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If someone's got ANY sort of addiction problem - whether it be coke, alcohol, food, gambling, whatever - you can only encourage them to get help. 18-22 year old college students are not trained therapists and should not handle this on their own. They can't. They might end up doing more harm than good. I'm not trying to talk down to anyone, just stating the facts. I've seen people try to help someone who needed professional care and they ended up in a worse state than the people they were trying to help.
I'm not sure how big the chapters at WVU are, but if someone I wasn't close to tried to tell me I had an addiction issue, my reaction would most likely be to tell them to F.O. and deny the whole thing. The most you can do is ask someone they ARE close to to speak with them.
I know we had a thread on here about if a sister has an abuse problem - do you terminate her for the sake of the chapter's rep or try to help her? It's a case by case basis.
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