1 of my friends that i have known since i was like 3 started drinking and smoking, and most of the time is high as a kite. i would love for him to stop! he is 15 so he cant go to rehab cuz he would go to jail for doing crack and stuff like that. he needs help anyway i can help him? please help us! -Mel
2007-07-16 12:33:00 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
his parents all ready know and all they said was it was bad thats it!
2007-07-16 12:46:43 · update #1
Rehab is pretty much the best way for him to stop. Being underage doesn't mean that you can't go to rehab- I did. But in order for it to work, he has to want to change. And it sounds like neither he nor his parents think this is a serious problem. You can wait for school to start and then tell a counselor about him, and have the school arrange a meeting with his parents. Or if you want more immediate results, you could go to the police. You said you don't want him to go to jail, but sometimes people have to learn the hard way. In prison there will be drug and alcohol education programs. And he might not even go to prison! He could get sentenced to rehab. Isn't that what you want? Listen, when my best friends called the police about me and my parents sent me to rehab, at first I hated them. Really hated them. But now, I realize it's the best thing that ever happened to me. Think about it. Please, please, please don't let him go on. It's not healthy for him to do it, or for you to be around it.
2007-07-16 13:03:47 · answer #1 · answered by ummmhello 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay... here's how it goes... and heres what to do...
drinking - if you freak out about that, its time you grow up, he's 15 he's old enough to drink...
smoking - cigs are fine, lots of people start smoking as teens and quit later, dont worry too much bout it
weed - who goes thru high school and doesnt try blazing? so who cares bout that, it wont do him any real harm...
cocaine - its a bad drug, let him eff up on it for a bit and if he doesnt realize he has to quit, then you should try and get him into detox
crack - dont let him get to effin up on it but from the sounds of it he has... crack is a HORRIBLE drug it destroys people and turns them into complete monsters because they get so addicted it is all they can think about... if he's smokin crack he's prolly already a cocaine addict and you better get him in detox fast... he needs it... take it from someone who knows, CRACK DESTROYS PEOPLE!
and you seem kinda stupid, no offense... if he's a crackhead you can put him in rehab/detox without him going to jail... thats why they make those places, so he can get clean before he winds up in jail... cracks gonna put him in jail a hell of a lot sooner than getting help will... and crack doesnt put him in jail it'll kill him... whether he dies cuz he ODs or he dies cuz someone kills him, he dies...
so there you go... the options are rehab, jail, or death...
theres nothing you can say or do to stop him... its up to him now
2007-07-16 20:36:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Call the police and report him. He will be sent to rehab not jail. If he doesn't get an intervention now it will be even worse when he turns 18. Then he will go to prison. Sadly you can't force someone to stop drugs. Now he is an addict and he needs professional help. Hopefully he will take it but you need to legally force it on him.
Good luck!
2007-07-16 19:56:28 · answer #3 · answered by The OTHER Boelyn Chic 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call your local Alanon office (I'm sure they are in the phone book) and talk to them. You need more advice than this forum can provide, but in general your friend does need to go to rehab; would not get arrested for going; is sure to be arrested if he doesn't go to rehab. You can ask a teacher at school for help. I think that would work better than calling police.
2007-07-17 01:44:36 · answer #4 · answered by Pat D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you really want to help him, call the police and report him the next time he has crack. It's called tough love.
And stay away from him so you don't end up in jail.
2007-07-16 20:19:19 · answer #5 · answered by Violet Pearl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to confront him, you should tell him that if he does not stop you will no longer continue to be his friend or just tell him that if he doesn't stop you'll tell his parents. If it's a very serious problem, you shouldn't have an issue with getting him help; it's for his own good.
2007-07-16 19:39:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He will not go to jail for doing drugs. He will go to jail for possessing drugs. If he seeks rehab he will not be thrown in jail.
2007-07-16 19:54:11 · answer #7 · answered by Sandy Sandals 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to find an adult to help with this. This problem is a lot bigger than you. Is there anyone close to him that can help, because he can't do it alone.
2007-07-16 19:40:18 · answer #8 · answered by ladyc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order to help him, he has to be willing to get helped. If not, then there is no use in trying to help him.
2007-07-16 19:39:29 · answer #9 · answered by sshhmmee2000 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋