How Drinking Changed My Life

Over the years, life was child’s play, but as I got order, I encountered many difficult situations and obstacles. If I had to say who or what made me change for the better, I would have to say my father and his inability to stop drinking and dealing with so many bad situations? There are two reasons why I say my father drinking affect my life and made me want to change for the better, and the two reason are as followed : The negative behavior made me want to do something different with my life and his ability to be a positive role model when he wasn’t drinking. These experiences slowly changed me from the kiddy side to the person I am today. Although drinking was one of his bad behaviors, it taught me valuable lesson. Even though I did not understand the thing that was done to me, it
In spite of his drinking, my father was a good role model and I know it sounds contradictive but it is true. Drinking was just one of the negative things that he did, outside of that, he was a good father and there was some things that made me want to be just like him. I guess you can say you have to take the good with the bad. All of these life experiences made me want to go down a different path in life so I enrolled back in school to get a skill trade and obtain my high school diploma and it has been great. I am proud to say that I 90% complete in obtaining both of them. In conclusion growing up was challenging and I had to overcome many obstacles but I made it. Everything that I experienced was for my good. I use to hear my mother say “What don’t’ destroy makes you stronger”. This statements turn out to be a true statement for me. I learned a valuables lesson with my dad and although we both experienced some bumps in the road called life. Moving pass them together taught me appreciate my love