Pls help, my friend is being reckless?

[Anonymous]

My friend is joining the wrong company and has started smoking, drinking and having reckless sex. I am very concerned for her, and on asking her, she acted innocent as if she can lie straight to my face. Many people know about this, including her parents, teachers and friends. All of whom have tried to get through to her and failed. Is there something I can do to help her, I'm very concerned that this will destroy her completely. Please give me some suggestions as to how I can get through to her?

[Misslirpa]

She may just be going through a phase. If she is anything like I was, then she may need to learn from her own mistakes. Be a friend for her if you care and invite her to do other activities that promote healthy choices. Throwing cation to the wind, Smoking, drinking, and reckless sex can be really fun and freeing for a short period of time and I doubt it will destroy her completely. Hopefully she will do her thing and then get sick of it.

[spuitkaas]

From experience there's really nothing you can do. Any help will get rejected and sometimes people need that life experience to realize they're being stupid. I go through the same thing right now with a friend. Find a new friend (at least if she's mean to you or doesn't want to be around you anymore) and if she comes back, decide if you want her as a friend or not.

[Anonymous]

Sometimes people need to hit bottom to save themselves. Sometimes saving someone is by not saving someone.

[Anonymous]

you can only take the horse to the water, you can't force it to drink