How was her mother's letter impactful? Dealing with MLC is a whole different world than dealing with a recovering addict. Unless she is an addict, I wouldn't take advice from a recovering one when it comes to dealing with depression/MLC. You and others cannot rush her process of dealing with her past. She has to do the hard, necessary work to come out the other side a mature human being. If you do "snatch" her out of her crisis, I can guarantee she'll got back into it at a later date and it will be far worse than what you are dealing with now. My advice, listen to the posters here...we are the ones that deal with MLC or have dealt with it for years.
Sit quietly, the answers will reveal themselves when you least expect them to. The past is gone, the present is a gift and you need to focus on today, allow the future to reveal itself when it is ready.
