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In hindsight, I probably spent too much time drinking with my friends.

I didn't have a car or a cell phone, and I lived on the outskirts of town.

It was a 45-minute walk-down town.

The town I live in is generally a very safe place. It is a wealthy, well-to-do community,

so walking home alone at night after drinking was nothing that bothered me, other than the actual walking.

It was a Tuesday night, and that meant pints were cheap, so I wouldn't say I was completely

wasted, but I certainly was more than tipsy.

Instead of walking home along the sidewalk where I feared I'd be picked up by the police

for being drunk in public, I decided to take the bike path that ran along the train

tracks. This meant the walk would take longer, but much safer, and less likely I would run

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