Is there really such a thing as tough love

Most of the time its an cover up for abuse. But sometimes it can save someones life. When I were an teenager , I had the most hellish time but I did have some really decent times, I had tones of problems so I will only mention some , One problem I had were I thought it were big and clever to get drunk all the time and get into trouble and cause other people trouble , my parents sorted this out by letting the police deal with me. They didnt have to but they did. And I had to talk to them. And they decided what happened. My parents didnt intervene. With the getting drunk thing , my dad let me drink an full bottle of vodka and it made me that drunk and ill it completely put me off for 2 years. He tried it with all the hard stuff but only vodka managed to put me off. I did go crazy again at age 19 but as soon as I turned 22 I didnt care anymore about getting drunk. Another problem I had were eating disorder , I got that bad I could had died. My hair would drop out , My period stopped and I had loads of health problems , my parents solved it by not letting me leave until I ate something as in an actual meal , at least two meals an day. Loads of therapy and regular weigh ins as I always tried to lie on my food diarys I were asked to write. At school , they had an paper sent home every week with what I brought on it. They also had someone watch me to make sure I ate as in having someone act as an friend. When that failed , they refused to take me out of the hosptial until I ate. When I got let out anyway as someone higher up went behind the doctors back , and my parents back , I recovered by myself , It took years , my parents didnt know what else to do to help me and didnt have the money to pay for private treatment but when they laid off , I did finally fully recover.