Hopefully the talk with the physician will do the trick. My son admitted that he had taken a small amount, but that he probably would have had more if they hadn't gotten caught. The punishment was grounding for a week, and I praised him for telling me the truth. Just about every adult I know has experimented with alcohol at some time during their teen age years. Dear Marian, You have made good choices about your son's alcohol use.
Experimentation is definitely a part of growing up.
This situation offers you an opportunity to talk about alcohol and its effect on your son. Before you talk with him, consider your family's history with alcohol. If there is any abuse on either side of your family, share that as a concern with your son. The chances of alcohol abuse greatly increase if there is an alcohol problem on either parent's side of the family. This can be explained to your son.