Car is overheating, coolant wont stay filled up

[Ty]

I currently drive a 2001 Chevy Empala with 220,000 miles. 3.8 liter engine.

I am having issues with the coolant system. The coolant wont stay filled when I fill it up. It started overheating a week or so ago and I had to add water to it since I was out by the lake and not at a store to get coolant. I added coolant to the system and it still does not stay filled. When I changed my oil it still looked very black and dark like normal. There was a slow but constant drip under the car. The drip was happening under the passenger floorboard (somewhere under the glove compartment area). The coolant resorvore is also in that location.

Does this seem to be just a common leak somewhere in the coolant system? How likely is it that there is a leak in the system that is putting water into the engine? I really hope it isn’t leaking into the engine, but how do I tell?

Any ideas how to go about this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,

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[Ty]

Crap, I posted this in the wrong forum. Sorry about that.
Ty

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