How can I help a friend who is having drug problems?
Be there for them. Period.Addicts are usually depressed when they’re not high, which leads to not getting help for themselves.They are hoping that someone will come to their home, ring the bell, and offer to help. Basically, a miricle that isn’t coming.So, running into that person that could help is impossible for them when they are high everytime they leave their home. Or, on a mission to get high.You need to be proactive for them. Be the healthy brain for them, and offer healthy choices.Suggest, push, call on their behalf, to people and places that offer treatment. Offer to drive them there if possible. Offer to sit with them through meetings or sessions.Anxiety plays a huge role in addicts staying addicts, and not reaching out for help. This is where you come in.Make the phonecalls. Get the prices. Get the recommendations. Figure out how they will pay for this help, if taken.Again, offer to drive them wherever. Sit in the car, or go in with them. Listen to them when they speak. Don’t be pushy, but stay persistent. And don’t offer to do all of this if you cannot follow through.Have answers ready because they will use, “yea, but”, a lot. When they say this, you need to have answers or suggestions.Lastly, you are dealing with someone else, not yourself. Remember that saying; “You can lead a horse to water, but can’t make it drink”.In the end, it’s up to the addict to get help. But, you can help jumpstart things for them.Best of luck.
Have you ever lost a friend to a drug problem?
I lost two friends to overdoses. One accidental, the other a suicide.The latter happened first, when I was 19 and in rehab. The guy was pretty messed up, he’d been cut off by his family for being gay, and he’d never really come to terms with his sexuality. Sad, a real waste of potential and the life of a really cool guy.The former happened a couple of years later, while I was at university. I heard he went off the deep end after contracting HIV, and got really reckless. But I wasn’t around for any of that, to me he’ll always be the guy who matched my every excess and who I shared a thousand laughs with.Go with the gods my brothers.
My friend has problems with drugs?
Let me say, I was a user and drugs are no good. You really need to tell her folks she really needs help. And tell me what is so interesting about any drug i find that it kills, hurts, and detroys lifes yeah you think.Look what it is doing to her she don't know what she does after doing them What a way to live is that the kind of girlfriend you want in your life? I sure hope not, But yes be her friend tell her parents now... Good luck....................
How can I help a friend with a drug problem?
So I'm a freshman in high school, and someone I used to be really close with is struggling with drugs, going to school... etc. We used to be really good friends but now we don't really talk much. I rarely ever see him at school, and when I do, it's always near campus, but never in the building. Is there any way that I could help him?
Should I be friends with someone who does drugs?
No! 1) If you are with the person and they are carrying drugs and get caught, you will be implicated (guilt by association). You may not ultimately get into trouble, but until the police/parent/authority knows you are innocent, you won't have a pleasant time! 2) People on drugs can do stupid or dangerous things, which might get you in trouble or seriously hurt. 3) They have to get their drugs from a dealer, and that "someone" could be a dangerous person with dangerous friends. You will be known to those bad people through your friend, and could cause you harm if they have disputes or other issues. There was a story on the news just the other day about two guys who murdered a guy's sister to get back at him for not paying for the drugs they'd sold him. 4) Your friend most likely has other friends he/she hangs out with to do drugs. People who do drugs can often be involved in crime, get bad grades, don't perform as well in sports or their jobs, can have bad relations with their parents, community, etc. You'll get a reputation, even if you don't do drugs. 5) It's all too easy to try drugs when your friend is doing them through peer pressure, curiosity, or wanting to share the same experience. Bad news! 6) There is a culture involving drug use that you won't be part of, so you (hopefully) won't have that in common with your friend. It involves breaking the law, harming your body, lying to friends and family, a kind of disrespect for themselves, society, family, etc. and spending money on the stuff that could be better spent, Thus, it probably wouldn't develop into a deep and long-lasting friendship. 7) Besides all the above, do you really want to be friends with someone who, indirectly, is supporting crime, murder, poverty, slavery and all the other horrific things the Mexican drug cartels (for example) are doing to innocent people? If you otherwise like this person, tell them you will look forward to being their friend when they get off drugs, and will happily give them the emotional and friendship support to stay clean. Until then, stay well away!
My friend is getting into drugs, what should i do?
hey so i’m 15f and my friend (also 15f) who i’ve been close with since kindergarden smoked week for the first time and now she’s like obsessed and has been wanting to try new drugs and drinks and such. what makes me really concerned is that her older sister was a raging alcoholic and semi-drug addict who just got clean and i know stuff like that can be genetic (addictive genes.) whenever me and another close friend go over she always asks if we can bring weed or alcohol, (just a little background, my other friend and i have smoke and drank before, she’s a fan of smoking but i’m not so much, i only do it with close friends when i want to which is like rarely) i’m just nit sure what to do, like i’d love to have fun drinking with her and my other friend but i just don’t want to enable her by supplying alc or doing stuff with her, what should i do? i’ve tried talking to her about it but she gets defensive and is kinda clueless as to what she’s potentially setting herself up for.
How can I get my friend help for his drug problem without making him upset?
Simple. Don’t do it. Just be a supportive friend rather than one who jumps in without being asked.
My friends want me to do drugs?
Define: Friend: A friend is someone you love and who loves you, someone you respect and who respects you, someone whom you trust and who trusts you. A friend is honest and makes you want to be honest, too. A friend is loyal. Define: Loser a person or thing that seems destined to be taken advantage of, fail, etc Define: Healthy possessing or enjoying good health or a sound and vigorous mentality: a healthy body; a healthy mind. So are they your friends? Will you be a loser? Is meth healthy?