the girl i am seeing was raped and i need to know how to help

Question

ok well my names Adam i am 18 her name is Carmel also 18 we met at work whilst she was in an abusive relation ship it was so bad she had to run away to get away from him a few months ago she came back and i told her how i felt about her and to my surprise she said she felt the same
ok so that how we started well when she was 16 in November she was rapped by a girl and a man that she knew very well she went to the police but the case was dismissed because she wasn't fit to stand up in court
now 2 years on every November and part way into December (she tells me) she "copes" bye drinking nearly every night to "shut it all out". Now i understand people have their own ways of coping with things but i just wish i could help and stop the drinking i mean yeah 5 times a week is nothing new to most 18 year old but i just cant stand to see her hurting this bad
i expect your thinking i should tell her how i feel about the drinking but i can just see that coming out wrong and she would push me away (its taken a while for her to open up this much)
basically i need to know how i can help whenever i say how can i help she says u cant she doesn't ask for space or anything but i know there has to be something i can do even if its just to get her to think of something else with out having to get drunk  

Answer 1

If you are in a serious relationship then you can help her by supporting morally and hep her not to depress.

Answer 2

My advice...If the relationship is serious, and if you know her well....You should try to become her source of strength. She would need someone to confide in, and someone that she nows she can trust without a shadow of a doubt. Show her that she can trust you, show her that you are there for her, listen to her, just be there for her...