My pops wasnt around..he lived in Chicago and died when I was 13..
My stepfather was basically a drunk and I HATED it..I hated him coming home after drinking and not being accessible to me..he was incoherent to what was going on around him.....it was annoying and I definitely couldnt/didnt look to him for advice and guidance...besides the drinking he just wasnt a good role model in general...he was a good provider though for my family...
I learned alot from him and my mother's relationship...mostly, I learned what NOT to do....You want your kids to respect you, they may love you for just being their biological dad, but if you dont treat them right or dont make them a priority then they wont respect you and one day will grow up resenting you...
As a kid, I didnt deserve to have to get used to a drunken stepfather...I love the line from Lupe Fiasco in his song "he say, she say"..it goes "You know the world is out to get me, why dont you give me a chance?".....I took it as him meaning (especially from the eyes of a black man) "that life is already hard as it is....you are living it..why dont you teach me and equipp me with the tools I need to be able to survive"....
You do what you want because its your life, but you WANT your kids to look up to you, but not because you are their blood, but more so because you will guide them in the way they will need to go to make it in this cruel a-- world.....you can still drink, but just be responsible with your drinking...NO KID likes a drunk father...if so, I have YET to meet that kid...