The holidays are a time of year for parties and social gatherings, and that's why the Texas Department of Transportation's annual holiday anti-drunk driving campaign is in full swing.
The campaign catch phrase is "Don't drive if you're tipsy, buzzed or Blitzen."

Two recent crashes into apartments in BCS drives home the message about the dangers of drunk driving.

Imagine...you're sitting at home, watching T.V., then before you know it, a truck comes crashing into your living room.
This is what some people are left with because of others driving while they're intoxicated.

"I was glad it happened over there and not over here because I couldn't imagine if my kitchen was destroyed," said Heather Malone, a College Station resident.

She has a lot more to worry about these days, now that she's a new mom.

Malone said, "I heard squealing tires...I could tell like, a car had hit something."

Baby Fallon's play time was interrupted when next-door neighbor, 53 year-old Pamela Paceley, crashed her car into an apartment brick wall off Longmire, in College Station.

"I couldn't believe it and then I saw what had happened and I was like, I cannot...this is insane, it's crazy," Malone added.

Paceley admitted to police she'd taken a prescribed muscle relaxer and drank two glasses of wine before running over this sign and two a/c units.

21 year-old Austin Hasten is charged with intoxicated assault after using hallucinogenic mushrooms and crashing his pickup into a unit at the West University Gardens Apartments, sending one resident to the hospital.
Both suspects have previous DWI charges.

Dr. Clint Cheng, with St. Joseph Health System, said, "It's becoming more of a problem because I think people are losing respect for medications and their potential side effects."

He hopes more people will start to respect what they put into their bodies.

"You're not going to realize that you are not capable of driving or operating heavy machinery or in some cases, even walking," added Cheng.

From the mangled units and cracked wall, it's easy to see the person in this car, was in no shape to drive.

Malone added, "We're just lucky."

In 2010, alcohol was a factor in at least 36% of the traffic fatalities in Texas.
So far this year, College Station has had 62 alcohol related accidents.
In Bryan there have been 45.