friend of a teenage alcohlic and I need to help her.

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

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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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.

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