My teenage son is slowly becoming an alcoholic. He started drinking beer at his eighteenth birthday when I allowed him, but now he is often asking me for money to buy beer. I couldn’t say no to my boy but now I don’t want him to soak himself in this alcohol business. What can I do please? – Stella
Dear Stella
You can start by limiting the amount of money you give him. He is unemployed and he relies on you for money. The more you can’t say ‘No’ to him when he asks for money the more he is being baptised with the waters of alcohol. He sees nothing wrong in drinking beer or the rate he is doing it because he is doing it with the ‘blessing’ from his mother. At least when you give him the money you need to advise him that alcohol is not good for his health and it will not take him anywhere.
Your son is doing nothing wrong; he is going through a phase every teenager goes through. But he needs some guidance so that he is not lost. Instead of drinking with friends of his age always, you can arrange for him to go out with an adult he trusts –that can be his uncle, older brother or cousin- who will talk to him man to man about alcohol. You should not worry too much but neither should you relax because this is the right time to guide him before he becomes a slave of the bottle. – Aunty Lisa
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