Do what my father did when I was 16; He dragged me down to the Bowery (he was a NYC cop at the time) and showed me the bums and had me talk to about 4 of them. Almost all of them said they started drinking and doing drugs in their teens and they just couldn`t stop. One bum was crying begging me to stop and it did, although I developed a severe gambling problem later on (that I am still trying to recover from).
Something they never talk about to kids is it`s not the drugs and booze that kills, yes of course it does, but more so it`s the inability to stop once you start. For some it takes a life time and by then it`s too late; Your old and penniless or dead or in jail. It`s the greatest time waster in the world and time goes fast for those who are wasting it. One minute your 16 then next your 65 with nothing to show for it.
I’m SO glad I had a Dad that gave a rip. Navy. Tough as nails. I’m nearly 50 and I still don’t cross him, LOL! (Of course I’m his “Princess” and can do no wrong, anyway.)
Sadly, it’s obvious that Al The Third doesn’t have much in the way of a Dad, but then neither did Al The Second.
Funny. We tend to think of these “generational” cycles of self-destruction ONLY happening amongst the poor and downtrodden. Guess someone must want it set up that way because The Rich are supposed to be different than you and me. ;)