I drank/drugged and drove for 18 years, always aware that I was impaired, therefore being cool behind the wheel in order to avoid an accident. There were times on my 73 bonnie that I was so stoned or drunk or both that I had no business trying to walk much less ride. But I always got home safe. That is until I started drinking blended whiskey and blacking out. The result was a fractured back that reminds me every day of my stupidity and ignorance. They say the Lord takes care of children and fools. In those days I guess I was both. The wreck and broke back got me off booze. Nine months later (1-31-91) it was the Good Lord that got me off dope and changed a whole lot of my thinkin. I've been clean and sober ever since 91. I even quit cigarettes two years lster. I've got no use for alcohol or dope anymore.
Nowadays I ride because of the purity of ridin' and not because I got a good buzz and ridin' makes the buzz better. Drinkin and ridin bikes or drivin ain't cool or wise. Especially in todays society where the DUI/DWI laws and penalties are so harsh. The legal limits have been lowered in most states, and if you kill someone, the result of an accident and just bareley over the limit or s-faced, it is vehicular homicide and 10 to 20 years in the state penitentury in Mississippi.
Keep the rubber side down and the shiny side up! Happy Trails!
