My mom is an alcoholic and I think possibly bipolar or something else but I don't think anyone else is an alcoholic but I think they all have anxiety or at least one aunt and my grandparents and then I think my grandpa and especially one uncle have a little OCD although I don't think it's diagnosed so I think that's where my mental health stuff (anxiety, OCD, possibly depression) came from. Along with my family situation of course. My dad's family are alcoholics. They're still functioning and work though so I'm not entirely sure if they are or not but they're like always drinking even during day I feel like and my cousins all kinda failed to launch. It's sad cause they're like 30s. One did move out and has 2 kids but they still live in the same town and have my uncle babysit all the time. One moved to St. Thomas for a few years but moved back recently. They didn't think he was going to. But of course St. Thomas is kinda beach, party lifestyle. And he used to work at a liquor store here. My other cousin still lives at home. She was gonna move out recently and had an apartment but then didn't want to or something? I think their mother enables them because my uncle wants to stand up to them or do something and she's always like ohhh stop it and I think she is moreso the alcoholic though she's very sweet but it's just like... you're not helping these kids. They all drink like fish too and the cousin that won't move out hasn't been to a doctor since she was like in high school or college too. I think she had the typical get into college physical but that's it. And with as much as she drinks.. it's just sad. None of them have great jobs either or much drive/motivation. My dad's dad was an alcoholic too and died when my dad was 18 so I never met him.
My older brother drank a lot in college but grew out of it and doesn't drink too much now. He does still drink semi regularly but it's not like party scene anymore.
My younger brother we're somewhat worried about because he's like my mom in terms of getting stressed out/anxiety and I think sometimes he drinks because of stress. I mean, it'll be covered up, like he'll drink at a party rather than alone, but still. And twice on big holidays, like New Years one year and 4th of July another, he's gotten like really really drunk. And he's lost his phone a couple times drunk. Not like anything major but just slightly worrisome especially with thw family history. One time when we picked him up from his frat to drive to PA he was drunk. Idk if anyone was there or not, maybe, or alone, idk, but either way slightly weird. Not a huge deal because he just almost immediately laid down and fell asleep in the backseat but it's the idea that i think driving 10 hours with us he wanted to be drunk. Idk if that's the actual reason but why else? Granted, we (mostly my parents) do fight a lot so being in a crowded car for 10 hours is miserable but still...
I don't drink because I don't want to end up like my mother or my cousins and plus I don't like alcohol.
