Drug addict?
October 3, 2009 by Addiction and Substance Abuse Tips
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Can you answer rehad’s question about Addiction?:
I have a drug addict brother who is homeless and a wreck, have taken him in but he just gets worse, wont go into rehab what should I do
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I have a drug addict brother who is homeless and a wreck, have taken him in but he just gets worse, wont go into rehab what should I do
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Addiction Feedback: Unfortunately, you can try to help him all you want, but until he’s ready to change his life, he’s not going to get better. Even if you could force him into rehab, he would have to be willing to do the work to get off of drugs. If he’s not, he’ll just go right back to it when he is released from the program.
Addiction Feedback: Kick his ass out before he drags you down let him Waller in his shit till he figures it out
4 years clean here and that is the only way it works
Addiction Feedback: I’m sorry to hear that.
I think the best thing to do is to stop taking him in and stop giving him money or anything like that. I know it will be hard, but its the best thing to do. I dont know if you have ever seen the tv show “Intervention”, but thats what they tell you to do. Its called tough love.
Hopefully he’ll realize that he needs to get help.
Addiction Feedback: Go to court and have him court ordered into treatment. This will get him off the streets and get him a month or so clean. I hate to tell you though, that him changing is up to him. He’s got to want to stop using drugs. Taking him into your home is not a good idea either. I know that sounds harsh but by taking him in you are enabling him. He needs to suffer and hit a bottom. Which means he’s got to get to a point where he says to himself that he can’t do it anymore. I speak from experience. When I was using over the years people kept bailing me out of trouble. I didn’t see the need to change because I hadn’t suffered enough consequences. But slowly over time things started happening. I lost jobs, then my home, my car and my daughter. It wasn’t until my family decide to turn their backs on me completely. I had finally got to the point where I had no where and noone to turn to. It was then that I sought help for myself. I admitted myself into treatment(the sixth one I might add) but I did it for me not for anyone else. I have about 3 years clean and I go to Narcotics Anoymous meetings. The 12 steps that they teach you is how I have stayed clean. There is hope for your brother, Myself and the many other people that beat this thing are living proof!