Have a few times. Never been close to being caught. Of the half dozen or so times they were all only a few blocks and when I was younger. A friend of mine got a DUI and it really sucked for her. I smartened up when I got older and haven't done it in several years.
I did get in a single vehicle accident (hit a curb) when I was 20, after a Flames game when I'd have 2 or 3 beers. The cops didn't even show up, it was 3am in Brentwood on a Saturday night after a Flames game, so I didn't have to blow or anything. I don't think I was over but just the experience of it scared me off drinking and driving anymore.
Worst occasion was after my cousin's b-day, I drove us home about 2 blocks, downhill in the middle of winter. There were no turns, just out of the parking lot and straight down the road. I was pretty hammered but I remember vividly doing it so I wasn't blacked. To this day I haven't been able to explain to my parents, or my Aunt how my car was at his house in the morning when I clearly drove to the pub. I think they know and that too has scared me a lot because being chastised is as scary for me as anything.
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