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lilmufishlilmufish member
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So, yesterday at our first visit with the social worker she mentioned that alcohol will have to be locked up.  How do you guys do this?

Dh and I do not drink very often, in fact the alcohol that she saw was the two bottles of wine that were engraved with our name / wedding date on it given to us 4 years ago as wedding presents.  We also have "some" alcohol in our fridge that was given to us by a random assortment of people, typically when we have people over for holidays or get to gethers. This stuff typically stays in there for long periods of time because we don't drink very often...  I'd be okay with dumping the stuff in the fridge if needed, but the bottles of wine, i'd rather not.

Comments? Suggestions? 

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  • come*on*babycome*on*baby
    ours is out in the open, not locked up. We've had a lot of workers in and out of house and no one has ever mentioned our alcohol sitting out.
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  • BurkeJaxBurkeJax

    Can you move it up high? Like above the stove, or a high cabinet. 

    We are exactly the same it's rare we drink and we have a few bottles of wine that are in the wine rack but might have more dust on them than anything. I was going to put them up high out of site or just get rid of them.

     

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  • lilmufishlilmufish member
    imageBurkeJax:

    Can you move it up high? Like above the stove, or a high cabinet. 

    We are exactly the same it's rare we drink and we have a few bottles of wine that are in the wine rack but might have more dust on them than anything. I was going to put them up high out of site or just get rid of them.

     

     

    Our bottles of wine ARE up high, in fact I stand at 5 ft, and I cannot reach them even if I stand on my tippy toes. hehe. That was one of the first things she pointed to when she did her first walk through!  :( 

    She said that because alot of foster children come from homes with alcohol abuse that they ask that the alcohol be out of sight and locked up.  I 100% support their guidelines, but I was just caught off guard.

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  • Jas*sGirlJas*sGirl

    I agree to put it up high and maybe just put a baby cabinet lock on it?  Our social worker did not seemed concerned about the amount of wine we have out, but I think each one has a different perspective, so to speak.  Also not sure if you are doing adoption or foster/adopt.  There might be different rules for different situations.  :)

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  • FinallyMrs.GFinallyMrs.G
    We also have ours up high, above the fridge. That should be fine from what I've heard.
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  • MyColonyNJMyColonyNJ

    Ours just had to be out of reach.  And to a 3 year old, most thing ARE out of reach lol.

    We have a wine rack under an upper cabinet, and all the liquor is in that upper cabinet.

    Our SW said that was just fine

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  • jacksjerseygirljacksjerseygirl member

    We have a built in wine bar in our kitchen. It is fully stocked. We also have hundreds of bottles of wine in the basement. We did not hide it nor do we have a place to lock it up. It was never brought up and is not in any of their materials.

    I'm so glad we did our home study through our agency - I hear so many of these 'picky' or obsolete issues IMO that others have to go through including sex life questions lol.

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  • ColoRxGirlColoRxGirl

    This came up on my visit yesterday, too!!

    We have quite a bit of booze in the house.  We hardly ever drink, but I throw a mean Superbowl party!!

    I'm gonna try and find some sort of cabinet with a lock on the front to put it all in.

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