How to help my neighbor with a drinking problem? She got into a bad situation alone and could have been killed or robbed.

Well, I work from home and I’m here almost all day every day due to my schedule. We have a shared backyard and porch and we just leave the divider open and I see her several times a day sometime. I can be pretty available to help or hang out if she’s feeling bored or needs to talk, but you’re right I can’t be there all the time. I guess the most important part is not making her feel like she can’t ask for help in the future. I wish she would have called before she got so bad, but she mentioned that I’m really busy with work and she didn’t want to bother me on my off day. This helped though, it’s not my job to fix it but to be here if she decides she needs to.

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