My friend’s friend is a heroin addict…. help?

Question by Sparkle Bean: My friend’s friend is a heroin addict…. help?
My best friend, who lives another state away, is struggling with a friend of hers who admitted that he is addicted to heroin. He has been able to walk away from any drug he dived head first into, you name it, he did it heavy duty and never got hooked… but somehow, in turning to heroin because of personal problems in his living environment, he has gotten addicted.

The issue is, my friend is morally against anyone who does heroin, and she normally cuts all ties with anyone who starts it. But this guy is one of her closest friends and she’s torn with how involved she should be in his life while he tries to get better. It doesn’t help that she is the only one he trusts to admit this to.

His stupid plan for recovery is to either reduce his shoot ups from multiple times a day to once a month, or quit alongside another heroin addict he is friends with. I have told her she needs to distance herself and let him hit rock bottom before reaching out to help him, but she’s still torn between stepping in right now to try and help something she may not be strong enough to make an impact on, or dumping him for good.

Since she is like my sister, I suffer from this too. What should I do to advise her, as she keeps coming to me about it???

Best answer:

Answer by queenbeebeemarie
Tell her to tell him to get professional help and not to be around him whenever he is shooting up and to always wear shoes in his room so she doesn’t get stuck or avoid his house all together because you don’t want her getting stuck with a dirty needle.I mean this sucks and all but her safety needs to come first.

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