Help? Need suggestions, if you've got 'em
I know some of you are familiar with addiction and recovery; maybe one of you has some experience you can share.
There’s a man here at work who has a step-daughter who is using. She lies, she cons money and scrips, etc. I’ve talked to her a couple of times but she lies to me and tells me she’s clean. I know I can’t help her if she lies to me about whether she’s using.
I just listened to a message from him from last night. “She’s in crisis” - she used her boyfriend’s credit card info to put an order in at a pharmacy, blah blah. I don’t know what he thinks I can do for him. He says he’s going to put her out and she needs a place to go - I say, “Okay. Put her out. Let her figure it out.” I don’t know anything about rehabs or halfway houses or detoxes - I did an out-patient program at a facility that no longer exists and he can Google just as easily as I can. I’ve asked a woman in the program for her suggestions; she hasn’t gotten back to me.
It feels like this has become my problem. I know that step-father went to the work guido guy and Guido came to me, because I’m a woman in recovery and I offered to talk to her. I’ve done that. I’ve suggested Ala/Naranon to the step-father; he says “Oh, we’ve done that.” Seriously, dude. I’m not a therapist or an addictions counselor. Why are you calling me at 10:00 at night to tell me there’s a problem? What do I do now?
There’s a man here at work who has a step-daughter who is using. She lies, she cons money and scrips, etc. I’ve talked to her a couple of times but she lies to me and tells me she’s clean. I know I can’t help her if she lies to me about whether she’s using.
I just listened to a message from him from last night. “She’s in crisis” - she used her boyfriend’s credit card info to put an order in at a pharmacy, blah blah. I don’t know what he thinks I can do for him. He says he’s going to put her out and she needs a place to go - I say, “Okay. Put her out. Let her figure it out.” I don’t know anything about rehabs or halfway houses or detoxes - I did an out-patient program at a facility that no longer exists and he can Google just as easily as I can. I’ve asked a woman in the program for her suggestions; she hasn’t gotten back to me.
It feels like this has become my problem. I know that step-father went to the work guido guy and Guido came to me, because I’m a woman in recovery and I offered to talk to her. I’ve done that. I’ve suggested Ala/Naranon to the step-father; he says “Oh, we’ve done that.” Seriously, dude. I’m not a therapist or an addictions counselor. Why are you calling me at 10:00 at night to tell me there’s a problem? What do I do now?