I didn't seriously pick up until I was faced with horrid postpartum depression after the birth of my second child. Before that I had endured a neglectful childhood. Got married young. Had a baby young. Worked crap jobs, but alcohol was not a problem. In fact, I didn't even like it. But once I started at around age 30, I was gone. The sad part is, that I was happily married at that time, working a great job and thinking I was past my past.....