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Will you help a friend that is addicted to drugs and homeless with cash ?

What would you do if a friend asked you for money? This friend is homeless (which you just found out about) and has been addicted to crack for 20 years. ..😪.
This is the reason she is now homeless. For me, it is sad that things are going so bad... I haven't heard from her in five years. And she accused me of having an affair with her husband 😄😐 I want to help her - but I'm afraid that something will happen to her by having a drug overdose -with the money I send her. I want to know what is the right thing to do?

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assemblingaknob · 26-30, F

That's such a difficult situation to be in. A close friend of my family was also stuck in this dilemma, and they did everything they could to save this person. What you can do is pay for the rehab instead of handing the cash to her. That's what they did. In return they would give this person an alternate incentive to look forward to that is also addictive (in their case, it was video games). You can discuss with the rehab facility as well what alternate addictions can help her wean off of crack. She might have to stay in the facility for some time.