Thank you Stevie for sharing! I'm approaching 40 now and it was only after having my son, watching my Mom deteriorate in her own alcohol induced state that I truly woke up, went WTF am I DOING? and decided to live sober from here on in.
I don't want my son having to grow up with it. I want to break the chain of alcoholism, if possible, through educating my son and staying the best role model I can be. I guess it boils down to the thought of my son having to deal with alcoholism as a young adult/older adult is what made me sober up.