When I Was in My Teens

The worst thing I allowed myself to do as an adolescent was out of control partying.

When I was in my teens I would sneak off with friends to parties and drink a lot, it had gotten to the point to where I was starting to develop a problem. My parents never knew of this or they would have put a stop to it or attempted to. When I was a teen like many other teenagers I did not deal well with authority. It took a friend dying of alcohol poisoning to make me see that my actions would end with the same result. Instead the onset of her death caused me to drink more and eventually I became an alcoholic. In order for me to overcome this I had to turn to my family and tell them what was going on so I could get the treatment I needed. When I was in the treatment facility I quickly learned the issues I faced were also a genetic pre-disposition. There are certain things that cause them to trigger like a form of addiction. Every day I had to teach myself coping mechanisms to offset things that would make me want to take a drink. My greatest way to accomplish this was by enlisting into the military. When I enlisted I learned how to use the will power I had to conquer whatever problem I was faced with.

Looking back on it I am very surprised I have not been severely hurt or killed because of the actions I had perpetrated as a teenager. My actions were very brazen and the only reason I could think of that would even begin to try to justify my actions is that I felt like I had been abandoned. Thusly I could not any direct or indirect consequences nor did I care at the time because the substance seemed to numb the pain.

Another issue I had when I was younger was smoking I started doing this when I started drinking. My family knew I smoked though and would give me cigarettes just to pacify me. I am and was very aware of the risks at the time I was doing it but could care less because the nicotine gave me and out. Also the smoking made more people gravitate towards me because I had something they wanted and could always get them. Looking back on doing this if I had been more responsible I would have stopped doing it at the time and made sure that I never did it again but this habit carried over into adulthood.

Basically with that has been discussed without morals and a sense of right and wrong anyone can go astray and make the wrong decisions. Fortunately some have the opportunity to change their ways before it becomes