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My brother is drinking and taking drugs. I feel so helpless?
My brother is 29 and an alcoholic who also does cocaine and takes other pills. He had been in jail for 4 yrs, which helped him get sober, clear his head, and basically grow up. He's been out since July and just found out he has been binge drinking and snorting cocaine again. I feel so helpless. He's going to either kill someone else or himself from a DUI, overdose, or go back to jail. I feel like there is no happy ending to this. I really feel the only reason he is alive right now is because he had to go to jail. I feel like my only option is to level with him when he is sober and convince him to go to rehab. He is so talented, has a job he loves, friends, a loving family, and pretty much a lot going for him, except he is an addict. I guess I am searching for advice on how to get through this, and how I can sleep at night without worrying about him.
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Its understandable that you are worried about him, but he needs to realize that he is not only hurting himself but he is also hurting his friends and family, is the contact info for people that can help www.drugaddictionhelpline.com/ go to the site call the number and they will contact people in your area so that you can help with get him an intervention.
Source(s): www.drugaddictionhelpline.com/ - Karen LLv 71 decade ago
Well, you're right for the most part. The only person who can effectively stop his drinking and drugging is your brother himself. What you need is a way to help you cope. You cannot let your brother's problems wreck your life too. You can go to places like Alcoholics Anonymous, which you should find in any phone book in North America, and talk to people there for help. If you want to talk to your brother, then they can help you figure out how to do that.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Stage an intervention with demands