What was your influence for alcohol?

What started this whole thing for you and would you say you had a predisposition for it?

For me, my dad was an alcoholic who eventually became sober because bad things would happen when he drank. Once I was born, he decided to live a sober life.

My first drinks were when I was 16 because for some reason I thought it was the cool thing to do in high school. Went to parties and had fun.

Now when I hear someone who is offered a drink say “I don’t drink” I think “damn that’s such a cool response because it seems like such a discipline to not indulge in a libation or two”.