Here are the questions I'm interested in:
1. How old were you when drinking became a problem for you?
Age 13. It was the first time I drank. I got drunk, blacked out and then passed out. I never drank socially, I just drank in social situations and it took me a long time to understand they were not the same thing.
I did not become an alcoholic, I was born one.
2. How old were you when you quit drinking for good?
44
3. What, if anything, did you do or experience that motivated you to quit for good?
I had lowered the bar so many times and it could go no lower. I was heading for complete isolation. I simply was done.