I have a friend that I’ve known since elementary school, we grew up together, went to high school, all that stuff. We were very close at the beginning of high school, the he started getting into marijuana and drinking, stuff I wasn’t into. We hadn’t talked in about 4 years (we’re both juniors in college), then in May he asked me for $80 dollars. He said his mom had cancer and his family was living below the poverty line and he needed gas to commute to school. So I gave him the money, long story short I found out that he has been using cocaine since high school.

Anyways, he never paid me back the $80 like he said he would and being a broke college student, I needed it badly. So I decided to pay his house a visit. I walked into his house and right away I knew his parents knew the reason I was there. I went to his room, we made small talk for awhile then I asked him about the money. Like he always does, he gives me the runaround and he’ll have it next week blah blah. So his mom barges in and says “so he owes you money too?” My friend flips out and slams the door on his mom, and she yells though the door “DID HE TELL YOU HE’S ON DRUGS?!” He opens the door, runs out, PUNCHES his mom, his dad throws him up against a wall and I sit alone in his room for about 5 minutes listening to yelling and his mom crying hysterically. When I finally came out, she asked me told me that her son was sick and wanted my help.

Sorry for the long story, but I want to now, is there any way to help my friend out? I know he hasn’t been much of a friend to me lately, but I’d like to help him.