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[quote=Anonymous]It's natural to want to experiment.  I did the same at my best friend's house.  We were suppose to be studying for a test but her mom left us alone overnight.  We decided to drink instead.  It was my first time drinking and I drank so much I had a black out. I was throwing up bile and she dragged me into a cold shower!  She was about to call the hospital.  Needless to say I did not get an A on that exam.  I think it might have a been a C.  I was also a straight A student, went to Ivy etc..  I did not drink at all for 10 years after that incident!  I tried drugs for the first time in my early 30's.  Went on a bit of a binge there also but quickly got over it because coming down just felt too awful.  The candle also almost did burn the house down when we were on drugs.  It somehow melted through the holder and onto the wooden table.  We were just sitting there watching it smoke before we realized it was about to catch on fire!  The point is you need to have the drug and alcohol conversation no matter how "good" your child seems.  If they are at all curious they will want to experiment.

[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][/quote]

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