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Bombtrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 08:16 AM
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Need some advice quick, need to get dorm nieghbor sober
My friend who lives across the hall from me is going to get kicked out if she keeps missing classes, and now she just got back from clubbing like an hour ago and wants to go to sleep

She ate some percocet, will coffee make here more or less high?

I know somebody's gotta have advice.


*Mods, please allow this to stay in GD for a bit, the lounge is less likly to get a response*
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demnan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 08:19 AM
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1. Do you know how to get in touch with her parents?
I think they could lay down some ultimatums for her and if that isn't sufficient intervention could be involved.
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Bombtrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 08:22 AM
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2. this is a short term problem right now
Edited on Tue Dec-02-03 08:24 AM by Bombtrack
Class starts at 9, and it's a little walk away

She said that she didn't want to go to class stoned, I'm just asking if coffee will make it better or worse(like, if it will clear her head up)

she's not a drug addict, but in this particular morning class, she's missed like 4 out of the last 6 times
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TreasonousBastard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 08:30 AM
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10. Looks like 5 outta 7 now...
and even if you wake her up, she won't sober up till she sobers up-- there's no magic bullet. And she'll fall asleep later and miss more classes.

And she'll do it again.

Sorry, but the problem isn't getting her to that class, the problem is getting her to all the classes, and that's a real problem.

Serious intervention is called for, and the help has to be local. I hope someone can help before it's too late.
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bearfartinthewoods Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 09:30 AM
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20. sure...carry her over to the local blood cleansing clinic
hook her up and get the alcohol filtered out of her system.

other than that, let her sleep and be there for her when the shtf
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 09:39 AM
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24. She does have a drug problem.
Edited on Tue Dec-02-03 09:40 AM by Padraig18
If she is taking prescription narcotics for 'fun', and then missing class or whatever as a result, she DOES have a 'drug problem'. She doesn't have to be addicted to have a problem, and she needs professional intervention.
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Drifter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 08:28 AM
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6. Ooooo ...
there's one way to kill any kind of friendship.

Might as well call the police.

Cheers
Drifter
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HFishbine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 08:23 AM
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3. A recipe
Edited on Tue Dec-02-03 08:24 AM by HFishbine
1 cup V-8 juice
1 cup club soda
1 egg - raw

Down a multi-vitamin with at least one serving of the above and crackers on the side.
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 08:23 AM
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4. She has bigger problems than missing class
She has a substance-abuse problem, and you should contact your resident advisor or her parents; she needs an intervention. Forget today, and see the bigger picture, for her sake.

:hi:
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Bombtrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 08:27 AM
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5. the first thing is getting her to class today
she isn't a druggy, she and her friends just got some percocets last night while they were clubbing. But they didn't have morning classes

my main point of posting this was to find out if coffee will sober her up enough so that she can attend class, or if caffiene will make it worse
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JNelson6563 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 08:29 AM
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8. no, the two are opposites
and coffee will not help. Water and plenty of it to flush the system.

Julie
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DUreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 08:30 AM
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9. Coffee is fine
It won't hurt
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zeemike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 08:34 AM
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12. Coffee will make little difference
Alcohol in the body can only be processes at a certain rate through the liver and noting will change that for the better.
Your best bet is to let her sleep it off and face the consequences of here actions and hopefully not make the same mistakes yourself.
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Dr Satan Donating Member (183 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 08:29 AM
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7. whats the deal?
I get high all the time and never miss classes and make good grades.
Your friend should take responsibilty and pay the consequences for her actions. It is people like her that give drugs a bad name.
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Bombtrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 08:35 AM
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13. the clubs here are open till after daybreak
that's part of the problem

She's a good girl even if she can be irresponsible and she does not need to flunk a class.
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Loonman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 08:31 AM
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11. You call the tune
You pay the piper.

She'll learn that when she flunks out of school.
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theboss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 08:48 AM
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14. You can't get someone "sober"
Alchohol and other drugs have to be processed by the liver. They process at the same rate of speed no matter what you do. You can do things to make them her more alert - like consuming caffeine or whatever. But she is going to be as high as she is for as long as it takes for the drugs to leave her system.

She may need to see a counselor.
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Corgigal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 08:51 AM
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15. Let her quit college then
and go work in retail for a year or so and watch her ass get her priorites in order. Sometimes reality is the only way.
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Bombtrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 08:55 AM
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16. ok everybody, thanks
the mods can delete the thread or move it or whatever.

We're both off to class now
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 09:02 AM
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17. Re: percocet and intervention
Edited on Tue Dec-02-03 09:06 AM by HereSince1628
Percocet includes an opiate derived compound that is addictive.
http://www.medhelp.org/HealthTopics/Percocet.html

How can anyone here know if this girl's friend is drunk on alcohol or in a stupor from the percocet? We can't. Advice on prescription drug abuse needs to come from professionals.
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foo_bar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 09:37 AM
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22. one other thing
If she took more than 5 Percosets, get her to an emergency room fast. Each Percoset contains the equivalent of a regular-strength tylenol; mixing that with alcohol is an agonizing form of suicide-by-liver-failure that can only be prevented in the first 4 to 24 hours.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 09:20 AM
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18. What the hell is wrong with your friend?
Going 'clubbing' on a Monday night. She should be expelled for impudence. One who treats education with so little respect doesn't deserve an education!
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GemMom Donating Member (281 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 09:20 AM
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19. Your friend needs to
hear from someone like you who cares that accepting ANY pills from anybody else at a party is asking for trouble. They could be fake, they could be corrupted with other substances... who knows?
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 09:33 AM
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21. Your Friend Needs Help. Let Her Miss Class.
and suffer the consequences otherwise you are just enabling her to continue on her path towards self destruction.
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kodi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 09:38 AM
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23. she's bad to know, avoid her like the plague
she'll take you down with her.

but if you want to wake a drunk, give her a tablespoon of hair shampoo
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Silverhair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 09:51 AM
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25. Nothing works. The liver has to metabolize the alcohol into...
sugar. Until then it still effects the brain. Then there will be the hangover. Coffee and stuff like that just gives you a wide awake drunk.
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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 09:55 AM
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26. And when did you "Adopt" her?
Hey, i know you're caring and hate to see others screw up their lives (I do too) but sometimes you gotta do the tough thing and let your friends get "paid" for their performance....

Take care of yourself, first.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 09:57 AM
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27. I don't have any advice.
But in my opinion, I feel that it is her problem and let her deal with it.
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Hep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 10:00 AM
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28. Let her be a grown up
She doesn't need you to bail her out. Let her get kicked out. No big deal.
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Hep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 10:10 AM
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29. Or if I may quote Jonathan Richman
Let her go into the darkness
Let her learn from all the things there
Let her go into the darkness
Let her go, let her go, let her go.
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