going to pick up my SIL
Well, I have only posted onhere about my AB up until now, but I have another loved one who is also suffering.
My hubbies little sister (22) is an addict, drugs of choice, coke, crack, meth - as far as we know.
She lives in a nearby town, but we have virtually no contact with her. She calls form time to time. Sometimes she says she is doing great, sometimes she says she needs help, but wont commit to anything.
She has recently emailed a friend in her hometown (about 1000 kms away) and apparently she said she is really in need of help. Her uncle has now offered to have her come live with him. She is currently either on the streets, or bunked up with dealer or addict friends.
She has had an extremely hard life. Her dad was never in the picture, and her mom kicked her out at age 14. She has two beautiful baby boys, aged 6 & 4 I believe, but she has lost them and they are with the father.
So, as we are the closest relatives, and we care about her so much, we want to help. We have been asked by the family to take her to her uncles (about 500kms away). He wants her to live there, she can work for him, and hopefully start working on her recovery.
The problem is that no one can find her. And even if we do, how do we know she will be accepting of the help? She has asked others for help recently, but not us. We want to do the right thing, but we dont want to just drop her off where either someone will enable her (I've dealt enough with that with my brother) or where she can get into worse trouble (huge city vs
small town where she is now).
Any thoughts on how we can best handle this situation?