I need to find treatment centers for a friend of mine with dual diagnosis. She’s been having a really hard time struggling with her alcohol addiction and depression and I really want to help.

Please don’t mention medical or psychological treatment as I’m not interested, as a man

My baby’s dad is an alcoholic and I know his liver is damage from his drinking, not only that I got an PFA on him for his abuse on me. I don’t want to hurt him with the baby I just want the courts to help me to order him to get treatments for his alcohol, depression and there is a chance that he is bi-polar. He is not ready to be a dad but he did watch my other son, while I worked on the weekends. The only bad side is he left my son home alone so he can go to the bar to drink and that is when the abuse started. I had to come home from work and did not make money because of his drinking. I want him to have supervised visitations because he will drink if he does not have his visitations supervise and with his drinking he will not be able to care for our baby. I going to file full sole custody of the baby next month so when the baby is born my attorney can schedule a hearing date for custody. Should I file child support in the baby’s dad’s condition. He has threaten suicide on me.

It’s so important to understand and address depression in teens. I work for a nonprofit addiction treatment center and I’ve worked with many teens who are now sober – but they began using drugs or alcohol to self-medicate their …

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