Some of what you say, about your family, sounds exactly like mine. I was so against drugs when I was in my teens, so I just drank to fit in. That turned into alcoholism with me and then when I got bored with that I turned to drugs. Addiction is addiction is addicton. I don't think "we" have a choice to control any part of any mind-altering substance. That being said, you can quickly turn into who you don't want to be and mess with what you don't want to (DRUGS). I don't think you are blowing this out of proportion...