Possible long-term effects of teen alcohol bingeing

[Judy444]

My son was admitted to hospital vomiting and in a semi-conscious state following a night out with friends when he consumed an excessive amount of alcohol on the eve of his 18th birthday (approximately 5 months ago).  Since then, he has had a number of extreme hangovers, involving bad vomiting, following evenings out with friends when he claims to have consumed only moderate amounts of alcohol.  I had been sceptical about the 'moderate' amounts of alcohol that had apparently left him so hungover until we spent a family evening together having a meal on Xmas Eve and indeed we all consumed a moderate amount of alcohol.  We went to bed at about 12.30am and my son started being sick at approx 6am and spent the rest of the day being violently sick at regular intervals up until about 5pm.  Is it possible that his binge on the eve of his 18th birthday has left him with an intolerance to alcohol?  If so, is there anything that can be done to help him recover from this.  While I appreciate that drinking to excess is undesireable, I feel that it's also undesireable to be unable to drink in moderation when out with friends.  Do you have any suggestions? Thanks. Judy

[Grog]

My daughter who is 22 lost 3 friends in drinking/driving related accidents on Xmas eve and New Years eve.  For one thing, you son is underage and I may be over stepping my boundaries here but he needs to be educated on the penalties for underage drinking especially if driving.  My son (18 at the time) was arrested at a party where he was spending the night (due to drinking and of which I was unaware, lives with his alcoholic dad)just because he was drinking illegally.  All the kids were written up, made to attend ASAP, lost their license for a month and had to do community service.  My daughter is exhibiting signs of alcoholism already and I am getting ready to kick her out if she does not get help.  I have told her I would support her and help her as long as she gets help or she could go live with her dad...I have gotten off topic here but if your son does not have a tolerance for alcohol I think you can count your blessings.  He is young and has his life ahead of him.  I have seen and heard of too many kids making big mistakes or worse under the influence and binging seems to be the "in" thing these days.  I was afraid to drink at their age due to "fear" of my parents wrath if I ever got caught (which on a couple of occasions I did)I think that kept me from making some big mistakes I would have regretted.  Good luck with your son...these kids don't come with instructions and parenting can be frustrating.  God Bless

[Judy444]

Sorry, couldn't make head nor tail of this website.  Can anyone help with my original question?

[orangefyre]

If you copy and paste that address i sent you it should open a file that you can choose to save or open. when you open it just click to get through each page, it's a powerpoint file.

[orangefyre]

Please go to the following website
www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/folicacid/ambassador_pgm/lessonplans/Garcia%20FAS.ppt
let me know if you need help.