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[quote=Anonymous]Unless you talked to him in the morning or in the middle of a school day when he should be going to class, I really think you're overreacting.

Next time you talk to him say something like well, you sounded a little hammered the other day.  I hope you had fun and were being safe.  You know dad and I worry about drinking because of our family history of alcoholism.  That's your history too and you're going to have to be more careful than a lot of your peers to have a healthy relationship with alcohol.

Don't harp on it or drive out to his school and confront him (unless it's that morning or daytime drunk thing).  If you do he's just going to think you're crazy and not answer the phone when you call him.  You guys chose one path for dealing with a family history of addiction but it isn't the only one.  He's got to figure out what works for him.

~ daughter of a recovering alcoholic married to a son of a recovering alcoholic with boat loads of alcoholic relatives on both sides.  We both drink socially.  [/quote]

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