You need to see the reality - as others see it, not yourself

It is your words against a prosecutor's words. If you are only thinking from your own box, it will hurt your case. Pretend you are a third party who was not there and is presented by the statements from the police, the hospital, the fact someone ended up on an ER -- you will see a different picture form the one in your mind.

Look, it is not what you think that matters. It is what others think that matters.