I'm 27 years old and after stealing drinks and drinking heavily from my early teens, I got so drunk when I was 16 that I locked myself in my friend's bathroom and ended up in hospital from injuring myself. I then didn't drink till I was 19 when an older relative informed me that I was "uncool" for not "doing shots". Ever since then, I've been drinking first socially, then it's just got worse and worse with blackouts, worsening mental health problems and physical stuff like headaches, bad skin, weight loss...just things that made me realise I needed to stop.