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Old Jan 22, 2011, 01:17 PM
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NOT SURE WHERE TO POST..i also put it in addictions. i really need input!!!
ok many of you know about my alcoholic/drug addict friend in pa. she has lost her driver's license for 2 years due to hit and run while drunk. she has been going out during the day, leaves children unattended during day to do this, and night to get booze by driving- per her husband. yesterday i called her and she was very drunk. husband at work. two of her small children were home, ages 3 and 5. while talking with her, i suggested she contact her psychiatrist, she put down the phone, went to sleep it off and left the 2 children unattended. i finally hung up. husband found her asleep when he came home.

question-should i report this to child protective services? i am torn about this but fear for the safety of her two young ones.
i have given up on helping her, i am in recovery. there's nothing more i can do and i refuse to have anything else to do with her. it's on her. am i just wanting to get back at her for screwing up again for the umteenth time or overreacting when it's not my business. i have to admit i am MAD.
question-should i stay out of this altogether and just let her husband do whatever he thinks best for his family including her?

i am so torn about all this. upset, frustrated, mad, not sure if my emotional response to this is meddling and need to let go of this whole thing.
i called the child neglect hotline and sat on hold forever.
your input is welcomed more than i can express..
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