Late onset

I highly recommend you look up “AA speakers” on YouTube and you will find a variety of stories. In many experiences, folks started drinking in their teen years (12–16) and got sober when they were 20–24.
However, my experience has been very different. I did not start drinking until I was 20/21 and did not start drinking heavily until I was about 38. I realized I had a problem when I was about 40 or so and now I am 46 and I’ve been going to AA for about 2 years.
One story I heard within the last 6 months was a woman whose children graduated high school (“empty-nester”) and she started drinking regularly once they were gone.
-- Lisa Dukequora.com, "4y" from date of entry 2023.---
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* AQ-192= late onset; THEORYCEL; ARCANE DEMON: XENOPUNK; WORLD PEACE; UTTUNUL; UNHEIMLICH; 
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