How can I help my girlfriend?
My girlfriend just quit drinking and she became really depressed. She told me that she wants to move. What can I do to help her?  I want her to stay.
Relationships,Substance Abuse,Depression
<p>People often have very different values and opinions when they are drinking excessively and when they stop drinking so much.</p><p>Did the two of you share drinking as an activity? &nbsp;If yes, then did you stop drinking too?</p><p>Often when partners meet each other as drinking buddies when one gets sober, the relationship ends. &nbsp;Once the terms of any relationship changes, one possibility is that it dissolves.</p><p>The best way to go is to start the conversation of what you genuinely want. &nbsp;This is the only way she'll really know your thoughts.</p><p>Ask her to give serious consideration and discussion over at least a few weeks or months, to moving away from you. &nbsp;This is a fair request since you are in a relationship.</p><p>If she's changed so much by giving up drinking, which is possible, that she no longer wants to be in relationship to you, then you are better off being without a drinking gf, even if the truth she delivers is a hurtful one.</p><p><br></p>