Stopping the cycle
Hello everyone!
I'm pretty new to the forums here so I hope I'm posting this in the right place. I've been thinking a lot lately about how my problem developed when I was younger and continued out of control for far too long.
I've been veering between embarrassment and anger at myself but I've also spent a lot of time (probably unfairly) blaming my family. Along the lines of they should have stopped me going places, seeing certain people and that they should have given me a good talking to about the dangers/consequences of drinking too much when I was a teenager. I grew up within a heavy drinking culture so it was all a 'normal ' rite of passage to them.
So now I have a young son and I'm going to try to change the pattern.
I was wondering if anyone had similar thoughts about their children/teens and if you have any advice for me?