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To: Lane3 who wrote (130848)	8/9/2005 10:38:32 AM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793738

it's like lindy mentioned about 20% of us are going to be heavy drinkers or take a X%. It can happen on the first drink, on the second year , ten years, who knows. Like smoking imo if not available at a younger age perhaps you do not turn to alcohol. It was quite common and the social thing to drink in my younger years. I don't think i knew anyone who didn't drink except my wife. g my position is not to supply alcohol to minors. same with cigs. I have nothing against anyone drinking as long as it doesn't hurt someone else. Addiction can happen at any age for a number of reasons. One story i heard was a man who retired and used to take the bus to atlantic city ,it was free in those days, gamble and return. free drinks,, he became an alcoholic at age 65 lost everything.

To: Lane3 who wrote (130848)	8/9/2005 12:10:09 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793738

There is no perfect answer to this, but I don't agree with this approach. Underage drinking is illegal. For us, with two teenage boys, we held to a strict no drinking policy. We threw a LOT of parties and if there had been any suspicion of drinking, we would have evicted the kids and called their parents. Our friends agreed to the same policy. If anyone left a party, they were not allowed to return. The boys didn't touch alcohol til college-- but also it was a personal choice on their parts. They were swimmers on a state championship team and they knew their performance depended on their bodies being in peak condition. Their friends all felt the same way and so it was never an issue. We were lucky. We were visiting friends one New Year's and CW went to a party with their daughter where the keys were taken and alcohol served. Cw told us the next day that the father was drunker than the kids, and that kids were throwing up. In that case, I think the parents are flat out wrong. Serving drinks to responsible drinkers (which most teens aren't) is one thing-- enabling drunkenness in minors is another. And teens are very wobbly still in their ability to make wise choices. We need to help them make good decisions, not encourage poor ones.

To: Lane3 who wrote (130848)	8/9/2005 1:21:55 PM
From: haqihana	Respond to of 793738

kholt, Alcohol affects some people differently than others. When I was having my problems with demon rum, the rule of thumb was that 10% of adults became alcoholics, 10% were physically allergic to it, and the middle 80% were considered social drinkers. I doubt that those numbers are truly accurate at this time. Once a person has become alcoholic, one drink will send him off to the races, and his only hope is to avoid even that one drink. I had a special incentive that stopped me in my tracks, and haven't had a drop since 97. Now, the whole world looks different, and better.