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Someone I know went to rehab, drug treatment programs, dropped out of school, gets in trouble. need help.?
He puts his parents through absolute hell, he has driven them into the ground financially and emotionally and still lacks the understanding of what he is doing wrong. When he is caught doing wrong he then decides to mind **** my parents and make them feel guilty of accusing him of such a thing. He smokes pot, drinks alcohol, has never had a job, hangs out with **** ups, he doesn't care about his family but will do anything for friends. This is my brother. How do I deal with him, what disorder
He has been to jail, that's where I would have thought hitting rock bottom would lye. He just skipped his class the other day, and never called his mom to tell her he skipped so she drove 45 minutes out of her way after a 10 hour work day to help this prick. The he had a party in the house, he ate my parents supper they saved up for "Steak" and gave no *****. He doesn't answer their calls. these are good people. my parents are to nice and they might split up because of this ****
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- Lone CatLv 76 years agoFavorite Answer
You can go to alnon. It's sort of like AA but it's for the families of alcoholics. Here's the web site.
This is NOT for you to fix. You can't decide someone else's life. Your brother has to choose his own path in life.
And your mother has to choose her own path. She knows what your brother is like. She knew that there was a good chance that he wouldn't be there.
Understand that I'm not just talking about this one time, I'm just using it as an example. If your mother chooses to allow your brother to take advantage of her, that's HER choice. It's not your place to step in and stop it.
There are things that you can do. For example, you can suggest to your mom that she should stop driving him around.
Everyone has someone in their life who tries to take advantage. It's especially hard when it's a family member. But the only thing you can do is set limits, and encourage other family members to set limits.
People have to be allowed to act stupid. No matter how hard it is to watch.
- 6 years ago
Sounds like a typical teenage guy to me. If he's still in school which is good. He's going through a phase which most guys do that are around 15-19. They smoke weed and party all the time..living it up. I understand he got arrested? If it's only pot, alcohol, fights then don't sweat it. If it was harder drugs, robbing or rape or something among those lines then it's serious. He will grow up one day. Now I don't know how old you are but you sound very mature. If you are younger then him then you will be more understanding when your his age because you'll see theirs a lot of people that go through that phase. He doesn't need rehab or anything like that. Maybe "group" they offer it at high school for drug problems and to talk about their lives. You could possibly talk to him about it, because sometimes when people smoke weed all the time there could be a reason behind like maybe he's depressed. And who knows maybe you'll help him grow up a bit.
- RosalieLv 76 years ago
What kind of trouble?
If your friend is a minor, try this hotline - they should be able to guide them to whatever resources they need:
