WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT
A local mother irrationally went through a raft of scenarios in her head moments ago.
The young mum of 2 has stayed true to her pledge not to drink during the month of October so far, notching up day number 19 today.
However, despite not having had an alcoholic beverage in nearly three weeks, Mahlia Vincent (29) was still shitting bricks waiting for the police to breathalyse her.
Sitting on the side of the road on the corner of Silver Street in Betoota’s CBD, Vincent couldn’t help but feel the butterflies bouncing around the lining of her stomach.
“Had anything to drink today mam?” asked the officer bored out of his brains on a Friday afternoon.
“Um, no I’m actually doing Ocsober,” said Vincent, chalking up another opportunity to tell someone about her incredible sacrifice and willpower.
“Good on you. You should be fine then” said the officer not caring in the slightest about her efforts.
After the results came back, and Vincent, as was to be expected, had a blood alcohol result of zero, she spoke to our reporters.
“I don’t know, every time I get pulled over it shakes me. I’ve never actually been pinged for driving under the influence, but I always get so nervous,” she said.
“God knows how much of a mess I’d be if I actually was touch and go during the count to 10.”
“I’ve always been like that though. It’s irrational. Like back in the glory days, I’d still be freaking out whenever I saw the dogs at Festys, even though I’d always dropped them already anyway,” she said.
“Just one of those things you know.”
