My ex-girlfriend (whom I am friends with still) is 23 and is an alcoholic. She was admitted to a mental health facility for 5 days a few weeks ago after a suicide attempt, and they said she could never drink again. She said that since then she has been drinking every single night, several times to the point where she blacks out. She confessed last night to having unprotected sex with someone she met in the hospital (a male, where i am female).
She has had a very rough life, especially as a child. I am going to do what I can to see that she gets Professional help regarding her alcohol abuse- She has many more issues but this is one i want to tackle first.
Do you have any suggestions? is AA meetings her only option? I think she was already in some but isn’t going (I could be wrong, just guessing on something I heard). I want to help her but I can’t do everything for her.
Last night she got shitfaced drunk and ended up in the ER getting her stomach pumped after I called her roommate (who is out of town), who in turn called the police.
My ex-girlfriend tried to admit herself to the mental health facility but they denied her saying that she “was just there, they already diagnosed her with depression, what more does she want?” :(
I am going to talk to her roommate and tell her she can’t drink with my ex-girlfriend around.
I am going to email her mom and tell her to step up and get involved in her daughter’s life again.
ANY helpful advice is appreciated. I am going over to her house in a few minutes to help her get the apartment cleaned up before her roommate comes home.
I just need help. Advice, words of encouragement, ideas. I simply cannot sit back and watch her wither away with alcohol.
