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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 53660" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Why won't you husband let him see a therapist? I hate to say this, but if you're worried that your son has a drinking problem, that's your mom gut talking to you. A DUI is serious. He could kill himself or somebody else--it shows poor judgment. </p><p></p><p>They put my daughter in handcuffs too. I bit my lip because the more afraid she was, the better the results would be (I thought). They aren't going to baby your son. He's going to be 18, which is considered an adult. If you think he may have a drinking problem, it will NOT get better at college. I would want an alcohol assessment done to see if he's in trouble. Just the advice of one who had a child who substance abused. If I hadn't been so clueless, I could have helped her earlier, but I truly didn't know she was doing drugs and NEVER knew she drank. She told me that alcohol made her sick and, being the goody-two-shoes prude that I always was, I believed her. After she cleaned up her act, she told me how deeply she had been involved with drugs and it shocked me (and scared me.)And it also made me feel stupid that I hadn't known, but she could be totally wasted and just act like she needed to get some rest, plus I didn't know first hand how you act on drugs. Are you certain your boy isn't also smoking pot or doing other drugs?</p><p></p><p>I'd really think twice about getting an evaluation (I'd do it) and would really wonder about sending him away to college. Alcoholics don't always drink nonstop--just that they drink to get drunk. And your son could always be on good behavior while you're there, then fall apart when you're not. And I don't know if his college mates would let you know he was having a hard time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 53660, member: 1550"] Why won't you husband let him see a therapist? I hate to say this, but if you're worried that your son has a drinking problem, that's your mom gut talking to you. A DUI is serious. He could kill himself or somebody else--it shows poor judgment. They put my daughter in handcuffs too. I bit my lip because the more afraid she was, the better the results would be (I thought). They aren't going to baby your son. He's going to be 18, which is considered an adult. If you think he may have a drinking problem, it will NOT get better at college. I would want an alcohol assessment done to see if he's in trouble. Just the advice of one who had a child who substance abused. If I hadn't been so clueless, I could have helped her earlier, but I truly didn't know she was doing drugs and NEVER knew she drank. She told me that alcohol made her sick and, being the goody-two-shoes prude that I always was, I believed her. After she cleaned up her act, she told me how deeply she had been involved with drugs and it shocked me (and scared me.)And it also made me feel stupid that I hadn't known, but she could be totally wasted and just act like she needed to get some rest, plus I didn't know first hand how you act on drugs. Are you certain your boy isn't also smoking pot or doing other drugs? I'd really think twice about getting an evaluation (I'd do it) and would really wonder about sending him away to college. Alcoholics don't always drink nonstop--just that they drink to get drunk. And your son could always be on good behavior while you're there, then fall apart when you're not. And I don't know if his college mates would let you know he was having a hard time. [/QUOTE]
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