Friend of a teenage alcohlic and i need to help her.

I'm a friend of a teenage alcohlic and I need to help her. She has lost all of her friends and her parents are just not there for her. She has no one at all. Except me. She has started drug use and this has gone on for a year an a half to two years....

She thinks the world is out to get her and no one cares for her anymore. I don't want her to get in trouble but I need to save her. My tries in the past have failed. I'm desperate. How can I save her before she destroys herself???

I have learned from personal experience with dealing with addicts...you cannot help someone that doesn't want to be helped. sometimes you have to let them hit rock bottom before they are ready to help themselves. I promise I know how hard it is and how heartbreaking it is. you said she's a teenager..is she still in school? if she is you can talk to a school counselor. they have to talk to her and her parents. if they do not take action the school will most likely contact authorities. just make sure you are there for her when she needs you. try not to be to pushy with her. if she tries to get away from you its b/c you are raining on my party. That's what my friend told me after he recovered. Its a very hard thing to handle. I hope everything works out for her. If you need more advice on handle an addict just let me know

u should try and itervention and srry if I spelled
and give her a choice you or alchohal
dont mean to sound like a know it all
and hopes every thing works out

Alchohol is a way to forget your past at the expense of the future. What needs to happen is she has to want to quit in order for there to be any progress.

Lots of good advice here... she's gotta wanna...pain is usually the motivator for change, and there's plenty of pain at rock bottom.

The next time she's rolling in her own pain misery, grab her and take her to a teen AA meeting...(you're going to have to find out where they are in your area ahead of time, and you can go with her)...People in pain hear better, and that's a fact. It may not stick at first, but it's a pathway to recovery should she want it...

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all you can do is just be there for her... and if you need to start to take/hide her beer and drugs and tell her that she dosent need them... telll her that there are people that want to help her and c her get better