Alcohol

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Heisenberg, Jul 21, 2013.

  1. DrtyDiesel

    DrtyDiesel Road Train Member

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    What's wrong with that? As long as they're not going out, drinking that 6-pack, then driving I don't see much issue with it.


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  3. Big_jon

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    If alchohol and nicotine's a drug for man to use then I see why I could call my wife " The white girl."If I had one.
     
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  4. DrtyDiesel

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    Some people don't want to spend the extra money. You can buy a 6-pack of bud light at the pilot for $7-8. Or go to a bar and spend $15 for a 6 pack at $2.50/beer.

    I'm talking about $2.50/beer bottle. I went to a bar and they didn't have bud light on draft. So I had to buy bottles.


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  5. Heisenberg

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    Well, how many 6 packs does it take to say "screw it time to go truckin'"? If the engine was stayed stuck, then fine. But anyone who has ever drank a drop knows what happens when you get the alcohol balls.
     
  6. Wanderingaimlessly

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    A drug is a substance which may have medicinal, intoxicating, performance enhancing or other effects when taken or put into a human body or the body of another animal and is not considered a food or exclusively a food.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug
     
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  7. Heisenberg

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    It's funny, cocaine is probably safer than alcohol. You can OD on both, but alcohol withdraw can and does kill people. It is most definitely a drug.
     
  8. DrtyDiesel

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    Yeah I know what you mean. I guess I'm thinking, if you're out of hours or doing a reset and have enough sense to care about your job then you wouldn't go driving your truck. No matter how drunk you were, I used to be a corrections deputy in a county jail, my fear of being arrested keeps me from doing anything stupid while drinking. Unless I black out, but I only drink that much when I'm on home time.

    I used to drink and drive as a teenager, but after getting my CDL I don't even think about it, I only drink at home when on home time since its cheaper and you don't have to worry about getting home


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  9. DrtyDiesel

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    I'm inclined to agree with you on that part, also in the jail when drunks came in we had to keep a close eye on them when they were coming off their drunk stupor. Usually lots of water and close medical observation


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  10. ncmickey

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    If someone cant figure out that alcohol is a drug, no definition I post will convince you. You take sugar or grain, put it through a process and it becomes an intoxicant.

    Just like if you take a poppy plant, put it through a process, and it becomes herion, morphine, ect

    or the Coca plant, put it through a process and it becomes cocaine

    sometime just using the plant intoxicates you, like marajauna, or tobacco
     
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  11. Heisenberg

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    Yeah I read about this kid that was drinking about 20 beers a day, had enough of it and quit. He had a seizure 2 days in I think. Burned out his retinas and left him blind.

    Alcohol is not only a drug but a serious problem when you get that deep in it.
     
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