Thank you for the kind words. Yes, I will be reevaluating my relationship with alcohol. I've had trouble with alcohol in the past but I never hurt someone before because of it. When I was 15, I got myself drunk to the point of collapse on the regular and one time I woke up in the hospital after drinking myself into a near death state. I have since severely reduced the amounts of alcohol that I take in but as it seems that was not enough. Since I now know that I might become a liability to those around me, I'm going to consider staying away from alcohol altogether from now on.

The letter might actually be a good idea, I hadn't thought about that. That way I could offer her a formal and complete apology without putting her into a situation where she has to read it if she doesn't want to deal with the topic.