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Somebody was telling me today that they were following a mutual acquaintance down the road on Saturday afternoon, and she was driving all over the place. They thought it was a little early in the day for her to have been drinking. I would almost definitely put it down to her reliance on solpadeine.

I lost my best friend to drink driving aged 18, and then I spent three years at agricultural college where it was common place and I watched another two friends die in drink driving incidents – people learn far too slowly from other people’s mistakes for some reason.

I’ve reported people before and I would again, it ruins people’s lives.

I dont see the point. Its just not worth the risk… even of you are safe (think you are?) if you get stopped or someone else causes an accident which you are involved in then you could lose so much.

Sidenote: does anyone else find that they fell funny drinking redbull or coke all night? I will quite happily not drink and be designated driver,…[Read more]

The best thing they did was lower the limit for drink driving in Scotland so that you really can’t have a drink at all without being over the limit so you can’t think a small drink will be ok. As I understand it, the only reason it isn’t zero is to allow for some medications which have small amounts of alcohol present. Driving the next morning is…[Read more]

@sar I agree – apart from Wayne Rooney and the like of course….
I really worry about those who either have no insight, or choose to ignore the warnings that some medications impair driving ability, placing themselves and in particular, others at risk.
Probably in a similar category, those who shouldn’t drink whilst taking certain medications (…[Read more]

I dont think as many people drink drive that same night but too many drive to work in the morning still absolutely plastered thinking that because they have had a few hours kip they will be fine.

I have never drank, never been drunk, never had a hang over. Whenever I go out with people from work they are always telling me to ‘just have one’ etc.…[Read more]

When the drink drive laws first came in, my parents took it as a personal affront!

Thankfully attitudes have changed. However I am amazed at how often I am pressed to have “just one” drink when I go out. I choose to drive instead of drinking. I don’t like late nights and I don’t like relying on taxis, so when I go out I will not drink at all,…[Read more]

A person I know of has been posting photos of her friend drinking port (although she says this lady was only pretending as it was a joke), whilst driving -couldn’t say how fast but background was blurred on the way to hunt ride. I was less than complimentary about said photo and got shot down. The following week she posts a picture of the driver,…[Read more]

I would report anyone I knew to be drink driving if I had tried and couldnt stop them.

I dont know anyone who would do either these days-did 20 years ago or so though.

I personally think there should be a ZERO drink/drive limit and have never an will never
drink/drive or drive the following morning if I drank over one unit or drank it late.

I’m so glad that you are beginning to feel a bit better. Sometimes when we are used to coping with everything that life throws at us, we can hardly believe that we have reached breaking point and don’t understand how ill we really are. It can take outsiders, such as the GP to give us ‘permission’ to be ill before we can stop for long enough to get…[Read more]

So glad the GP was good!
Glad you are going back in a week too. This means the GP wants to keep a close eye on you (and it doesn’t mean that he’ll be signing you fit for work next week). Sounds like he will support you to return to work when you are doing a lot better, and not before. Good!
Take care.

Hi all,
Thought I’d check in & update. GP was superb, could not have asked for someone to be more empathetic without feeling in the slightest bit patronising.

I think one of my biggest fears was that I would be made to feel like I was wasting their time. I didn’t at all,
It was very much ‘this is a horrible thing for you to go through, this…[Read more]

OP, I am sure your GP will sign you off but don’t dismiss the offer of medication if there is one. There is no shame in taking a low dose of ‘happy pills’. Indeed they may help you cope with the mundane things in life, like washing up, cooking etc, if you can get a handle on the small things the bigger ones are easier to cope with.

I am returning to work next week after several months absence. Quite similar to your own experience, I have a lot of stress going on at home, and was just keeping a lid on it. Got suspended at work ( and later cleared of any wrong doing) then another couple of events that in themselves weren’t too bad, but on top of everything else, it was too…[Read more]

That is a classic work related stress scenario. You do not need to be on medication to be signed off for as long as it takes to recover your Mo Jo. Write it all down for the GP as you will always forget bits then answer the questions truthfully. You will do yourself no favours by trying to be brave, if you cry that is OK they see it rather a lot.…[Read more]

Just tell your GP what has been going on and I’m sure they will sign you off without medication. Mine were very good and I was also offered CBT. There are times in life when it all just piles up and it becomes a challenge to do the simplest of things. Wishing you all the best.

I’ve just been signed off for 2 weeks. Partly as I had to increase a pain medication which will might make me drowsy and a bit out of it, but mainly because the GP is worried about my mental health. Different set of more tangible stressors in my case, but nonetheless it would seem its all just gotten too much for me to cope with and I need a bit…[Read more]