Quote Originally Posted by fluffypuppy View Post
Lula...Drining and driving along with any other thing a person does that breaks the law is not a mistake. A mistake is something someone does on accident. A person who drives themseleves to the bar knowing they are going to drink and get drunk and knowing that they are going to have to drive home in that condition is not a mistake.
MISTAKE [mi-steyk] noun, verb, -took, -tak·en, -tak·ing.

1. an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.

2. a misunderstanding or misconception.

verb (used with object)

3. to regard or identify wrongly as something or someone else: I mistook him for the mayor.

4. to understand, interpret, or evaluate wrongly; misunderstand; misinterpret.

verb (used without object)

5. to be in error.

Idiom

6. and no mistake, for certain; surely: He's an honorable person, and no mistake.

Origin:
1300–30; Middle English mistaken (v.) < Old Norse mistaka to take in error.

Related forms
mis·tak·er, noun
mis·tak·ing·ly, adverb
un·mis·tak·ing, adjective
un·mis·tak·ing·ly, adverb

Drinking and driving IS A MISTAKE!