Thanks everyone

I have considered going to court and taking custody of my niece because she does not deserve any of this but have not done so because my sister lives with our mom so I know my mom is there to make sure she is ok. I know that is a lame excuse though. I also don't want my niece to go into foster care because if anyone needs to be taking care of her if my sister is like this it should be my husband and I. I promised her that if she did this that I would try to talk her out of doing the drugs. I also told her that if she got bad enough I would go for custody of her daughter.

I am and adult child of alcoholic parents so I definitely know what drugs and alcohol can do to a child, that is one of the main reasons I don't understand why she is doing the drugs.

She refuses to go to therapy for anything. She has my mother and I to reach out to and she keeps dumping her friends as soon as the relationships gets to close. She is on disability because of her mental illness, so she does not work. She knows she has a drug drug problem but refuses to quit because that is how she "copes with things" (her words).

She uses prescription painkillers most of the time but she also steals other drugs from myself and our mother. She also has the psychiatrist convinced she has ADD so that she can "speed" off of the medication they give her for that.

I really do want to take custody of my niece but with my current mental state I am not sure how good of a care taker I would be to a 2 year old.

I feel like I would tear apart my family if I went to court for custody of her, but I also want the best for my niece.