mom0f4boys <momshea4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>During a recent vacation at a family cottage, our oldest son (15)
>dipped into the bar and drank enough gin to make himself vomit. It is
>a cottage on the lake, and the kids are sort of 'let loose' at night
>to play games or have a campfire or hang out in one of the
>outbuildings. Our son had two friends along, and when they said
>'goodnight' around 11PM, we figured they would just hang out and
>talk. Instead, they snagged a bottle of booze and drank most of it.
> This is the first time this has ever happened..... he isn't a
>kid who is always 'out with friends' at all hours, and he is a smart
>kid. I'm thinking this was just the plain old 'let's try this' kind
>of thing that alot of kids do.
> He did try to lie about it. He vomited, and the next day he
>asked me for tips on cleaning vomit out of cloth. When I questioned
>him, he said he found 'old cookies' in the cabinet and they made him
>sick. It was such a lame lie that I think he wanted us to know the
>truth.
> My husband and I both spoke to him (separately), but pretty
>much we are treating it as adolescent foolishness.
> I think we are handling it ok, but I am curious about the
>way any of you guys would have responded.
My husband drank enough to make himself sick during Christmas vacation
- he would have been older - probably about 20 years old. I was there
- we had been ice skating on the creek. I got to 'help' him when he
was sick. The whole experience was so humiliating for him that he
absolutely does not drink at all now.
When our son was delivering pizza (so a little older than your son),
he bought some beer and had it in the trunk of the car. DH took it
away from him and I gather that he told him he could have it back when
he was of age. .
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