I have always taken advantage of my responsibilities. I always took the easy way out. I never really thought about things before I did them. My parents and aunt and uncle have always told me what they did when they were my age and all the mistakes they made. I never realized until now that they told me that so that hopefully I wouldn't do the things they did, and I would learn from their mistakes.
Last Thanksgiving my dad and uncle went to Reno for the weekend. My uncle didn't think I should stay at the house by myself while they were gone. My dad told him that I'm almost 18 and that he trusted me to not have any parties at the house while they were gone. He still didn't think it was such a great idea to leave a teenager home alone for a whole weekend, but he knew that my dad trusted me, so he decided to trust me too. I made the biggest mistake of my life when I decided to throw a party at my house. My friends got alcohol, and we all were drinking, and I had too much to drink. That was probably the second big mistake I have ever made in my life. Because I was drinking I wasn't watching over my house to make sure nothing was damaged or stolen. I woke up the next morning and realized that almost everything in my cousin's room was stolen.
My dad and uncle finally found out. They both came home early. We had a big talk, my dad, uncle, aunt, cousin, and I. That's when I realized that I didn't just disobey my dad, I broke his heart. He trusted me not to throw a party at the house. Ever since that incident happened I realized that I was almost 18, and I could have went to jail for having and providing alcohol to underage people, including me. Luckily the cops let me off with a warning.
It scares me to know that I'm an adult now. Everything is going to get so much harder. I can't keep doing the things I use to do, because if I'm not careful I could end up in jail. My life changed in so many ways after that night. Before that happened I never really bonded with my dad. He would always play golf or poker with my brothers, but we never really did anything like that. It's not like I didn't want to, it was just awkward between us, because we don't have a lot in common. That changed though. We have spent a lot of time together ever since that night. In a way, I am glad that happened to me, because if it never did, I don't think my dad and I would ever be as close as we are now.
Sometimes the only way to change or be a better person is by learning from your mistakes no matter how bad it was. If I could go back in time and change something I wouldn't change anything. The things I did in my past have made me a better person, because I learned from them.
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