the lasting results of alcohol

I'm certain my father didn't take his first sip of alcohol thinking:

"I think I'd like to become an alcoholic, negatively impact many lives and absolutely destroy the lives of my family for generations and live a completely miserable existence forever."

I'm not the kind of person that blames my choices on my parents or background. No, my choices are completely up to me, no matter how good or bad my background is. However, I've found that almost all of the problems, and almost all of my hurts, I have faced in my life can be linked back to my father's alcohol addiction (which also caused many of his other sins that have all negatively affected the lives of his family and more). 

The effects of my father's choices will continue to be seen for generations, even though I am not following his path.

Alcoholic beverages are evil. Don't drink them...don't even look at them. It is clearly a transgression against God. 

And yes, I would still be against the drinking of alcohol even if I hadn't been personally affected by it. It is not my experience that makes it a sin to me; it is what God has put in the Bible.

"And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit"
-Ephesians 5: 18

"Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise."
-Proverbs 20: 1

"Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? Those who linger long at the wine,
 Those who go in search of mixed wine. Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it swirls around smoothly; At the last it bites like a serpent,  And stings like a viper.Your eyes will see strange things,  And your heart will utter perverse things."

-Proverbs 23: 29-33

There are many resources that can explain the sinfulness of drinking alcohol further, so I'll link just one here, in case you are interested in studying some more (please do). At the bottom of the article it lists a couple of other resources:

https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/308-what-about-moderate-social-drinking