[33girl]

sigmagrrl,

I'm sorry that alcohol has been a problem within your family, but please don't use that experience to assume things about others. Not everyone who touches alcohol becomes completely irresponsible. Yes, some people will become alcoholics if they start drinking at 18...they would also become alcoholics if they started drinking at 21, or 35, or 59.

And the last I checked, men MUST register with Selective Service at age 18 or they are denied school loans, among other things. i don't consider that "completely voluntary."