Personal Narrative: My Problem With Drinking

As my youth Pastor told me when I told him about my problem with drinking, I need to find a support system. I have to quit lying to myself and saying that I don’t need help and that this is not a big deal. Drinking is a big deal and hard to overcome when faced with an extensive amount of stress but the first step is identifying the cause. On top of the reasons I have listed already, I am experiencing a level of being homesick and distrustful. I feel as if I cannot trust any of the Midshipman completely anymore as they are known for gossiping about each other’s personal lives. For example, if I am struggling with the thought of missing my family and decide to talk to a fellow Midshipman about it, I have no confidence that the battalion won’t know by the end of the week. I hate to say that it is due to the freshman party but before then, I could trust each and every …show more content…
As a midshipman at this point, I should be both a mentor and a mentee. I should look to my fire team leader, squad leader and female mentor for guidance but should look to everyone for an opportunity to guide. At times in life, I will have people whom I don’t know personally and/or don’t know me personally that look to me for guidance. I have to prepare myself now and every moment on to prepare myself for this and make myself a better person. In the past, I have had the chance to be a mentor to females looking to enlist in active duty, to girls on my high school Cross-Country team and even to little elementary aged kids on the block. These people would sometimes ask me for advice that would catch me off guard and get me to think about my actions and realize the affect they have on people I don’t usually associate with. The most emotional occasion that I had was when some of the middle school girls made a sign that read “Tia, You are our Hero,” in big colorful letters and held that around at one of our