I know it, and very well. When I was 15, I almost lost my life by being on my back and unable to turn to the side whilst vomiting... I managed to get the vomit out instead of choking, somehow. I have also been through a DUI. Far from the worst night of my life though. Spent 24 hours in a confined space with 50 other folks and contracted a severe illness afterwards. A week later, I was riding my bike to the bar after losing my license. In other words, there have been many close calls with death, and I wonder if there is anyone out there like me, who just can't learn, or make it stick. Perhaps I'm just too weak to muddle through my realities, I don't know. I could write a novel about what I've been through. Things average people can't even imagine. I'd probably have been better off exposed to war, but yes... I get it. No excuse to drink, yet one is made... every time
