I was doing the weekly sweep of Ss's room. We take turns doing them every Friday when he is school. We have told him that we look through his room but I am not sure he truly believes us. We just want to make sure he isn't hiding he can hurt himself with.

A few years back, we had problems with Ss stealing alcohol in out house and basically passing out from getting drunk. He was only 12 years old then. My Dh and I gave up all drinking as a result. And that worked out. At least that's what we thought. As usual, I quickly shuffled through his underwear drawer and this time I hit the tip of a vodka bottle. It was wrapped in boxers so it would feel soft. But he did not wrap it up as well and I felt the glass. It is a full-sized bottle. I have no idea how long it has been there. My husband has done room searches for the past 4 weeks. He obviously did not do a good job of it. The bottle is already half-gone. How on earth does a boy who is not even 14 yet get his hands on it. And he is on anti-depressants. He knows the dangers of alcohol mixing with the drugs. We drilled it into his head.

I was thinking of taking him out of school early and laying it on to him. But I don't want to be the person always on his case. I will my Dh tonight and have him take care of it. I am so disappointed in Ss. And I am going to tell my Dh to cancel Ss's debit card. He obviously has too much money to play with. I am just so so disappointed.