Acronyms like DUI are everywhere these days. We all know what most of them mean. But DUI is nothing to LOL about. It’s dangerous. DUI kills people, maims them for life; leaves families without fathers and mothers, or even children.

Don’t tell me you don’t know what DUI is. Driving Under the Influence. Usually, the influence is alcohol. Sometimes it means drugs. It means the driver is out of control. Some chemical force like booze or pot or coke has taken the wheel. That is truly stupid. Don’t you agree?

C’mon, GMTA. (Great Minds Think Alike.) We all know we can’t function normally when we’re DUI. For some people, that’s the whole point of drinking and drugging. They don’t want to be functioning normally. They want to hang loose, forget their troubles, and take a break.

We’d be better off taking a breather. Breathing relaxes us without all the chemicals that leave us out of control. Look that up. Try looking under “Breathwork” or “Holotropic Breathing” or “Conscious Connected Breathing.” Myself, I totally gave up those chemicals when I found that I could get just as high, actually higher, on simply breathing. Those yogis knew a thing or two about relaxation and stress relief, believe me. Check it out. Yoga’s another good idea, come to think of it.

But in the meantime, if you’re still drinking or drugging, the best thing you can do is to handle the question of who’s driving before anyone is out of control and stoned out of their minds. Yes, there’s still a reason they call it “dope.” We aren’t so smart once the stuff is in our systems. We know it. No matter how much we may be in denial, deep down, we know it could be stupid… and fatal!

What if your BF or GF wants to get behind the wheel and DUI? What do you do?

Take away the keys! And please do not get in the car.