Women at work and their tips, challenges, advice, complaints, and experiences

Spring break student revelers average 18 drinks per day for boys, 10 for girls, according to life family education.  It wasn't that long ago when I was on the beach in Nassau, Bahamas, sipping my "sex on the beach" alcoholic beverage, without a care in the world.  A group of us saved our money, and headed out for our college Spring Break trip, junior year.  Not all of us were 21, but in the Bahamas, as well as other popular non U.S. destinations, drinking age is 18.

Our second night there, we met up with the group of guys we went down there with from school.  We started at the casino, had some drinks, then headed out to the night clubs.  Well, in transition from one club to the next, we lost one of the guys.  In our intoxicated state, we all came to the conclusion he must have taken a taxi back to the hotel because one of the other guys in the group said he was with our missing member in the bathroom and he was sick.

So, we all conclude he must be fine and continue to the next club.  So in route home for the evening at about 3 a.m., we saw something that changed the rest of our lives.  We saw our friend, stumbling down the street, barely conscious, covered in blood.  He was walking with two college students we didn't know, who said they saw him get thrown from a cab, and the driver sped off.  Due to his severe brain injury, our friend wasn't able to clearly tell us what happened, only that the cab driver stole his money and his watch.  Today, our friend is 30, lives at home with his parents, is totally dependent upon his parents, and bags groceries at the local store because that is the only type of job he can hold due to his brain injury.

We all think it can't happen to us, we're indestructible, but I'm here to tell you it can happen to anyone.  Even if your child is responsible, never caused any problems, gets excellent grades, it can still happen.

So before you hand your kids the money to go have fun in the sun, visit go florida, to go over some good safety reminders, such as be sure to lock the door, don't go on the balcony if you're drinking, always travel in pairs, and remember to stay hydrated with other liquids than alcohol.  Don't let them say, "Yeah mom I know, I know," and blow it off, because knowledge is power, and being prepared could save their life!