Is It Ok to Offer Advice Even if You Weren’t Asked for It?

Question by major question asker: Is it ok to offer advice even if you weren’t asked for it?
I want to tell some one I met in Drug and alcohol treatment that she should check out Yahoo answers because she lost her husband and child in a car accident and is constantly talking about it. It was 4 years ago and she is still dealing with it today because she covered it up with drugs. Now she is dealing with it head on and she is in an abusive relationship, trying to get custody back of her 3 year old and I just want to see her do well. I know she wants to be strong but I see her struggling. I know she definitley needs some counseling but sometimes counseling just isn’t enough and you need to do some soul searching to really get over some of the things you need to get over, and I think this is the perfect place for that……Is it appropriate that I text her this message?
Have you ever been on Yahoo Answeres? I think it would be very helpful to your recovery, and provice some new ways for release.

That’s the message I guess I should also let you know that I have hung out with her once before out side of treatment and while in treatment she cries pretty much every time, I’m just not sure if this is my place or if the message is ok.

Best answer:

Answer by Esmerelda
No. Especially don’t email this to her. What she needs is to confront these issues on her own, in her own way. If she knew you were discussing her on the internet she might be horribly embarrassed and offended. The best help you can be is to listen as a friend and offer advice only when requested.

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