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Teen Alcohol Abuse with Asperger's Syndrome
My 17 year old son has Asperger's and he is now using alcohol as a way to cope with his condition in social situations. He says he tried it a few months ago on a band trip out of state and that after a couple of beers he felt so much more relaxed and able to talk to people in a normal social way that it was like the best medicine he has ever had. I have read that other people with Asperger's, adults, will also use alcohol to make it through social occasions more normally. Since he tried alcohol that first time my son started using it to make it through the day at school. Last week he was caught by his gym teacher while sneaking a drink in the changing room. He was suspended and we got the whole story out of him. We were so shocked at first, but now that we have heard his side of the story we can’t be angry and we understand why he would drink as he has been. He has been drinking almost everyday now for months. I can’t believe we never noticed at home. He really needs some emergency help for his drinking, but all the teen alcohol treatment programs we contact seem to be based on a lot of group type therapies, which I don’t think are going to be very effective for my son. Can you tell me what type of alcoholism treatment is going to work best for my son, given his Asperger's?
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