Thus far, the best choice I have made in life is to not have children. This is without question the best decision I have ever made. Even when I was a kid, I knew I did not want kids. Maybe it's because I was such a shit growing up. I had a girlfriend in my early 20's and she would have liked nothing more than to be a mother. And here I am, "be a mother?" Needless to say, we didn't last much longer after that time. I could have made all my mistakes in my early 20's... and I did by drinking them to the max. But never once during that time did I impregnate any woman, receive any disease, or hurt any body else. I only hurt myself and those closest to me. I was running from myself. Turns out, I was running away from something that I would have to live with everyday... for the rest of my life. They call it depression and I can think of a few other words to use in its place.