Originally Posted by
emme99 
This is me too. I was warned before I even started drinking and I didn't listen.
I was warned as well. Mainly by my grandmother and grandfather. My grandfather had been an alcoholic. He stopped somewhere around age 35-40 and never drank again. My mother eventually died from it. Drug overdose/suicide. Her death helped me want to get sober for good.
It does seem to run in the family. Small percentages, but it's there.
My clue should've been that I was fourth generation (as far as known, anyway).
But don't we all rush headlong into life feeling invincible, that we've got all the time in the world, and that somehow we won't make the same mistakes? Maybe not all of us, but I was one of those who felt certain I had to make my own decisions and choices, and that it would never do to avoid something like alcohol solely because I was told to by older family members. It wasn't that I didn't heed their warning; it did scare me. But I felt certain it wouldn't happen to ME. I was the exception. I was different.
