Okay. I need advice big time.

My best friend and I haven't talked much since I left the city. She used to be one of my drug buddies too. Im out of that scene, but she is still struggling, although not around her child.

"lindsay" I will call her, and i talked tonight for the first time in a few months. We caught up and stuff.

Background: Lindsay has a five year old deaf and autistic daughter. Her ex husband takes her sometimes but he works alot so most of the time lindsay is with the child.

Ok, tonight when I talked to lindsay, she broke down. She didn't cry, but she expressed that she was thinking about giving her daughter up and was having trouble looking after her. She also said she was still doing drugs and was "at the point where I don't care". she mentioned that she was considering prostitution and just wanted to be free for a while on her own. She spoke of how frustrated she was with her daughter, how she was spanking her too much, and how she just couldnt handle it. She spoke of the fact that she was on a mental ward just weeks ago and in the hospital several times from doing too much cocaine. Note here she doesn't use when she has her daughter, she is a weekend warrior.

When lindsays daughter was in the background screaming, lindsay got very frustrated. She screamed at her to shutup. The child is almost totally deaf but I still think she is at the end of her rope. She is involved already with CPS and they are doing nothing for her - she even called and told them she was at the point where she felt it was not safe to leave her daughter with her, as she couldn't handle it.

Im seriously considering making a report to CPS - not because I want her daughter taken away fully but because I KNOW she just doesnt have the help she needs to take care of such a special needs child. She needs help, she needs respite workers and social help with her.

What would you people do? Would you report anonymously or would you do something else?