My brother in law isn’t as bad as his son, but only because my in laws, my wife and her older brother kept things together. Her younger brother was a real problem. He’s living in free housing otherwise he’d be homeless, too. Drinking and smoking since he was 13. He’s now in his late 60s. He still drinks and smokes. Not to make fun of him, because it’s tragic- but he almost looks like something out of a horror movie. I don’t know how he’s still alive, and his son is worse.
My wife doesn’t understand what happened- her brother has a bucketful of bad genes, and he passed them on to his son.
Hard to tell, but alcohol certainly didn't help him. It has been known for its destructive attributes for decades before I, and most likely yourself as well, were born. The daughter saw the perils, while the son followed his father down the drain of overindulgence of alcohol. I kind of went down that road until I began to realize that it was not benefiting me at all. I was falling into it because my friends were indulging. The difference was, they knew how to imbibe, while not going to extremes, whereas, I had no self-control. So, I finally realized that I could not control alcohol.
Unfortunately I switched from alcohol to drugs. But at least, pot did not affect me in ways that alcohol did. Y tried them all, but decided I would never allow myself to become dependent upon them. I eventually turned away from all mind altering substances. 🙂👍