Nobody can deny that partying is definitely a great part of college, but sometimes college students forget that they are not invincible when intoxicated. Being intoxicated with all your friends is all fun and games until someone decides they want to get behind the wheel and drive home.

I have a friend that loves to drink until he is blacked out every weekend. This happens very often and my friends and I are all used to it at this point. The problem with my friend getting really drunk is that he thinks he can still get behind a wheel and drive perfectly, well because he has done it multiple times. This causes some fights between the both of us because I do not condone drunk driving at all. His excuse when he tries to drive is, “I’m a good drunk driver”. This excuse makes me sick, no one should ever feel like he or she could even drink and drive and it be the right thing to do. At the end of nights like these, I fight with my friend to not get behind the wheel. After about a two-hour fight my friend finally gives me his keys and decides to listen to me.

Not only do I feel like my friend’s life is in danger every time he tries to get behind the wheel, but he is also endangering the lives of innocent people. Drinking and driving is so serious and after reading so many horrible articles about people dying I don’t ever want any of my friends involved in a situation like that, especially when I have the power to prevent it.