Should I Give My Friend an Intervention and if So How Should I Go About It?
Question by Ashley: Should i give my friend an intervention and if so how should I go about it?
I have been close friends with a great person for over 10 years. In the last 2 years she has had a lot of change, first starting out really good and now getting worse by week it seems. She lost a lot of weight about 2 years ago and got a breast implants and felt GREAT about herself, she started going out and enjoying her single life for the first time ever. But with that going out she started drinking A lot and dating a lot. Over the last year it just seems she has lost control of her life, she has went from a responsible ans stable person to now not working and living with her parents. Her parents are also helping her raise her 5 year old son. Since she has been back at her parents I believe she is getting worse b/c her Mother is the same way.I think they both encourage each other without knowing it. They both enjoy drinking and prescription pills. It is getting to the point were she carries a bottle of liquor in her purse all the time and is drinking not only at night but during the day. I believe she is becoming a “functional alcoholic” and she takes her mothers prescription sleeping pills, claiming it helps her! A group of our close friends, who have also known her 10+ years are afraid for her life and her son’s as well! We have all said things to her about how we are worried and love her very much but she just blows us off telling us she is fine. We know we need to do something but do not know just what to do.
We are in the Tulsa Oklahoma area if you know of any organizations that would be helpful please share with me.
Thank you.
A concerned friend
Best answer:
Answer by luger
you should definitely give her an intervention.
not only is what she is doing bad for her, but abusing prescription drugs is illegal.
also, this im sure really intereferes with her duties as a parent, so you also have to think about the child,
look up family help or family conference/intervention in your local phone book if you want professional help with the conference, and pay attention, because she may try to turn on you and make you mad at the conference holder so you wont make any progress with her,
also don’t tell her its an intervention until after she’s inside, cover it up with a party and tell all your friends that know her that its and intervention,
but don’t tell the ones who you think may tell her because of pressure or pity, and tell everyone else who you don’t want to know so they don’t accidentally tell.
that’s really all the advice i can give, i hope it helped
good luck and happy future for you and your friends
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