I have a friend with a severe drug problem. As soon as her partner goes away on a business trip she goes on a bender which usually lasts until he gets back but lately she can't even stop herself then.
In the past i've received phone calls from her worried family members asking for my help. I talk to her, she stops for a while but then after a while she can't help herself. It doesn't help that she knows so many dickheads only too willing to give her free drugs.
She's self medicating, but in the 17 years of knowing her i'm still unsure of the core underlying issue.
Her little brother rang me last night worried about her and told me some of the antics she'd been up to that day; including locking herself out of her place; her brother having to ring her partner to put house keys in a cab from the airport; she had to catch a cab to her brothers work where she arrived with no shoes; i also got a call from her asking if she'd left her phone at my place (she was on her phone and hadn't been to my place for days) - just beyond scattered. It would be ok if this was out of the ordinary but it's not.
Her partner (whom she is engaged to) is obviously going to keep his hand in the sand about the issue. I worry that if this came out in the open (even though he knows, he just must) he would leave her as he's very straight and forbade her a long time ago from taking party drugs. I believe this means she will not go to rehab as that would mean bringing it out in the open.
Going to NA meetings is a no go avenue for her as this will just widen her network for scoring drugs. She makes friends easily because people like her and she knows how to get what she wants from them.
Does anyone have advice on how to help someone with a severe drug problem? She's a sweet girl, pretty sure she has borderline personality disorder so have sent her bro some links on DBT. This will end up killing her as she combines lethal combinations of xanax etc with amphetamines.
In the past i've received phone calls from her worried family members asking for my help. I talk to her, she stops for a while but then after a while she can't help herself. It doesn't help that she knows so many dickheads only too willing to give her free drugs.
She's self medicating, but in the 17 years of knowing her i'm still unsure of the core underlying issue.
Her little brother rang me last night worried about her and told me some of the antics she'd been up to that day; including locking herself out of her place; her brother having to ring her partner to put house keys in a cab from the airport; she had to catch a cab to her brothers work where she arrived with no shoes; i also got a call from her asking if she'd left her phone at my place (she was on her phone and hadn't been to my place for days) - just beyond scattered. It would be ok if this was out of the ordinary but it's not.
Her partner (whom she is engaged to) is obviously going to keep his hand in the sand about the issue. I worry that if this came out in the open (even though he knows, he just must) he would leave her as he's very straight and forbade her a long time ago from taking party drugs. I believe this means she will not go to rehab as that would mean bringing it out in the open.
Going to NA meetings is a no go avenue for her as this will just widen her network for scoring drugs. She makes friends easily because people like her and she knows how to get what she wants from them.
Does anyone have advice on how to help someone with a severe drug problem? She's a sweet girl, pretty sure she has borderline personality disorder so have sent her bro some links on DBT. This will end up killing her as she combines lethal combinations of xanax etc with amphetamines.
