Hey, my friends severly addicted to pot and drinks all the time and he's on paxil(and anitdepressant). He got into a fight with guys from where he lives and was on his meds and drunk and had a knife on him. He's now in jail and is going directly into rehab. I don't know what to do.HELP!?!?

Wow, sounds like your friend has a lot of problems. First of all, the paxil probably won't even work if your friend drinks all the time (the alcohol kind of cancels the paxil out)... so, if your friend is going to drink, then taking the paxil is a waste of time. Other than that, I don't know that there is much you can do except let your friend know you are concerned.

But beyond that, it's probably not healthy to spend too much time around people who get too involved in things like that, especially stabbings, etc.

i dont think theres much u can do, i think your friend has to realise themself that they have a problem and try thier best to sort it out. other than that i think re-hab is the best place for them. all u can do really is support them and be a rock to them coz its gony be tough! hope it turns out all right!! let me know please?

emma x

Thank you replying to my post. I need all the advice I can get.

When your friend goes to rehab, give him reasurence and try to become better friends to help him coop with all he is going through, it's tuff man, but it looks like your being a good friend man, keep it up, life tuff when you have addictions with drugs, but keep in touch, that is if you can, trust me talking about it and talking to friends will make his time go much quicker and better. well keep on keeping up the great friend stuff dude, peace out
-Earl

ugghh i hate people like this ...at least have a talk with him and have him realize how bad this is

Tell him that if he's going to be a dumbf***, he might as well do fun drugs.

Be there to help him out by just being his friend, and most important remember you cannot change him, no one can. Only he can change his self, and that will only happen when he is ready to do it, I had a son who was a delinquent, out of three kids, he was the hardest, but now he is the best one out of the bunch, because he finally decided to make his changes on his own, and I was there to support him when he was doing good. I did not support the bad, and made that clear to him that he was not welcome around me, while he was high or drunk.

Just be there for him, go and see him all the time, dont talk about the drugs and drink, just try and be a normal friend because the decision has to come from him to stop that s*** but it is so much easier when you know you have support

i think your freind must be a retard or something?

Yeah well like el tino said there is no point to him taking those pills and drinking it's not a good combination.I'm sure he has realised what he has done so just being there for him when you can even if it's a phone call or letter (that is if it's to far to travel) just to know that he is not alone and that he has some decent friends like yourself.