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Charlie first started drinking at age 12 and got sober by nineteen.\\xa0 That first drink came in his mother\\u2019s kitchen, when he swiped two swigs of vodka.\\xa0 Charlie thought it tastes horrible but within a coupe of weeks he was sneaking flasks into his bedroom.\\xa0 He wasn\\u2019t a big drinker at first, but thought it was exciting and scary to keep the secret alcohol in his room.\\xa0 It took only a year for him to start supplying beer for local parties at which Charlie got very drunk.\\xa0 His intoxication lead him to seek other types of highs, often from illegal substances, because those were easier for a minor to obtain than alcohol.