Reader wonders how to help a depressed friend
-- Frustrated
Dear Frustrated: You actually do know what to do, but you don't seem ready to do it.
When you start to value yourself more, and love yourself more, you'll see this pattern for what it is: depleting, degrading and depressing. The day you say "enough" and decline to "talk it out," will be a great new day for you.
Dear Amy: The question from "Bothered Daughter-in-Law" really bothered me. Bothered reported that her mother-in-law, an alcoholic and organ transplant recipient, seemed to be drinking again.
As the grateful recipient of a transplanted organ, I know that it is extremely important to protect my second chance at life.
This family needs to act, right now.
-- Grateful
Dear Grateful: This woman's drinking is definitely putting her health at risk.
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