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[quote=Anonymous]Soooo - just to throw this out there:  I was a straight-A, high achieving in all areas, great athlete who had lots of leadership roles, model student etc.  And every time my parents left me alone in the summers (which wasn't uncommon), I drank.  A lot.

We lived far away from my friends (I was in boarding school during the school year) so it wasn't social.  I was just interested in exploring alcohol and found easy access when my parents were away.  My sister did drugs during these times -- she actually gave me some, and I tried a lot of drugs that I can't believe we had easy access to, but we did.

I am just putting this out there because I can see myself writing this post about DD, who is just a model good girl and high achiever and thinking all will be fine.  Except I know my own history (makes me shudder, I should add).

The one good thing with trying everything early was that by the time I got to college, I hardly drank, did no drugs, focused on my academics and sports (I played two at the varsity level in college), and was highly successful.  I now have a PhD so my early drinking and drug exploration didn't hurt me longterm, but it really could have - imagine if I had fallen asleep with a candle burning and burned down the house when I was as drunk as I was trying all the different kinds of alcohol in my parents' well-stocked cabinets (including enough vodka from the freezer that, when I refilled the bottle with water, there was so little vodka left that it actually froze and that was the only way anyone knew about my drinking).

Sigh.  I both hate and am glad that I went through this because then I know what "good kids" can do when left alone.[/quote]

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