The old me would have been too pissed coming back from work to risk walking through such a dark environment, I would have been an easy target for anyone wanting to take advantage of a drunk. Now I am still cautious but at least I am alert, able to handle myself thanks to karate training, and fit enough to run like crazy if need be. I am also awake to my surroundings whereas in my old drunken state I would have been blindly ambling along oblivious to who or what was watching me.
Mind you, if someone wearing a pumpkin head mask had jumped out at me I would probably have messed myself!