Originally Posted by
BlueSkiesAgain 
Last night was good. AS decided not to go out because it was the big game and where there is football and college students there is usually alcohol. Someone on the newly recovering thread suggested having ice cream or something like that available so when son has the urges he can go to that instead. It worked like a charm last night. He is up early this morning and actually smiling.
One day at a time.
I'm glad you had a good night. ; ) I hope your son isn't like mine- he would wait until we went to bed and then sneak and drink while we were sleeping. IME, it was impossible to keep tabs on whether he was drinking or not. I would ask, he would lie.
They get very good at hiding it. It sounds like your DS likes to drink with freinds- hopefully he won't be compelled to do it alone or in other ways to "beat the system" or whatever you have figured out to deter him.