I need some advice from anyone who might know what to do in my
situation. A good friend of mine has, what I think to be some serious
depression problems, which has been magnified by drug abuse.

He has had a small illegal amphetamine and cocaine addiction that has
never been too out of control because he can never afford to buy
enough. Basically, he's 26 years old and lives in his parents basement.
He will do whatever drugs that anyone brings to him, but he has been
known to go for weeks without anything.

I need some advice from anyone who might know what to do in my
situation. A good friend of mine has, what I think to be some serious
depression problems, which has been magnified by drug abuse.

He has had a small illegal amphetamine and cocaine addiction that has
never been too out of control because he can never afford to buy
enough. Basically, he's 26 years old and lives in his parents basement.
He will do whatever drugs that anyone brings to him, but he has been
known to go for weeks without anything.

There is a history of mental illness in the family because his aunt has
severe manic disorders, but he doesn't really act manic. Instead, he
just acts lazy, as if he doesn't care. He does this to the point to
where you can literally kick him out on to the street and tell him to
shape up, but, instead, he'll just lay in the curb. Seriously. He
relies on so-called friends to rescue him whenever this happens. They
just take him back to their place, where they start drinking and doing
drugs again.

The idea of just throwing him out of the house so that he his forced to
make his own living doesn't work for several reasons: he always has
scumbag friends who bring him in to do more drugs and alcohol, he
doesn't ever lift a finger to do anything and he has a lameness about
him that is almost self-destructive.

I'm flabbergasted. I really don't know what to do. He's been in
drug/alcohol treatment several times and he's seen more psychiatrists
than Jeffrey Dahmer. I'd love to give him a well paying job to live
well for the rest of his life, but now I am afraid that he'll get
other employees hooked on dope. He's a mess, he never even say's
what he thinks. He doesn't speak much and he scares the crap out of
me because I am afraid that he's going to turn out to be a complete
mental case.

I just don't know how to help him. If anyone is interested in talking
to me, I would really appreciate it. There are specifics to his
condition that need to be mentioned, but to in-depth for this post and
I really need some third-party advice.

Thanks.