My mother was a schoolteacher and entrepeneur. My Dad is a civil engineer to this day. My sister is a pain in the ass (to this day). Most of this is not her fault, it just is true no matter how many times I try to believe otherwise.
During survival training a la high school, I was introduced to gaming. This was not all THAT long after Chainmail (the precursor to Dungeons & Dragons) was popular. After graduation from survival training, I was introduced to alcohol and other substances. And yes, I inhaled them....
More on this later.....