i have this friend on crack cocaine and they need serious help is there another way to get off crack besides classes is there something that they can take to get off is there any other solutions to helping this problem ?
2006-07-22 04:41:24 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
There really isn't a way to help your friend if they don't want help themselves. You can stay friends with this person as much as possible, and let them know that you care and will be there when they are ready to kick the habit, but don't let your friend sleep over at your place, or leave them unattended with your stuff. I'm serious, even if this person was a good person off of crack, they are not a good person now, and will steal from anyone to feed the habit. Crackheads are not good people, and they act very erratically when they are high, so stay friends with this person as much as you feel you can, but protect yourself first.
You might think about calling the cops on this person, to get them charged with a crime that might jolt them into a better mindset, but it probably won't, and if they go to jail, they'll still be able to get ahold of drugs. It's your call if that's something you think would help your friend or hurt them.
2006-07-22 04:50:23 · answer #1 · answered by cay_damay 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a friend that was big into crack for awhile, people and their addictions are a weird thing. I have known people that can't quit anything unless made to do so and then there is me that has virtually quit everything that is bad for me (besides junk food and the occasional bowl of weed). I would just keep giving him/her $h!t for it and telling them what can eventually and most likely inevitably happen to them. Death is the most concerning thing, followed by Jail/Prison, Ripping off the wrong person, and the list goes on. I really don't think you can help them, but it definitely does show your loyalty as a friend. Pretty much they have to want to quit and in most cases that isn't a choice because they are doing it to hide from something that has happened to them in their life. I wish you good luck, and if you are that loyal just be there for them no matter what and eventually they will either get the picture or will end up like I mentioned earlier.
2006-07-22 11:50:56 · answer #2 · answered by tre_loc_dogg2000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your friend will not want your help until he/she realises that they have a problem. When they eventually do realise its often the case that the people they rely on have already turned their backs on them.
When your friend see`s sense, then try and get them into a drug rehab center. Normally a 6 to 9 month residential program is enough to give them the tools they need to start over. Most Re habs are expensive, but dont let that deter you. There are organisations out there that will fund your stay. There is a place in the UK that accepts applications from other countries, find it here---> http://www.ley.co.uk/
Good luck.
2006-07-22 11:54:09 · answer #3 · answered by bg_322 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No help you get for your friend will work unless he or she wants it. The best thing for you to do is be a friend to this person and offer alternatives instead of getting high. Invite your friend to dinner with you or to an arcade or something. Although that doesn't always work.
Maybe if you knew a recovering addict that you can introduce your friend to who may be able to get your friend into Narcotics Anonymous meetings.
2006-07-22 11:48:07 · answer #4 · answered by real_sweetheart_76 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you find out let me Know I am in the same situation. They probly have to bottom out and want the help befor they will ever get help . You can also get a group of people (loved ones) and try an intervention . Good luck
2006-07-22 11:52:23 · answer #5 · answered by remmora2002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first step to a person overcoming this type of problem is first they have to admit there is a problem and they need help.
Until the person reaches that point, it is very difficult to force anyone to gain anything from whatever rehab program/counseling/treatment you force them into. Sometimes the courts try to force people into programs but I really think a person needs to want help first in order to benefit fully from the help that is there.
The best thing you can do as a friend is keep insisting to your friend that he/she has a problem and needs help, then remind your friend of that fact every time she comes to you to bail her out of whatever mess she caused herself next, and refuse to clean up her messes for her.
Refuse to watch her kids for four days straight while she go on a drug binge, call family services for abandonment. Refuse to fork out money to pay her rent when she has blown all her check on drugs. Don't bail her out when she's been arrested. Don't lie for her to cover her bad behavior. You have to keep saying no when she asks you to bail her out of the problems her drugs cause her. absolutely refuse to offer help to enable her drug habit to continue. Its easy to spend your money on drugs when your friends and family bail you out of all the problems that causes.
Drug addicts have a way of latching onto people who mean well but keep enabling them to make bad decisions by trying to take care of them all the time (often these people are labeled as codependents).
You can't stop your friend from doing drugs but you don't have to help it continue either. Be firm and keep trying to talk sense into her. She will either love you or hate you in the end.
2006-07-22 11:55:42 · answer #6 · answered by ivehadit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get everybody you know to call your friend a cracky whenever they see him/her . You have to somehow make them realize that they are ruining their life and worthless before they can stop . Call the cops and explain situation , maybe they will agree to come by and scare your friend or better yet take them to jail , then your friend will learn
2006-07-22 11:48:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you really want to help your friend you need to get him to fes up. if he keeps refusing then you need to report him to somebody he realy trusts . my brother had problems with drugs he went to treatment and it made a world of difference .it is amazing the change them people mad in him.
2006-07-22 11:53:38 · answer #8 · answered by rob h 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry but there is no way to help your friend until they WANT to quit.
2006-07-22 11:46:27 · answer #9 · answered by angelbaby_102 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
death,sorry it will come to that eventually if they wont get help they dont want help,there is nothing more you can do.If the drug doesnt kill them then the dealers will
2006-07-22 11:46:44 · answer #10 · answered by dumplingmuffin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋