*Read theintroduction first, then read your friend's dialogue, and choosethree responses from the (32) below as appropriate response to whatthe said:
Dealing withDrunken Friends
Whether anight ends safely for all concerned, or disastrously, often dependson what people say to each other and themselves at crucial momentsin the night. The purpose of this dialogue is to give you practiceand rehearsal at making life-enhancing and life-preserving commentsto friends who are determined to drive home after drinking. Even ifyou are unsuccessful at keeping them from driving, saying thingslike those on the list you’ve been given would at least hopefullyhelp you stand your ground and take care of yourself. If you can’tsave others, at least save yourself. Use the responses below foreach statement your friend makes, once you have used a response youmay not use it again.
1. ____I wantevery one of us to get home safely tonight
2. ____I’msure kids who got into accidents said the same things
3. ____I’msure kids who got killed thought the same kinds ofthings
4.____I don’twant any of us to get hurt or killed driving hometonight
5.____I don’twant any of us to die on some country road tonight
6.____I’m notgoing to worry about what my parents might do
7.____I don’tthink anything they‘d do would be that big a deal
8.____I’llsurvive anything my parents could possibly do to me
9.____I’vesurvived grounding before and I’ll survive it again
10.____I’m notgoing to let what they might do scare me into driving
11.____I’drather my parents find out from me than from ahospital
12.____I don’twant my parents getting that call that all parentsdread
13.____I won’tput my parents through what others have been through
14.____I knowI’m important to them even if they don’t always showit
15.____I knowno matter how upset they get, they wouldn’t want to loseme
16.____I thinkwe blew it by not selecting a designated driver before
17.____I’mready to take whatever’s coming to me for drinking
18.____I’drather deal with my parents than deal with beingparalyzed
19.____I don’twant to be responsible for anyone getting hurt orkilled
20.____I’drather take my chances with my parents than with anaccident
21.____I don’twant to end up like kids who got hurt or killeddriving
22.____I’mgoing to do what I think is best for us no matter what
23.____I don’twant to lose someone just to avoid getting intotrouble
24.____I don’twant to end up going to someone’s funeral because ofthis
25.____I don’twant us to become another statistic of drunk driving
26.____I don’twant to make the same mistakes other kids have made
27.____I wouldnever want our parents to have to identify our bodies
28.____I knowI can’t make you do anything, I can only ask you to
29.____I knowyou can do whatever you want and I can’t stop you
30.____I don’twant to end up in an emergency room tonight
31.____I thinkwe made a mistake by drinking when we had to drive
32.____I don’twant to make an even bigger mistake by trying to drive
Read the segment then choose 3 answers for eachquestion