Hi,

I'm worried about my best friend who's been bulimic for about two yrs. I found out she was throwing up in 8th grade but I didn't know what to do except be there for her. I've never tried to force any kind of help on her and she tells me that she doesn't want any.

But lately she's had a goal weight thats been trying to reach. She's wants to be about 100 pounds and has been excercising and throwing up for the past month in order to reach her goal weight. She doesn't really eat much anymore....maybe about one small meal a day...or just a cup of tea.

Just last night, I was at her birthday party when she saw something that upset her and got drunk and tried eating a whole box of pizza. There were two other of her friends there with us, but they just thought she was really upset. I knew and tried get her to stop eating the pizza, but she just yelled at me and I was afraid that she might try to do something else, so I just let her be.
When she went to go throw up, I went to the bathroom with her. She didn't want me to see her like that, but I couldn't just leave her alone. Seeing her like that....just made it so real and I wanted to take away her pain but I didn't know how and was completely helpless. I tried to get her to stop but she screaming at me that it wasnt enough and that her stomach really couldn't take all the pizza that she just ate. I couldn't do anything but hold her hair away from face and hold her hand. I sang to her and gave all the support I had, but i feel like I should have done more to stop her.
I'm afraid for her and I don't want her to get hurt...but I really just don't know what to do anymore




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