I think a friend of mine is on meth/crack or similar but I don’t know how to approach it
A friend whom I hadn’t heard from for a few years reached out suddenly in the morning. Super friendly, we exchanged a few messages. But the conversation slowed down and she stopped answering.
A few minutes later she wrote a desperate sounding message about how she needs 25 dollars and if I could send it to her. Mentioned how bad she feels about it and how she’d repay me next month. I took it at face value. I never expect people to pay me back in these situations so I told her not to worry about paying back. As soon as I sent the money and confirmed it she stopped answering again.
A while later she writes again like normal. Again very interested in catching up and talking. But the same thing happens again: the conversation slows down and she suddenly stops answering. And again, a few minutes later she sends me almost exactly the same message she sent me before about how she needs money but this time she’s asking for 50 dollars.
All of this happened maybe in the span of 2 hours.
Seeing the same pattern twice triggered some red flags on me and I remembered some friends who were addicted to meth sort of acted like that: they take a hit of the pipe, join the conversation enthusiastically, they crash relatively quickly and desperately look for the pipe for the next hit.
I hope I’m imagining things but I do feel worried and I don’t know how to approach (or if I should even approach it?). I have no contact with anyone from her circle of friends or family to ask if she’s ok.