Emotional intelligence is ability that can be seen in almost all aspects of life and functioning of an individual. Persons with high emotional intelligence have less problems in dealing with life challenges and external pressures and are better in understanding their own emotions and the emotions and intentions of others. Such abilities can play an important role in making decisions or expressing own opinion. These characteristics of emotional intelligence make us wonder about it's importance in adolescence, or in other words could emotional intelligence be a protective factor when it comes to negative behaviors in adolescence. Adolescence is a period of life when identity is formed. Adolescents are in the phase of finding themselves and are more engaged in risky behaviors and experimenting than other age groups. In adolescence there is a great need to belong to and be accepted by group of peers. That makes opinion of peers important. The aim of this study was to examine relationships between emotional intelligence, peer pressure and alcohol consumption in adolescence. Gender differences were also examined. The study was conducted on 81 participants and three questionnaires were used. Of total 81, 46 were girls and 35 boys. All of them were attendind the final grade of high school and were 18 years of age in average. The results showed a positive relationship between peer pressure and alcohol consumption and negative relationships between emotional intelligence and peer pressure, and emotional intelligence and alcohol consumption. Higher emotional intelligence is linked to consuming less alcohol and to lower peer pressure on adolescent. Adolescents who are not so prone on peer pressure tend to consume more alcohol. In this study, differences between male and female participants where also questionned. Differences were not found for emotional intelligence and peer pressure but were found for alcohol consumption. More male participants consume mora alcohol and more frequently than the female participants.