My best friend is out of control. she needs help but i dont know what to do.?!
Question: My best friend is out of control. she needs help but i dont know what to do..?
my best friend's parents are separated. her dad lives in a different town and has a baby on the way to another woman, and she lives with her mum and two other sisters. to put it lightly, he mum is a total witch. i have never in my life seen someone so bad at being a parent. no joke. shocking. my friend has now turned to alcohol and self harm, not to mention she is severely depressed and is bulimic. people in the past have tried to tell her mum what is going on but either she doesnt care or she doesnt want to have to deal with it. her mum works at our towns local doctors clinic so going to a doctor is out of the question. she also has a very bad relationship with her father after he left when she was young, so thats also out of the question. we have finished school, so talking to a school councilor is also not an option. i am running out of ideas here and she really needs help. tonight i had to go pick her up from down the street. she had walked all the way there in the dark, alone and drunk. this was whilst one of her sisters was home alone also completely wasted. when i asked her what she was doing down the street by herself in the middle of the night all she had to say was that she had to get her sister macdonalds coz she gave her too much alcohol and was sick. walking down the street with a group of people at night is dangerous enough in our town let alone by herself. i am out of ideas, any suggestions would be muchly appreciated.Health Question & Answer
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If your friend, or any of her sisters, is under 18, call child protective services. Different areas of the country call it different things- Children and Youth, Childhood defense,... just look up children in the phone book and you will be able to figure it out. If they are all over 18, then you can call the police for the drinking. They will get the household involved in local services. And the father is still an option. His lack of contact may very well be the fact that the mother is such a witch. But when it comes to his daughter's safety, he may be willing to confront her. Although your friend may not be close to him, it may be her saving grace.Health Question & Answer
You should quickly go to Yahoo Answers and find a solution four your friend from total strangers.Health Question & Answer
does she have insurence she can go see one
if not theres a hotline to call for free counsalingHealth Question & Answer
if not theres a hotline to call for free counsalingHealth Question & Answer
A very complicated issue that does not involve you. And the solution will not come from you. The only thing that you can do is what you are doing. Except, leave out the blame. Be there for her and help her. That is what she needs. She has to help herself; there is nothing you can do to change her mom or her dad or her sisters or her past relationships with any of them. If you are so concerned, why was she by herself in the middle of the night walking down a street drunk.? And why did you have to go pick her up.? I'm positive the police didn't call you to come pick her up. Because if the police caught her walking down the street drunk, they would put her in jail. But, that is my second suggestion. Go to some authority that can help. Health Question & Answer