On assignment: I was drunk but not driving
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Marysville Police Sgt. Chris Sachs administers a field sobriety test to Appeal-Democrat reporter Rob Parsons for a first-person article addressing the issue of DUI Thursday, December 27, 2012 in Marysville.
Chris Kaufman/Appeal-Democrat
On assignment: I was drunk but not driving.
The Breathalyzer readout said I was going to jail. At .095 percent, I was legally drunk.
I was glad I wasn't driving, and this was only a test.
My assignment was to impair my own judgment. Have a few drinks on the clock, my editors said.
It was a fantastic assignment.
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