The family is getting extremely poor psychiatric/psychologicl advice - if they're seeking it at all. Letting a mentally ill person hit rock bottom is not something that works, and it's certainly not advisable. Who knows what they're doing. They've rarely spoken out about their position, and it does appear that they've tried to help her in various ways now that the multi-headed monster is in full-blown manifestation. This situation is beyond "tough love."
It seems they think letting her hit rock bottom will "wake her up" and "make her want to fix her life." So not only did they show poor judgment by using her/allowing her to be used to manufacture a pop star in the first place, now they're probably (1) hoping it works, or (2) resigned to her being committed to an instution and/or prison, or (3) resigned to the probability of her death.
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