"I don't care, hand on the wheel, driving drunk, I'm doing my thing."

Some of you may recognize that quote from Kid Cudi's track Pursuit of Happiness. In a shallow context, this line appears to condone, if not promote, drunk driving. A lot of song lyrics can be found that support and glamorize drunk driving.

Let me assure you of one thing: there is nothing less glamorous.

I have seen it affect my family, I've seen it affect my friends, and I've seen how it can affect complete strangers. In fact, that is what upsets me the most. Do what you must to yourself, but how can you place complete strangers, people just trying to commute home or to work, in danger?

By assuming the wheel when you are intoxicated, you are playing god. You take the importance of getting back before curfew, getting to a party, or getting in trouble, ahead of the safety.

The moment I got my license my parents began drilling into me, "Just call us. We won't be angry; we will be happy that you were responsible enough to ask for help." That's obviously not true. If you lied to your parents about where you were going, got drunk at a party, and now can't drive home, they'd be mad.

You know what would be worse, though? Them getting a call at 2 am in the morning from a hospital telling them that there was a car crash, your friends and you (and possibly strangers) are injured (or worse,) and it's your fault.

Accidents happen. Getting a DUI doesn't make you an awful person. I know amazing people who have gotten DUIs. Some of them were able to move past it, hell, Justin Bieber dropped a $50,000 plea, did community service and here we all are vibin' to Purpose and praising him. However, we're not all Justin Bieber. He got pulled over before something worse happened. Others I know were not so fortunate, and their endings were fatal.

All I plead is that as the holidays come around, ubers and shuttles aren't a part of our lives, and parties are planned: you choose differently. Choose to spend the night, choose to elect a designated driver, choose to call your parents. Just please, choose anything other than drunk driving, because that's really, really, not cool

P.S.: "When I’m singing about driving drunk on 'Pursuit of Happiness' on MOTM, you may remember that it was a nightmare. It was meant to be scary, the craziness, the fact that this person chooses to look for happiness in substances; and that’s scary, that’s a terrible combination, that’s a terrible way to go about things." –Kid Cudi