Excessive drinking

[poiuy]

I am not sure whether my kids are too old to discuss here...but worth a try. Just need to vent as I’m particularly fed up! We have an 18 year old and 22 year old. Every Friday and Saturday night seems to be about buying cans of beer and getting smashed. Lockdown means this is the scene at home every weekend. I get that things have been awful, I know I was no teenage angel, but it just isn’t funny. It’s not just the actual drink, it ‘s when they miss the toilet, start being sick, cook late snacks leaving a depressing mess. (I do make them sort it out the next day when they finally appear. I just don’t know if I should just tolerate it because of the impact of lockdown. We have tried to discuss but it just continues. How do others with kids this age manage this? I guess it’s part of the course? And no, they are not depressed....Sorry to rant.

That must be awful. My DF is experiencing similar with her 21yo although it's not every week.

Are they talking to friends when they are drinking or just doing it alone?

My ds1 said last year his 16 year old friends kept doing this and he was bored of it.
I think it's a phase that some teens may go through, but they should pass through it quite quickly.

I wouldn't tolerate it though. Especially how they treat you and the house. Are they emotionally immature. When you've talked about it before? I mean how come this hadn't dawned on them themselves? Why hasn't just one talk from you been enough for them to realise that this is not ok and nipped it in the bud? Are you strict? Do you say something threaten and then follow through?