Drinking and Driving doesn't just affect you

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Drunk Driving Doesn’t Just Affect You We could never have imagined that in a few short seconds our lives would be changed forever My parents were driving drunk that night They lost custody of us forever… But the damage was permanent My brother died a year later from severe head trauma My sister was unharmed, But I was crippled for life…

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We could have never guessed what was to happen in just a few short seconds…

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My parents were driving drunk that night They were fined and lost custody of us forever But the damage was permanent

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My brother died a month later from severe head trauma

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My sister was unharmed, But I was crippled for life.

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The two of us were sent to a foster home

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2 years later my sister was adopted I never saw her again

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I’m now 14 years old and still in a foster home. I cannot walk and haven’t seen any of my family in 6 years.

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I often wonder what life would be like if my parents never got drunk that night But I guess I’ll never really know

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But I guess I’ll never really know In 2006, 202,226 Canadians were injured or killed in drunk driving accidents, many of whom were innocent bystanders. So remember, Drunk Driving doesn’t just affect you