Addiction of Any Kind

My brother, who lives with me, is an alcoholic. It is the most horrible of all things to go through as a caring sibling. When our mother died, I inherited my brother. I was the only one in the family that had children so it was an easy fix...Akindheart gets the kid. I raised him as my own.

He started drinking at 14 that I know of. He has been sober for long periods of time but then binge drinks when something stresses him out.

No one will help me. The family is done with him and I have to watch this on a daily basis. yes, I can kick him out, Yes, I can let him die and Yes, I know that he has to want treatment. Even my friends avoid me rather than discuss it.

It is the worst thing you can inflict on a family member. The absolutely worst. I have tried everything to help him. right now, he is doing good but who knows what will set him off again.

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LadyGrace ·

Sounds like my daughter, only she doesn't drink. She just won't straighten up her life and the doctors ruined her long ago with prescription medications, in so many ways. She's just ruined and the only one that can save her now is God. She is suicidal, and because of the medication that the doctors put her on it made her schizophrenic and bipolar, when she was never any of those things and she doesn't take her medications right and she has at her disposal this terrible medicine that she could just overdose on at any time if she wanted to, so I really feel for you and I'm so sorry you're having to go through such a hard time as well. I'll pray for your brother. If anyone can straighten them out, it is God. I have seen him do it before for my daughter on another issue, but the doctor just keeps drugging her up and mixing her drugs and she can't even think straight and she's doing terrible things to hurt the family so bad. You're an awfully patient lady and loving lady to take such a huge responsibility on and God will bless you for that, I have no doubt.