How to Help a Friend Quit Doing Drugs
Pay attention to your suspicions.. Prepare a list of problems that the drug use is causing.. Select a private place to talk.
Steps
Pay attention to your suspicions.
Pay attention to your suspicions.
Prepare a list of problems that the drug use is causing.
Prepare a list of problems that the drug use is causing.
Select a private place to talk.
Select a private place to talk.
Tell your friend that you are concerned about their drug use.
Tell your friend that you are concerned about their drug use.
Identify the negative consequences.
Identify the negative consequences.
Give your friend information.
Give your friend information.
Encourage your friend to seek treatment.
Encourage your friend to seek treatment.
Offer support for your friend.
Offer support for your friend.
Create the intervention team.
Create the intervention team.
Develop the plan.
Develop the plan.
Decide on the consequences in advance.
Decide on the consequences in advance.
Conduct the meeting.
Conduct the meeting.
Ask for an immediate decision.
Ask for an immediate decision.
Follow-up with your friend after the intervention.
Follow-up with your friend after the intervention.
Tell your friend that you support her.
Tell your friend that you support her.
Help your friend find a support group.
Help your friend find a support group.
Join in new healthy habits with your friend.
Join in new healthy habits with your friend.
Keep environments substance free.
Keep environments substance free.
Help your friend create more productive coping strategies.
Help your friend create more productive coping strategies.
Be attentive to warning signs.
Be attentive to warning signs.
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