To tell my ds not to 'drown his sorrows'

[OutsideOfComfortable]

Poor ds is 19. Recently found his dream job. Been there two months, then tore a muscle. Off work for six weeks, and possibly longer if it needs operating on. His boss has said she simply can't hold his place at work, she has ratios to fill.
He's said he's off out to buy a bottle of wine. I've said that won't help him feel better, in fact definitely the opposite tomorrow.

Told him not to.
I just can't deal with drunk, sad teenager. Sad, I can be there for,but drunk? Nope.

His boss is equally gutted, she thinks he's the bees knees and had offered to get him through further qualifications.
They're in close contact, and she has said she'll have him back, if thetes space, when he's better. But there's no definite time scale and she needs the right number of people. She can't do without a body there.

Can he start work on the qualifications while sick?

She would have to finance them, and has he's not guaranteed to be working for her , I'm not sure she'd be up for paying.
If he goes back, she will do, I'm sure.
I really hope she needs him when he's fit again.

One bottle of wine is hardly going to render a grown man completely legless.
Let him get on with it.

Is his work a manual job? Is that why he's had to take so much time off? His employer should try and help him get back into work before simply replacing him, surely? Is there any WFH option?

I hope he gets better soon and hopefully keeps his job. Just be supportive but no point telling him he's not supposed to drink.

You might find there's help from the job centre to persue the qualification.

I feel the same about alcohol. It’s fine at parties or with a nice dinner once a week but I can’t stand it just for the sake of it. Îd hate my adult kids ro use it to drown their sorrows too.

Haha it was me that suggested duolingo yeah it does sound naff 😆 I went to France at 19 and learnt to speak french very quickly ( au pair ) )which then helped me pick up some Spanish later on. Of course Brexit has made doing stuff like that alot more difficult , but if you’re at a loose end you can do worse than learn a language.