Since I was writing about my brother's tequila drinking

It brought back some memories of my own wasted youth (which in fact was the name of a popular band at the time).

Here is one of the main things I recall: Self-destruction in the form of insanity, drug addiction or any other socially unacceptable forms of deviancy was highly prized. Oh, how I envied my friends who lacked parental supervision and could utterly demolish their lives by running away from home and living in squats or becoming addicts, etc.

Hmmmm. What happened? That seems real bad to me now.