Just wondering if anyone is out there who has dealt or is dealing with a teenager who is beginning to explore alcohol....
need some advice, of course its not right, but what is the methods you have used or know of to guide your teenager in the right way

The only thing I can say is you are not alone. I fear my 17 year old is drinking at weekend parties, but she denies it. I have no proof, but I do look for signs. I talk about it all the time, like the commercials say, LOL. But honestly at this age what child really listens to their parents. We don't know anything and until they are adults themselves they will never realize we know what we are talking about. I look forward to any responses to your topic, maybe there will be something I can use.

Yes, I have seen pictures of my son and other friends with beer. but never actually have seen it in person. He recently is going through a break up, his first girlfriend. He is broken hearted, just a very sweet and emotional guy. I came home from work this past weekend, 10pm, to find him in bed and unable to wake him up. I noticed a bottle of rum on his desk and was just about to puke...I tried to wake him up, which i did, and asked if he was drinking he said yes....
I gave him awhile to re-group, heard him on the phone with typical questions of putting the night together....
As I found out a couple of friends were over and two of them drinking from the bottle. my son got sick and his friends tried to give him water and bread, put him in bed and took his keys with them. They came by later and saw my car and put his keys on his tire.
I talked to him and he just sat there with tears pouring from his eyes. I know he felt so aweful inside. I did say it was smart to be at home and very smart that his friends took his keys. I told him that I am not justifying him drinking, it is not acceptable and I don't want to see him going down that path. I felt by yelling or restricting, coming down hard would pull him away and make him want to do it again. I wanted him to accept what he did and find the faults in it....
I still need to take some action.....
The funny thing is when I left to work that night, and one of the friends over was one that I felt was a trouble maker/bad infulence, my insticts told me something would go wrong. I guess it teaches you to trust your insticts no matter what.....

i don't have any advise but i do remember having a program. around graduation time we would be something about drunk driving.

I checked my high school and they get there infromation from Madd. I would check to see if child schools have a program like that.

http://www.madd.org/Parents/Parents/Programs/View-Program.aspx?program=19