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OK THIS WAS MY SENIOR YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS 17 YEARS OLD. I WAS OUT WITH MY FRIENDS BOBBY, ROD, MIKE, JEFF & JOYCE. IT WAS A FRIDAY NIGHT AND WE WERE GOING TO DRINK, JOYCE & I WERE DRINKING VODKA, AS USUAL, AND AS ALWAYS WE LET BOBBY MIX OUR DRINKS. HE ALWAYS HAD WHAT WE WANTED BEFORE HE PICKED US UP. WE STOP THE CAR AT THE LOCAL 7-11 AND SOME ONE RAN IN PROBALLY TO GET 'BUTTS AND THE BIG CUPS. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND MOST OF THIS NIGHT IS FOGGY TO ME. SO AS BOBBY MIXED OUR DRINKS, I DO KNOW THAT ABOUT 3/4 OF THE 5TH OF VODKA WERE IN MY CUP (I DIDN'T LEARN THIS TILL THE NEXT DAY WHEN I SAW WHAT WAS LEFT IN THE BOTTLE) A COUPLE OF CUBES OF ICE AND A HINT OF OJ FOR COLOR. WELL OFF WE ALL WENT IN THE CAR TO OUR LOCAL HANGOUT A FEW CITY'S OVER. I DO KNOW THE RIDE THERE WAS ONLY 7 MINUTES, WE TIME IT ALL THE TIME SO WE WEREN'T LATE FOR CURFEW. WELL BY THE TIME WE ARRIVE AT OUR DESTINATION, 7 MINUTES LATER.......MY CUP WAS EMPTY. I DO REMEMBER AT SOME POINT CHATTING WITH ROD THIS WAS ONLY THE SECOND TIME I HAD MET HIM. I AT SOME POINT THAT EVENING INVITED MYSELF TO HIS PROM.
WELL I DO HAVE TO SAY THANKS TO BOBBY & ROD BECAUSE MY FAVORITE THING TO DO WAS TO LAY ON THE ROOF OF CARS BACK THEN (NOT WHILE THEY WERE DRIVING) BUT THEY DECIDED THAT IT WOULD BE FUN TO SEE IF I COULD WALK. THEY PROCEEDED TO DRAG ME UP AND DOWN THE STREET, I KNOW I WASN'T WALKING. BUT I'M SURE THAT IF THEY HADN'T DONE THIS I PROBALLY WOULD HAVE DIED RIGHT THERE FROM ALCOHOL POISONING. WELL ANYWAY, SO WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GO HOME, I MANAGED TO SIT IN THE BACK SEAT WITH ROD AND PASS OUT FACE DOWN IN HIS LAP. YES MY FACE WAS RIGHT THERE. NO I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING AT ALL, I WAS STILL A GOOD GIRL THEN, I HAD BARELY EVEN KISSED A BOY AT THIS POINT. I BARELY REMEMBER THE RIDE HOME, I HAVE FLASHES OF WHAT HAPPENED. I DO REMEMBER WHEN I GOT DROPPED OFF ONLY BOBBY & MIKE WERE IN THE CAR.

NOW JUST TO GIVE YOU INFO BEFORE I TELL THIS THE REST OF THIS STORY. WE LIVE ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF A HOUSE AND THERE WAS AN ENTIRE FLIGHT OF STAIRS BEFORE YOU GOT TO OUR FRONT DOOR. ALSO MY PARENTS USED TO WORK NIGHTS, SO THE WERE NEVER HOME WHEN I GOT THERE, I JUST HAD TO CALL HER (THIS WAS BEFORE CELL PHONES) AND TELL HER I WAS HOME SAFELY.

OK SO NOW I GET OUT OF THE CAR AND ATTEMPT TO WALK UP THE FRONT STAIRS. I DIDN'T REMEMBER THAT THEY TURNED SO I WALKED DIRECTLY INTO THE HOUSE. I SOME HOW MADE IT UP TO THE DOOR, GOT IT OPENED GOT IN THE HOUSE AND REALIZED THEY WERE HOME. I GOT UP TO OUR APARTMENT, STEPPED IN TO OUR DINING ROOM (WHICH I NEVER WENT IN TO) LOOKED AT THEM AND TOLD THEM I HAD TO GO TO BED I HAD TO BE IN WORK IN 12 HOURS. ITS WAS 11:00PM. THE ONLY TIME I'VE EVER BEEN IN BED BY 11 IS IF I HAVE BEEN UP ALL NIGHT THE NIGHT BEFORE.

WELL AT THIS POINT THEY FIGURED OUT SOMETHING WAS WRONG, BUT LET ME BE. I WENT TO BED. NO ONE EVER TOLD ME YOUR NOT SUPPOSE TO LAY DOWN!!! NOW I'M DIZZY AND THIRSTY. I SOME HOW MADE IT TO THE KITCHEN TO GET WATER, AND ON THE WAY BACK I HAD TO PEE. I SPENT THE NEXT 4 HOURS WITH MY ASS ON THE TOILET AND MY HEAD IN THE SINK. MY MOTHER DID MAKE SURE I DIDN'T DIE & SHE DECIDED THAT HANGOVER I WAS GOING TO HAVE WAS PUNISHMENT ENOUGH.

I WAS HUNG OVER FOR 4 DAYS!!!!!!
DID I MENTION I WORKED MC DONALDS DRIVE THROUGH AND OUR MANAGER WAS VERY STRICK ABOUT HAVING PEOPLE AT THE WINDOW ONLY 30SECONDS??? JOYCE AND I WERE THE FASTEST TEAM THERE SO WEEKENDS DRIVE THROUGH WAS OURS. MY MOTHER WAS THE ONE IF I COULD STILL GET AIR IN TO MY LUNGS I WAS GOING TO SCHOOL NEVER MIND WORK. SO OFF TO WORK I WENT.

THAT WAS IN THE BEGINNING OF 1988. TO THIS DAY, I HAVE NEVER TOUCHED VODKA AGAIN. AND I HAVE NEVER CALLED IN SICK FOR WORK. I GUESS THERE WAS A LESSON LEARNED THERE. SOMEWHERE.