Question Posted Wednesday November 29 2006, 7:37 pm
when your bestfriend does nothing but drugs, and you've known her your entire life and that comes to a big shock when you find out what she does.. how do you act? because maybe i overreacted. i have taken this seriously, and under a lot of consideration. I have done nothing but tried to help her stop, but all she does is lie and push me away. So when i try walking away she crys and says im the only true friend she has. What happens when you feel nothing but used, and you feel like there only keeping you around cause they know your the one who said they`d always be there?. And now a month later she tells me she is diagnosed with a personality disorder and boarder line bipolar. what do i do now? do i forget everything she has put me through because of this? ... im so lost, and confused, and depressed and i just need someone else to tell me im wrong, and if i am then let me know, because i have run out of things to do. the only offer i canh give to her is be her friend.. but its so hard for me too do.
Drugs are addictive and hard to push aside in a snap. It may take more than friends and family and most likely she'll need treatment to become a non drug addict.
Tell her that if she doesn't straighten out her life, you'll have no choice but to report her actions to the counslor and her parents. Tell her that you're afraid to lose her. (Do some reasearch online and tell her the long term effects of drugs and the mortality rate from drug abuse) Tell her that and that if she gets mad at you, you 'd rather have her mad at you than lose her forever. Tell her that you'd risk the friendship for her life. [ ductape_n_roses's advice column | Ask ductape_n_roses A Question ]
duudee_advicer answered Wednesday November 29 2006, 8:41 pm: I'm answering this because I know exactly how you feel. My very best friend got caught up in alcohol and such over the summer and we sort of forgot about each other because no matter how hard I tried she refused to stop drinking. Then one night she brought alcohol to a football game, her and another girl drank all of it and when I saw her try to jump off the side of the stadium I got her mom. The police took them off and told us she could have died in less then 30 minutes from severe alcohol poisioning.
I told you that because I feel it relates. You can tell your friend to stop with the drugs all you want, most likley it'll push you two further apart. Stay with her, don't get involved with the drugs yourself and make sure she knows you're against them. But don't leave her; things will only get worse. Let her talk to you but don't pester her about drugs. Don't forget everythings shes done but do remember people make stupid mistakes. If things get to a point where serious action needs to be taken, let her mom know. You never know, you may be saving her life.
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