I know. My daughter is mentally/ emotionally ill. Drugs, alcohol and jail have all been part of her journey. She's finally getting some stability, but it hasn't been because anybody threw her in jail whenever she had problems. If someone had tried something besides jail 30 years ago, maybe she would have had a different life, a different journey, a different story. And maybe she'd be raising her own kids, instead of me and strangers doing it. Jail isn't an answer, is all I'm saying.Sounds like she's doing that on her own.
Sometimes the threat of more jail time will motivate them to try rehab. Success rates are very low, though. Person has to really want to get healthy, and even then it's incredibly hard. And expensive.