Drunk Driving
I had another LEAP yesterday. It was about drunk driving. The guy that came and talked to us was named Mark something. He started out asking, "How many of you have ever done anything stupid when you were drunk?" Most everyone raised their hand, and there were a lot of giggles. "How many of you have ever driven 100 miles per hour?" Hands were raised again. "How many of you are going to be the first in your family to graduate college?" A couple people raised their hands. "How many of you have ever made a video tape of you and your friends being stuipd?" Lots of hands, and lots of laughter. These questions went on a little bit longer, they were all pretty funny. Then he said, "How many of you have ever killed your three best friends?" He raised his hand. Complete silence.
He told us about the video he and his four friends made the on the last night of their spring break of their senior year of college. He encouraged us to laugh at their drunken dancing, and their stupidity, because that's why they made the video. He started the video and stepped out of the room. There was no designated driver that night, and they almost made it home. After the video there was a slide show. It showed the car they were driving. It was half the size it started out as. There was a picture of the 200 yard wreck scene. It looked like a plane had crashed there was so much stuff everywhere. He stepped back into the room wearing an orange jumpsuit. He told us about the wreck, about how he killed three of his closest friends. How the one that lived will never speak to him again. He told us how he was in a coma for two weeks, and when he woke up the police came. The next picture on the screen was his mug shot, laying in a hospital bed. He spent the next three years in a high security prison. He will be on probation until 2016. He was going to be the first person in his family to graduate college, instead he was the first in prison.
I don't drink, and don't plan on it, but this really drove the point home. It was a very moving program, and I'm glad I got to go.