Originally Posted by
Callas 
Hi Tomsteve, I was about 18 I guess.
the reason i ask is that it is often thought that a person stops growing mentally and emotionally when they took their first drink. idk about you but myself at 18- i couldnt wait for anything or tolerate much and thats how i was when i got sober- mentally and emotionally a teen. it has taken me quite a bit of work to mature.
i had heard early one, and i believed it, that it takes at least a year for the full mental and emotional effects of alcohol to disappear. that was about the time i truly started maturing