<human>: Can you provide a brief overview of the text?

I guess I'll start with a little background. I was never very social in primary school, I stuck to my school work, kept my mouth shut, and only really interacted with other kids when I had to. I made a few lasting friends, but everyone else either ignored or bullied me.

Then High School started, and I learned that I either had to be social or I'd never make it in the school I was at. So, I started to train myself to be social, and to make friends easily.

I ended up dropping out of High School anyway, but met some great people who I am still in contact with constantly. Something I noticed over time, though, is that I started to veer from making friends to going out and having one night stands at parties, and just generally being a sleaze. My friends would hear about these parties and what had happened and laugh, saying that I was a player, things like that.

Last week, I was talking to one of them and they jokingly said that I was "a regular Barney Stinson". This annoyed me a little, I didn't think I was, and I don't really like the character, so I said there was no fucking way I was like him. She told me not to get so defensive about it, so I let it go.

Last night, I went out to a bar to see if I could pick up a girl to take home for the night, and about ten minutes in I realised I was acting exactly like him. I've always thought pick up artists and the like were despicable. Now that I'm starting to think that I've turned into one, and I absolutely hate it and want to change immediately, but I have no idea where to start. I don't think I'd be able to go to my friends to talk about this, as they seem to idolize these types of people, and they wouldn't welcome the idea of me quitting being one. I don't know what to do.
<bot>: I've hate who I've become, and want to change, but I don't know where to start! Please help?