A college friend of mine is addicted to Xanax and some other prescription drugs I never heard of. I was addicted to Xanax for a year and a half, and I'm a year clean now. I have another close friend that was also addicted and now clean. We tried talking to her and it didn't work. She shoplifts when shes high and blacks out. I know the black outs well, but I don't think I shoplifted like that. When we're out in public, at the beach or bar, she asks strangers if they know where to get them. She's being very risky and I can't really be around it too much. The temptation is there for me, and I also have Bipolar Disorder so all it would take is one manic episode and I'll be back to that life. My friend also doesn't want to be around because she doesn't want to get arrested with her shoplifting and always having them on her. She get them from her parents so it would be really hard for her to quit. I was there when she told her mother she had a headache and she gave her a Viciden. My mother would have told me to get over it.. I don't know what else I could do, she doesn't want to stop, and she doesn't listen. I don't want her to get arrested and loose everything shes done in school for Business Management. All I can think of now that my parents did to help me is tough love. Maybe she will realize she looses good people to this. It was easier for me to stop because I moved back home with very strict parents and my mother was there for my withdrawal. If it weren't something illegal, I would talk to a counselor but I don't want cops or her getting kicked out.
Any advise will be appreciated. Classes start soon and I'll be seeing her more often.