I found myself aged about 14 years age, the start of my puberty and interest in girls started …
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Haha…but good advice for once… 
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From what I heared by two friends who suffered the same history, that seems the only possible way to “win” over alcohol.
Respect, great that you took that decision!
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I started a bit earlier but being a girl we were usually ahead of you guys.
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You can say that again.I learnt a lot more in Sunday School than stuff from the bible.
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Bless you Mr Smith… 
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Ditto. >>
Like." Which cupboard is the Confession Wine kept in." 
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Exactly my feelings!
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And that my friend, is true self awareness. We are the summation of our life’s experiences, and with each new experience we are forever changing / ever evolving, and we continue to grow. We are different people at different stages of our lives, and while we may start to “find” ourselves at different stages, it may / will continue to change, as long as we live.
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Excellent response, because of ever changing “life experiences” and thus, our ever changing personal evolution, “finding” ones self is / can be a lifelong endeavor
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…the evolution of self is never complete, excellent, so long as one lives.
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Are you still looking
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Sometimes I like things to find me, it’s a two way street…
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I’ll reply to this when it happens…
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I never did and gave up looking ages ago. 
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Life is ever evolving, as are we, so long as we draw breath. We are shaped by both our life experiences and decisions we make, and will be different people at different stages of our life.
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Still waiting
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I was a weedy kid with asthma and eczema, often made fun of and bullied. Nobody thought I’d have the strength to turn out to be a bit of a black sheep of the family. Not by intention but that’s how it turned out.
I was the only one to carry on the family name to the surprise of my parents I think. I married early and had the first son when I was 21. Still wasn’t a good person but always looked after the family.
I am a very different to what I was in my younger years. I’m not sure when I became settled or found myself. All I know is that I look back and see a totally different ‘me’ to what I was in my youth and prime, often not very nice I’d say and regret the times.
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That’s an interesting post mart! Perhaps like you I don’t recognise myself when I look back. All I was concerned about was getting into pubs, parties, punk rock and being noisy on the terraces. Not very forward looking at all and very much my own worse enemy. But as they say we can’t turn back the clock which in a way is probably just as well 
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I think we are all headstrong and thoughtless when young.Some of us tone it down as we get older,others don’t.
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