Please help-----what to do about troubled sister?

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Jess… your heart is in the right place but you need to think about your family first. Your sister would (not could) be a burden to your family. Not even living with you… she is gonna have some serious baggage that you really can’t help her through right now. I am not saying this to be mean… I care about you! Your family needs you as a wife and mommy!
 
Thanks Blest,
My “mom” continues to insist that I shouldn’t get involved except to take my sister’s phone calls and listen when she needs a friend. She says that if my sister really wants help, she will seek me or someone else out----in the meantime she doesn’t really have the drive to change or go to school so me pushing her isn’t going to do any good.
She is also concerned about my sister coming down here and finding some druggie friends and dragging them into our lives—especially about how that would impact Lizzy. I don’t want my daughter to have the same kind of childhood I had…KWIM?

Still looking for advice. In the meantime I will just let it drop and let my sister seek me out if she wants help…
Jess
 
Jess… whew!!! I am so glad you have considered the outcomes. Remember… if she is motivated, she will find a way to clean up and straighten her life out and all you will need to do is be there and listen. If she doesn’t want to change, no amount of work on your part is going to make her motivated… and you will burn out FAST…
 
Hi Jess ,
just wanted to know how things were going and how they have transpired? I know about having troubled teen sisters. :o
 
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