My parents both quit drinking cold turkey half-way through my Junior year in high school. It did shape me, but not in a bad way I think. I don't really do any drugs other than caffeine and honestly haven't touched a drop of alcohol since I was 16... over 30 years ago.

As to the voice... I prefer to torrent it. I can't vote on things, but I can then watch The Voice US, The Voice UK, The Voice Australia, The Voice Holland, etc. They each approach things differently. Holland and other non-English speaking nations the judges and comments may not be in English but often the songs themselves are. Even when they are not it is often very good stuff.