Most of us learn from life experiences.
I heard an interesting excerpt this morning on the radio while driving to work. It was from one of the 'entertainment' shows last night on tv.
Turns out Martin Sheen, Charlie's dad, took the entire family to the Phillipines back in 1978 when they were filming "Apocalypse Now". Back then, Martin was a 3-pack-a-day smoker who drank so much every night he couldn't even stand up. He ended up having a heart attack and almost died.
During the tv interview, Charlie said he remembers the shock of seeing his dad walking with a cane. They'd taken a couple of baseball gloves and a ball on the trip and they started playing catch every day. Starting at 10-feet and stretching the distance a couple of feet more every day. He said it was the only therapy he could offer his dad as a young kid. He said those are "wonderful memories".
I would think he would have learned the perils of addictions from the ones his dad had and the effect they had on his own life. Guess not.