I am 18, and she just recently turned 15. Yes, we have had some troubled times in the past, but she was much more sheltered from it than I was. We have a stable living condition now, and I am positive the root of her problems can be traced back to the crowd she rolls with.

I know that as teens we all have those friends that aren’t exactly ’straight edge,’ but none of her close friends are good influences to her. Seriously, her friends are ridiculous. She hangs with a much older crowd usually, and I have seen her get used by countless numbers of guys just looking for a naive little girl to prey on.

She eats very unhealthy, mostly junk-food. I cook meals for her and will try and offer her a side salad to go with her dinner of potato chips and soda, but she always refuses. I know she has been throwing up. One of her very close friends runs a pro-mia website too. She used to eat normally.

She cuts words like ‘worthless’ into her wrists. The principal found it once, it was a big deal.
We try taking away her razors and anything she could use to cut, but she always finds a way.

She is out of town now, and we have found empty prescription bottles under her bed. Some of them were my old medicines that I needed after coming out of the hospital, but I couldn’t find them. She has also popped 192 Sudafed sometime within the last 2 months. She doesn’t have allergies.

We try talking to her all the time, but the more you talk the more she resents the family. My mom tries, and she trash talks her behind her back and tries to stay as far away as possible.

She goes to counseling weekly, sometime bi-weekly. She was tested, and does not have depression.

What can I do as her older sister besides set an example?
She also drinks heavily when out with friends.

Anything bad you could think of, she does it.
She was recently moved from a large school to a small private school, but that didn’t work. She once again found the worst possible crowd of people.
She already has professional help. Everyone keeps saying ‘go to counseling.’ Well, did you not read the question?

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