<p>fogfog: I know you haven’t asked this, and I think I mentioned it on another thread, but a friend has a sophomore at Colby in a substance free dorm for his second year and he hasn’t seen any drinking in his dorm I don’t think. He’s very, very happy there.</p>
<p>My kid, who is twenty, went to college hating alcohol. He said he hated the smell of it. He attends a school that is known as a binge drinking school – rural and isolated.</p>
<p>It’s very academically rigorous so the kids can’t drink all the time and succeed, and i think there are many Friday classes, so they certainly don’t start weekend festivities on Thursday night.</p>
<p>He never felt a problem when others were drinking. He enjoyed helping people who got into difficulties.</p>
<p>And now he can drink an occasional beer. I think that’s a good thing.</p>
<p>We had a vegetarian household for many years. We had a private reason for going back to meat on a limited basis. I am also happy when I see him eat a hamburger, which he wouldn’t do for many years – only chicken fingers. </p>
<p>I like the idea of him fitting in. I wouldn’t say that about crappy fast food every night or binge drinking or a lot of drinking, but a limited number of Whoppers and beers, just means he can go more places with more people and fit into more situations.</p>
<p>Since he’s a violin playing, Classics major I think the nerd factor is so high already that i am glad to see him loosen up a bit.</p>