Since I was young, I took great satisfaction in not conforming to the expectations of others. I've always had an ongoing desire to go against the grain and fight the status quo. Although being a 'trailblazer' was more an act of defiance, it was what I considered a way of being 'progressive.'
In high school, I was one of the first students to turn 18 and legally buy alcohol. Yet I prided myself in being among a handful of students who didn't care for getting drunk. By my 20's, I had experimented with my freedoms enough to realize I actually enjoy beer and the occasional cigar. Most of my social life had revolved around those I met in Bible school and church gatherings where drinking and smoking was frowned upon. Though I wasn't afraid to hide my enjoyment of these supposed evils.
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