I grew up in a household of alcoholics. Alcoholism runs in my family, on my mom's side. My dad was in the Coast Guard, and was away a lot. I lived with him, my mom, grandman and brother (younger). My grandma and mom drank a LOT! I hated who my grandmother became when she was drinking. She wasn't a nice person. Now, I swore that I would never drink, and even I've tried it a few times. I didn't like the way I was when I was drinking, and I just recently moved out of my apartment to get away from that atmosphere. (both my roommates were drinkers) My parents are divorced now, and my brother lives in California with my mom. My brother has been an alcoholic for a few years now. Everytime I talk to him, he's drunk or hung over. It saddens me that today's youth is starting to drink, smoke and do drugs younger and younger.