For heroin? Very few people get off of that. There’s no lifelong addiction – they just end up overdosing at some point after going in and out of rehab a zillion times. She has to get help for her emotional and mental health problems first (depression and self-esteem) then enter a detox program. If she’s afraid of withdrawl, get her the psychological help now with no judgments and help her find a rapid detox program. The addict is asleep and under watch during withdrawl. It’s quick and easy but if she hasn’t received the psychological help then it will be pointless.

Please remind her and offer to go with her to a Narcotics Anonymous meeting. They are all over the world with daily meetings and it’s possible to go several times a day if she needs to. They ask only that when an addict is there that they want to change. So if you have to haul her there and she’s high, that’s generally still acceptable as long as she doesn’t promote or encourage use while there.

Someone should go with her for awhile especially if she smokes. Court appointed attendees often use smoke breaks to buy, sell, and use. Then they turn in their sheet that says they went to the meeting when in actuality they stayed outside and smoked cigarettes the entire time. :/