Drug Action Week - Day 4 - The Reality of Alcohol

Larry continues our journey of awareness,,,,,

Lives shattered
The young female said to me “I’ve seen all the adds on television but when you are actually watching a real person flying through the air twenty metres after being hit by the car it’s different”.
There were two ambulances, about six police cars and about twenty emergency services personnel at the scene. Cars blocked the streets, sirens wailed, crowds gathered.
(This was a real incident, the quotes are real)
Six young females were shaking and not just from the cold winter night, some in tears, but all in disbelief at what just happened. When asked they all had a bit to add to describe the incident they had just witnessed, emotionally, tearfully, shaking their heads some were saying “I don’t know how it happened, it just did, it all happened so fast.”
Wandering around, pacing up and down the footpath in varying degrees of shock trying to understand their feelings, trying to gather their thoughts and make sense of what had just happened.

In an instant
§ one man seriously injured in hospital, his life changed
§ one innocent car driver emotionally shattered.
§ A dozen young people, witnesses, shocked to the very core of their personal reality.

Alcohol impairs judgement.