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A Life Changing Experience
Through out my life I somehow find myself being put into situations that just end up causing aggravation and pain to me and others around me. It just makes me wonder why they really had to happen but, I can honestly say these situations do teach me a few lessons. I always end up learning a couple things as I am going through them and also as time goes on after everything is over with. They help shape my views in life and how I will react to future situations. There have been many of these life changing situations, but this one experience with the police has cause a lot of headaches and mixed thoughts in my life. It has also affected many people around me and will be with me till I die. That night I got arrested for driving while drinking showed that I had to change to avoid myself from getting into a “big hole” in life. Everything started on a randomly Thursday night when close friends of mines called and invited me to eat join them at a local Flanigans restaurant. Since it was close to my house, it was no problem to go there to hang out and eat. My friend, Jonathan, had told me that everyone would be there around 8 pm and asked me to pick him up. I started to get ready around 7:30 so I could be at the restaurant on time. I decided to wear a nice black long sleeved shirt with dark blue pants. It looked casual yet pretty elegant. I checked myself out in the mirror. Then I headed out of my house to pick up Jonathan.
I got to Flanigans only about 15 minutes late and once I reached the table I saw 2 pitchers of beer already ordered and just sitting there waiting for us to drink them. I didn’t expect to drink this night, but 2 or 3 beers really wouldn’t do me much harm. Those 2 pitchers emptied out in a matter of minutes, so we decided to order a couple more. I was feeling buzzed from the several cups of beer I had consumed. This caused me to feel very awake and hyper and it inspired me to mention to my friends this nightclub I knew about.

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