What if the driver who hit me in Florida was drinking?

That is a very unfortunate situation, but also unfortunately very common. Not only would that person be looked at by the state of Florida for prosecution for driving under the influence as a crime, but it's also something that you can go after the person civilly for, for your damages. What drinking does to a regular car accident is it exposes the driver to what's called punitive damages, which is triple the amount of damages you would normally be entitled to. Because it takes the added harm of the drinking during the accident. This is something that has a lot of involved circumstances that goes into it, and I would strongly recommend that you reach out for a personal injury attorney to really go over all the particulars that this situation has in it.