My bullimic friend

About a year ago my friend started losing alot of weight throughout the summer from exercise, and I'm afraid not eating. I didn't exactly notice too much but apparently she did lose alot of weight. I guess since I saw her alot I couldn't tell. Anyways, she got down to about a size 1! from a size 7, and was really skinny. Finally last christmas about she started gaining some weight back and it scared her. It got to the point where she started taking laxitives to keep the weight off. (they considered that a form of bulimia) It somewhat worked, but the laxitives got weaker and weaker.

So she started taking more and more, way overdosing according to the package. she woulnd't come to school often and I was scared to ask her what was wrong. One day she took so many that she was at work and was so weak that she had to go to the E.R. Finally awhile ago she started seeing a counselor, and her parents found out about the laxitives (they found the bottle of pills, and figured from the e.r. visit) so we figured since it was out in the open to her family and counselor (and eventually she told me), she would stop and recover.

Lately she's been privately telling me that she's been taking the laxitives again. she's addicted I guess. But she always overdoeses. I didn't know what to do for awhile, so I wrote her a letter telling her to please stop because its a guilt trip on me and everyone else who knows about the pills. then she vowed never to take them again the other night. But I really don't know what to believe. Should I tell her parents that she's taking the pills again? This is a serious matter- her counselor told her that the pills could cause heart failure. Yet I know she vowed not to do it again..i just don't know. I don't want to lose her trust and humiliate her in front of her family. Perhaps she really is going to stop now. Is this serious enough to let it out in the open? I think it is, but I just can't lose her trust. please help Sparklez

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