Alcohol at child's birthday party

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to be chill about this, but then we had a fellow parent die of an overdose and another parent friend sent to prison for a DUI after 2 glasses of wine on a Friday night. The former was someone who always had a beautiful drinks table at his kids’ parties. He showed no signs of substance problems.

This was all within the last 9 months. I can’t see drinks at kids’ parties, “just a glass of wine” or any of that in the same way anymore. Please be careful.

There is way more to this story if s/he was sent to PRISON. Do you mean they were arrested and spent the night in the drunk tank? That is what happens for a first DUI. You don't go from two glasses of wine to the big house.

Seriously. You also don't go to jail from 2 glasses of wine, so either they drank a lot more than that or they were on pills. And surely there were signs. Do you know much about substance abuse?

You do go to prison if you hit a car and kill the people in it and are charged with DUI and involuntary manslaughter and the charges are more than they would be for a normal accident because your BAC was over the state’s very low legal limit.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like it's the norm here. I admit I'm not a huge fan, mostly because it seems wild that people can't even enjoy a kids' birthday party without a drink. But it's not like any obvious harm comes from it.

I’ve never attended a kids birthday party here (DC area) where anything other than La Croix & organic juice boxes were served.

Sorry you have lame friends.

LOL you took the words out of my mouth. I've never been to a kids park party or party at home that did not have alcohol for parents. We all walk to these things anyway.

Calling people "lame" for not drinking alcohol is so high school mean girls. Aren't we over that by now? Several people I know with this attitude have a drinking problem. Trust me, it doesn't look so "cool" anymore from the outside.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to be chill about this, but then we had a fellow parent die of an overdose and another parent friend sent to prison for a DUI after 2 glasses of wine on a Friday night. The former was someone who always had a beautiful drinks table at his kids’ parties. He showed no signs of substance problems.

This was all within the last 9 months. I can’t see drinks at kids’ parties, “just a glass of wine” or any of that in the same way anymore. Please be careful.

I'm so sorry.

There is a weird mix of "of course alcohol should be served so that parents can have fun and relax too after a hard week" and "no one is drinking at a kid birthday party to get buzzed or drunk."

Which is it? If the alcohol affects you, it affects you, right?

Are you a child? Have you never drank before? You can drink one drink and feel relaxed but not buzzed and definitely not drunk. Also, if the party is a couple hours long as most are, the effects are completely gone by the end of the party.