and in the hospital or jail). That's not a part of my job I enjoy doing.
Good luck to you in your future and I hope that you have learned from your experience.
"I know it was wrong. One thing is right many people die because of drinking, luckily I didn't cause any accidents and nothing happened, but it could have happened."
I agree, you've grown from the experience. You're moving on, but not chalking it up as "bad luck".
"please for the ones who cannot have a good discussion , and try to do personal attacks, don't waste your time, get a life."
Still have some growing up to do my friend. (Don't we all.)
The only people who have never drank and drove are those who never drink.
The Veridican
Have I ever had a drink? Yes. Have I ever been drunk? Yes. Have I ever had a drink or been drunk and driven? No.
I lost a dear friend to a drunk driver who had "a couple beers" and would never consider anyone driving after ingesting any intoxicating substance of any amount making a minor mistake. The consequences are too great.
I hope this is a wake up call for you and you never repeat this behavior.
I truly wish you the best. As you can see by the posts, nurses tend to eat their young. There is not one nurse here who has not done something they truly regret doing. Hopefully they learned from it, as you have
The responses in this thread were NOT examples of nurses eating their young. These were responses from nurses who CARE about what they do and the patients they care for. They were responding to an incident.
I truly wish you the best. As you can see by the posts, nurses tend to eat their young. There is not one nurse here who has not done something they truly regret doing. Hopefully they learned from it, as you have
There is no "eating their young" in this thread.
And, yes, we all do things that we truly regret doing. But many of them involved breaking no laws, endangering no lives and we would accept the consequences posed, instead of crying over it, making excuses and trying to get around the legalities.
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I don't know about anyone else, but I still sense a lack of seriousness in the OP's attitude toward his crime. Makes me wonder what it takes for some people to 'get it'.......does society need to stomp on drunk drivers with both feet and send them all to prison for even a first offense? Revoke their drivers' licenses for life, and lock them up for 10 years if they drive without a license?
It's obvious, by the amount of alcohol-related death and destruction we see, that current laws are not enough to prevent drunks from driving. I'm sorry, but I have absolutely NO sympathy for anyone who gets behind the wheel after consuming alcohol........I myself am a recovering alcoholic (sober 13 years now) who was saved from drunk-driving charges, or far worse, only by the grace of God and incredibly good luck. But I still regret doing it, because it was wrong, wrong, wrong, and I can never go back and change it---thank God I never hurt or killed anyone. I would never have been able to live with myself if I had, so I know at least one life was saved by my decision to get and stay sober. I don't know if the OP has an alcohol problem, but I do know that minimizing this offense, blaming it on the police or the laws, or saying things along the line of "yeah, yeah, I got it" means that he DOESN'T get it.
'Nuff said. I've gotten in debates like this before, and I usually get ripped a new one by the people who always want to give drunk drivers 'another chance'.......and another.....and another....... :stone
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I am sorry, I am going to come across really nasty here----I have little sympathy for you. You tell all of this to people who have lost loved ones or friends to DUI drivers. Then complain here.
I am sorry, you do indeed have to pay a huge price for this mistake. But it did not "happen to you"; you made these certain choices and now you are lucky enough to live them them. You see, the *ultimate* price has sometimes been paid by other people who did nothing wrong but cross the path of drunk and drugged drivers. To me, the laws *CANNOT possibly* be stringent enough to stop this madness. Personally, if I have had one drink, I will not drive. Period. I have no way of knowing from one day to the next how much may be "too much", as I can metabolize alcohol differently at different times.
As nurses, we have to have good judgement, both on and off the job. So consider this a lesson toward that end.
I really do wish you well and hope you have learned your lesson. You were very lucky, if you ask me. The outcome could have been your own death or permanent injury or that of an innocent person in your path. Good luck to you.
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I don't know about anyone else, but I still sense a lack of seriousness in the OP's attitude toward his crime. Makes me wonder what it takes for some people to 'get it'.......does society need to stomp on drunk drivers with both feet and send them all to prison for even a first offense? Revoke their drivers' licenses for life, and lock them up for 10 years if they drive without a license?
It's obvious, by the amount of alcohol-related death and destruction we see, that current laws are not enough to prevent drunks from driving. I'm sorry, but I have absolutely NO sympathy for anyone who gets behind the wheel after consuming alcohol........I myself am a recovering alcoholic (sober 13 years now) who was saved from drunk-driving charges, or far worse, only by the grace of God and incredibly good luck. But I still regret doing it, because it was wrong, wrong, wrong, and I can never go back and change it---thank God I never hurt or killed anyone. I would never have been able to live with myself if I had, so I know at least one life was saved by my decision to get and stay sober. I don't know if the OP has an alcohol problem, but I do know that minimizing this offense, blaming it on the police or the laws, or saying things along the line of "yeah, yeah, I got it" means that he DOESN'T get it.
'Nuff said. I've gotten in debates like this before, and I usually get ripped a new one by the people who always want to give drunk drivers 'another chance'.......and another.....and another....... :stone
It's sad, but it's true that penalties aren't severe enough for some drivers. My father got a DUI about a year ago and as a first time offender, he had his license limited to driving to and form work and his treatment program. This is considered probation for a length of time, I don't know how long. He also had a large fine that was over $500 but less than $1000 (he wouldn't tell me) and of course, his car insurance went up. If he is caught driving with even .01 alcohol in his system, he is breaking probation and (supposedly) will lose his license completely for the duration of the probation.
He was not a first time offender, he was a first-time-got-caught. The money is not an issue to him and he still drives whenever and wherever he pleases. He limits how much he drinks before driving and my guess is that his level is way below the .08 legal limit, but I would guess it doesn't take much to reach a .01 level. When he was originally arrested, he had been caught not making a complete stop at a stop sign late at night in a non-busy area. Perhaps if the way he was caught was by hitting and injuring/killing someone he would take his penalties more seriously. As it is, he doesn't. It's this kind of DUI offender I have no respect for. He needs a stiffer penalty, IMHO, or he'll eventually become a second time offender (second-time-got-caught).
I'm sure some first time offenders completely recognize their wrongdoing and poor judgement and respectfully abide by the rules of their probation. It's these offenders that I feel should be allowed a second chance.
HI, I want to thank all the nurses who took the time to advise and also to judge or crucify, that's okay. I mentioned before yeah, I made a wrong choice and will pay the consequences. I also will have a chance to learn a lesson in my life that's for sure. I am positive that nothing will stop me from achieving my goals, and yeah, I agree I should have known better, but it happened and now I have to face it.
In the state , I am in they evaluate case by case , and then after analizying your efforts and work , they make a decision. I will certainly work hard and prove to myself and them that I can be a great nurse, passionate, professional who can deal with this problem and work in the same manner as any reliable nurse would perform. For sure, since that day I cannot see a beer. Today, it was the last day of clinical my friends went out had some beers, and I had diet coke. It's gonna be a long process , and I know it was wrong. One thing is right many people die because of drinking, luckily I didn't cause any accidents and nothing happened, but it could have happened.
I know that it won't happen again because I cannot see myself driving and drinking, so people are right sometimes things must happen so you realize what you are doing, and fix them in the appropriate time. I also know that there are those ones who like to especulate and yeah never drive again, never become a nurse, never live again, all bla, bla, bla.
Yes the judgement was completely wrong,but there is a chance for improvement and learning, I know exactly the law, and will pay the price.
I wish you all the best, and please I do appreciate all opinions, I understand I am gonna get the ones that I might expect, that's okay, it's life, opinions should be discussed, and please for the ones who cannot have a good discussion , and try to do personal attacks, don't waste your time, get a life.
:)
1- We're not crucifying you. Stop saying that.
2- I'm glad you've made the decision to grow from this and use this as a learning experience.
3- When you went out with your classmates, and they had beer, did you share with them your experience? Did you offer to be their DD? Don't let this happen to someone else! Could you imagine going to class next Monday and finding out one of those people is in an ICU, dead, or in jail because of MVC?
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I truly wish you the best. As you can see by the posts, nurses tend to eat their young. There is not one nurse here who has not done something they truly regret doing. Hopefully they learned from it, as you have