18 year old alcohol intake

[asdad]

My kid was 18 in April. Since then hes been experimenting. Seems he thinks he should drink 6 pints of Fosters each night hes not at college the following day.

I dont think he should drink more than one a night - unless he is on a night out and then not every night as I feel it may result in alcoholism later.

Am I being over protective?

How's he funding?

Own earnings - fill your boots boy. Bank of Ma and Pa? You've got a leetle bit of leverage, no?

Depends who's paying for his expensive boozing

I started stocking up for Xmas not realising he would want it.

You're enabling him then. Stop it. That's a hell of an intake of alcohol for an 18-year old and he's setting himself up for some very bad lifetime habits.

I dont begrudge him it - so long as its not likely to harm him.

I have 3 alcohol dependent relatives so I dont really drink often and have no idea of whats "safe"

of course 6 pints a night is going to harm him.

Your limits seem reasonable - if anything, it would be more usual to not drink any just at home with family (unless all the adults drink in the evenings together) but drink to the point of drunkenness on a night out, which might be weekly or twice a week, at that age. This would be binge drinking, but also pretty usual and the novelty then wears off after a year or two, hopefully forever.

Keep him 6 last pints for the weekend, but Get rid of most of the booze! take it to your parents or friend's house and get them on board with stocking up for Christmas. Do not say anything to parents, so your son can not complain you made a fuss. But i do think he is being stupid, and not seeing the wood for the trees. Yes, he can legally drink now, but he's meant to have insight into the impact of constantly drinking 6 pints on his body, not to mention his liver, & brain!! Recent research has shown our brains are not finished developing until we are 25, yet the legal age to drink, vote, etc implies we are fully developed adults. Counting on our 18 -24 year olds as being rational adults is not always a good idea ! I know I was an idiot! 😜

The guidelines here are the ones usually quoted on ads etc. www.drinkaware.co.uk/

6 pints is a lot at once. Read up and then have a proper open and honest discussion about it all.

if anything, it would be more usual to not drink any just at home with family

This ^
I have an 18 yr old (and had another one a couple of years ago).
Neither of them - nor any of their friends - sit at home drinking. Ever.
If going out with friends, they might 'pre-drink' at one of the houses, and might drink several drinks over the course of an evening on an occasional night out, but just at home, when there is no 'occasion' they wouldn't be drinking anything.

Stop enabling him. That is a seriously bad habit and I'd have thought potentially life threatening.

Another possibility, If alcoholism is in the family, can you take him to see those people ( without bringing up his drinking)? Hopefully he could see how devastating it can be and may open his mind to the possibility of drinking just a couple of drinks, with a water or coke in between.

Thats brilliant.

Thank you for the replies and the link I want Lego.

I can see what I need to achieve now. 6 pts on ave a week.

Now to the tricky part...convincing him that this limit is his idea so that he doesnt need to rebel...

I now have a plan.

Thank you.

Don't stock up for Christmas, two and a half months away. Save up or just buy less to swill.