How can I help my friend in an abusive relationship?

How do I help a friend get over an abusive relationship?

• My friend is currently single, but still goes back to her ex because she feels alone. her ex happens to be her high school sweetheart who changed and became a complete ****** after graduation. she's 23 now and has a four year old daughter with him. they broke up before their daughter was born because he's been cheating on her and physically abusing her. i keep telling her that she deserves better, but everytime she says she's finally leaving him, a month later she would talk to him again and im guessing its because she's afraid of being alone. before she dated him she was seriously hot and a lot of guys wanted to be with her. her ex totally messed her up and brought down her self esteem and would call her fat and ugly. he's never there for his kid either. he's no father figure. he happens to have a lot of friends and would make her look bad and tell everyone she's doing him wrong. i swear there are so many reasons for me to seriously just walk up to him and choke him, but i dont even know the guy and i hate him for how he treated my friend. she recently started to talk to another guy, but that didnt go well and she was codepending on him to help her not be alone. she then went back to her ex for comfort when all he's doing is being the jerk he is and telling her that she'll never find another person like him. i could only do so much. she's already filed a restraining order against him, but i think she cancels it because she wants to talk to him. uggghh what do i do?

• Answer:

  Pair her up with someone new she does not know, a friend you know well who is nice and will treat her with respect.