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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Next time you see someone who's had more than a single drink and they have car keys in their hand with intent to drive, slap them. punch them. snitch to the police on them. no one should have to through what Guy, Jane, Meredith, Katie, and Kristen Gaudreau must be going through right now.
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Yup - that’s my feel too. We all say we would or want to do that; but how many act on it, and do it to a friend that try’s to sway them into doing it?
I’ve been in the situation a few times before. Younger me wasn’t forceful enough. Luckily, nothing came of it.
A few years ago I dug in my heels. My friend was pretty ruthless in the moment and really upset with me. A few other friends didn’t want to get into the middle of it. Stuck my ground. Waited an hour for his gf to pick him up. Yelled at me the whole time. We didn’t talk for 6 months.
He reached out to me eventually, apologized for his behaviour, and thanked me for preventing a bad decision. He was embarrassed in hindsight and why he wouldn’t talk to me. Guy is a really young, smart, successful young man with loads of upside. Good kind heart when sober. He looks up to me now as a mentor of sorts (I’m about 10 years older than him).
It’s one of my proudest moments and love seeing what’s come out of it. Gives me the courage and conviction to stand the ground in these situations.
You think about what happened to Johnny and Matthew. 1 in a million. Billion. I don’t know. But it hurts to know how much was lost over something so silly and preventable. In my situation, my actions probsbly did not prevent anything serious. But damn, what if they did? You never know.
Don’t take the chance. It’s too important. If your friend is mad or resents you as a consequence, well, then that’s there issue. But we’ve all seen this happen and it’s just not worth it.
Take action. Stand up. Lead by example. You just never know when the 1 in a million happens, and I don’t find to find out.
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