Posted by coral on November 6, 2000, at 10:42:19
In reply to self-destructive friend--NEED HELP!!, posted by lala on November 6, 2000, at 9:13:17
Dear Lala,
My advice is that you contact her mother immediately. Recognizing that each person has a right to make decisions for his/her own life, and you may well be jeopardizing the friendship, I'm sensing that your friend told you as a masked cry for help. What you're describing and sensing could very well be on the mark.
I can so appreciate the sense of futility you feel and the need to do something. Just last week, the husband of a very dear friend called, hysterical, because she'd just taken every pill in the medicine cabinet. I'm 1,000 miles away and told him to call 911. He gave in to her protests not to call 911 and she began forcing herself to throw up. She survived this episode but when she called me a few days later, profusely apologizing, I got her to agree to see a doctor. Now the question is whether she'll follow through.
God be with you,
Coral
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