I have a drunk teenager...

[theluckiest]

I've collected him (Uber wouldn't take him).

He's been sick. I've changed his sheet, given him a pint of water, put him to bed..

So worried about him vomiting in the night.

We'll talk tomorrow. He was only at the party for 2 hours!!! His lovely friends called me and told me what a state he was in.

We talked before the party. He swore blind he would be sensible. Well... that totally didn't happen. We've tried to be open and have a good relationship..

How would you tackle the morning after?

I did the same at 16, recovery position for the night, and water and paracetamol bedside for the morning. He will feel horrendous tomorrow i'm sure. I don't think my parents even gave me that much of a talking to... instead they expected me to go out and do things the next day. Cleaning, shopping, going for a long walk outside etc while feeling like hell. Did the trick to not getting that drunk again for a long time :)

Some people don't get them. It's a horrible, unjust fact of life, although to be fair, I used to pass out and sleep for so long immediately after getting drunk, I used to feel sort of OK when I woke up.

Hi! Just to answer a few questions:

He'd drunk a few ciders. Then someone suggested shots (rookie error- this is NEVER a good idea!!).

Unfortunately, they only had a few shot glasses. So DS ended up using a normal glass. Idiot. He necked vodka hence why he was so drunk so quickly.

He has gorgeous friends who helped him home. I met them halfway. Really lovely young people (inc the girl DS currently fancies. It hasn't put her off 😉)

This is only the 3rd house party he's been to. I remember going to parties when I was 14 but that's a whole other thread and yes, I think COVID had something to do with it. They're all spreading their wings a bit later.

He was horribly sick, but apologetic the next day. Has he learned a lesson? Don't know. But he was fine in the end and will hopefully remember that necking vodka will never end well!

Bloody hell, Luckiest. He's lucky he didn't end up having his stomach pumped, or killing himself. Was he conscious when you got to him? Silly boy basically spiked himself but did it on steroids.

It's tricky isn't it.

I think it's fair to have the chat and explain that you are disappointed. But that you understand he's young and experimenting.

I'm sorry - I don't understand theee comments. Drinking at 16 and getting this wasted is unacceptable.

Most important thing is that he and his friends felt comfortable enough to ring you.

Drinking at 16 at a house party where there are responsible adults isn't a problem. Getting that paralytic is, and it's very disappointing neither his friends or any adults present didn't stop him from drinking glasses of neat vodka. He's not the sharpest knife in the draw, but hopefully he'll have learnt. He's certainly got away with one here. I'd be asking questions about his friends and the adults TBH. It's all very well saying the friends phoned his mum, and got him halfway home, but it's them that let him get in that state.

I remember doing something similar at 14, drank a small bottle of vodka and still to this day can’t remember certain bits of the night. I’m now 33 and have only recently been able drink vodka without wanting to throw up.
No it didn’t stop me drinking completely but I was a lot more careful with what and how much I drank after that.