I rarely drink. I have gone years of my adult life without having any alcohol. This came from how I grew up - a big Irish family with lots of alcoholics, and spending a significant percentage of my life in a bar with my father. As a teenager, I saw drinking as something my father did with his buddies, not really a fun, cool thing. I saw more than one old guy puking in bushes, and more than one old guy peeing in his own pants because he was too drunk to make it to the bathroom. Not sexy, not cool. I’m not Judgey McJudgerson about other people drinking, but I know there is a genetic component to alcoholism, so my kids know that they should be careful when and if they decide to start drinking.
It’s not a fait accomplis that all kids will drink when they’re at college, but I won’t be shocked if it happens. I think I’ve prepared my younger kiddo to make good decisions.