I struggled with being an alcoholic for about a year .. it took me almost getting arrested for me to wake up and realize what I was doing wasn't okay anymore. I started drinking heavily after a bad breakup as a way to try and cope then it just spiraled downwards from there. I will rarely have a drink now, and I had my first taste of alcohol a few days ago. Since I haven't drank in over 3 months, I woke up with a raging headache and I had very little tolerance for the two drinks I had. I've just accepted that it's not for me. I know there will be more temptations since I'm about to move back home around my friends and they all drink, but I will have to be stronger than the pressure of trying to "fit it". I'm only 24 so I learned at a young age that alcohol is no good for me. I remember blacking out a lot because I would drink soo excessively .. and I usually did really stupid stuff when that happened. Many embarrassing stories around my drinking, most are harmless but a few times it got really serious. I never thought I would be admitting I had issues with alcohol since I saw the dangers of it at a very young age. But it happened and I became the person I never wanted to be. However, I'm doing better now and probably won't touch alcohol for a very long time again, if ever.