The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.
Ultimately peer pressure can lead people to bully, but peer pressure can also say bullying is not acceptable.
Bind to you friends of your own kind, friends who will encourage you, stand with you, live as you desire to live, who will enjoy the same kind of entertainment, and who will resist the evil that you determine to resist.
I surround myself with people who make positive decisions ... My friends and I look out for each other.
Choose good friends. Friends help to determine your future. You will tend to be like them and to be found where they choose to go. Remember, the path we follow in this life leads to the path we follow in the next.
Maybe if I'd not been able to kick a ball it would have been different, but I doubt it because all my mates are decent blokes now, just normal fellas with families.