Drinking: A Short Story

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One, two, three, then finally, four. She had consumed 48 ounces of beer, each being 5% alcohol. That is roughly 2.4 ounces of straight alcohol. Enough for you to lose majority of the control over all of your body. Especially for Gia, a 120lb girl. Gia was the mom of two loving children, and a husband named Dan.
It all started when Gia and a few of her friends decided to go out for the night. The sun was just setting when the alcohol was brought out. Gia had never messed with alcohol, except for occasional drinks here, and there. So Gia decided to just have one beer, occasionally taking a sip every now and then. Before she even realized what she was doing, she had already opened another one. At that point she had started feeling oozy, but couldn't make herself put the beer down.
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She stood in wonder as she had no clue where she was. Looking around all there was, were miles, and miles of trees. She looked at a near by tree with blood running down it from where her head was proped up against it. She felt behind her head only to feel a pool of blood running down the back of her head. She ripped off one of her sleaves, and tied it around the back of her head, wraping just around the top of her eyes so she could see. Gia tried as hard as she could to remember what had happend the night before, and how she had ended up where she was now, but nothing. All she could do was walk, and hope.
Twenty-three miles, and six hours later she finally came upon a dirt road. Gia had almost lost hope, but she had to figure out which way to go. Having no clue, she went with her gut instinct telling her to go right. Six more hours later, she had walked her way upon a city named Waring. She knew what town it was, but she knew what town it was, but she could remember how far it was away from her home town. She thought to herself for a good 30 minutes realizing that she is not going to figure out anything

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