I been with my girlfriend for a year and few months and recently she has began drinking uncontrollably. There was signs of alcoholism early on dating her but until last month has really became clear she has a problem.

She has been drinking non-stop for the past four days. Yesterday it got ugly and she became violent with me. She is a college student from Russia here by herself with no family. She was pretty much staying with me for last few months but had to drop her off back in the dorm because of what happened last night. I am really scared right now that she might hurt herself. I just spoke to her roommate from last semester and says she has had this problem before.

She is an only child and recently lost her mother. But again her roommate told me that she has had this problem before and it was going on for almost a whole month. So she only has her father now and does not speak English. I have his number but I don't speak Russian. I am not sure if he was aware of the problem but she desperately needs professional help.

I would greatly be thankful someone could help me out with translation.

Hi this is Chris Polina's boyfriend. I know we have never spoken but first and foremost I want to let you know that I really care about your daughter. That's why it pains me to tell you that Polina has been drinking for the last four days. I have tried desperately to reason with her to get her to stop but she does not listen. Yesterday she became really aggressive and I could not control her. Today in the morning I drop her off in the dorm since I did not want what happen last night to happen again.

I spent the whole day trying to talk to her and pleading with her to not drink anymore. Tonight she called me again from the dorm and again she had been drinking. I spoke to her roommate from last year and she tells me that she was drinking like this last year.

Again I really care about your daughter and it hurts me to see her this way. I did not know what else to do but to email you and let you know what is going on. I just want her to get better and I want to be there for her.

Finally I think using digression with how you become aware of this is probably best. Telling her that I was the one who told what was going on might set her off. Again, I want to be there for you daughter and I just want to see her get better. If you have any advice for me you can contact me at the phone number below.

Sincerely,
Christian