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On a crash course

Sam: I have this friend who is 14 and on a total crash course. She is drinking, doing really hard drugs, having sex AND she has bulimia. She started dragging me down, then thankfully I found God, and do I ever love HIM! I wish that she would get better. My friends and I reach out to her, and she says she wants help, but when it comes down to it, she doesn't get the help. We don't talk anymore, and I know it sounds rude but I don't want to be around her until she gets better. I wish she could find God like I did.

Broken Friend

Dear Broken Friend: Being a friend means helping each other in good and bad. Helping a friend sometimes means listening, sometimes understanding, sometimes caring and sometimes means taking action. Your friendship is in the place where taking action is necessary.

Your first step is to get a parent involved. She needs a responsible adult to help her right now. Your next step should also include re-building your friendship. She needs your good Christian influence to help her with her choices. Your third step is to pray for her. God can turn everything out for good.

Fixing things up,
Sam
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