Ex is hurting himself

[Ashbash11]

I won't go into the details of my whole relationship history, since I've posted on here many times before regarding this but I will just say briefly that my ex-boyfriend and I have been broken up for 2 years. We keep in touch regularly and we're good friends now.. We both still care about each other and everything...It's safe to say that I have more feelings for him than he has for me, as well.

The hard part is, he's been self-medicating very frequently with alcohol and pot and more recently, he's started abusing narcotic prescription drugs such as hydrocodone. I know that he's not my "responsibility" anymore because he's not my boyfriend, but as someone who cares about him a lot, I'm really worried. I'm afraid that he's going to overdose one day and he might get really sick or even die. He lives with a roommate who also does drugs and whatnot, so he doesn't really have anyone to look out for him. I am not sure what he is self-medicating for, but my guess is that he's got some issues with depression. My friends told me that he became a borderline alcoholic when we broke up, and I tried not to feel guilty about it, but I kind of did anyway.. I'm just not sure what to do. I feel like I should do something, because I'm really worried about him. Any suggestions?

[badnewsbeers]

Hmm, you're right that he's not your responsiblity anymore, but at the same it's perfectly normal to care about him. I'd recommend maybe calling a mutual friend, or maybe even his family? Let someone know who is close to him now, and they can provide the help he needs without you ever needing to get re-involved, or feel like you're meddling.

[JosieMcCoy]

Call him and be a friend! Nothing more!

 

Cheers!

[birdie]

it's not self-medicating, it's experimenting. drugs are not great but a big percentage of the population goes through this. just let him be, he will stop eventually