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amyethest
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- Aug 21, 2009
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Hi,
I have just joined the site as things are getting out of control and I just dont know what to do.
I am the youngest of 4 children although we are all in our 30s now, we are all still close and see each other everyday.
my 2nd eldest brother is in what I see as a crisis situation but i dont know how we can help him.
I'm not sure if its and alcohol problem, a drug problem,a mental health problem or all 3!
he is clearly depressed and is drinking to compensate for this, he smokes a lot of cannnabis and when he was younger he was very heavily into the rave scene so lord knows what other drugs he has been into, i know he went through a phase of taking cocaine.
he has basically given up his highly successful business, he hasnt washed or changed his clothes for several months.
last night he was very drunk and was making death threats to the rest of us, he is often verbally agressive and has assaulted my mum (who is 64) in the past, he steals from us. last night he was in such a state i was scared for my safety and couldn't sleep. He is currently living with my Mum and she is scared to ask him to leave as she believes that he would set fire to the house as he appears so unstable.
where can I go to get him some help? as a family member is there anything I can do, I cant see that he would willingly come along to an appointment with me.
Please offer me some advice as I dont know what else to do
Thank you
I have just joined the site as things are getting out of control and I just dont know what to do.
I am the youngest of 4 children although we are all in our 30s now, we are all still close and see each other everyday.
my 2nd eldest brother is in what I see as a crisis situation but i dont know how we can help him.
I'm not sure if its and alcohol problem, a drug problem,a mental health problem or all 3!
he is clearly depressed and is drinking to compensate for this, he smokes a lot of cannnabis and when he was younger he was very heavily into the rave scene so lord knows what other drugs he has been into, i know he went through a phase of taking cocaine.
he has basically given up his highly successful business, he hasnt washed or changed his clothes for several months.
last night he was very drunk and was making death threats to the rest of us, he is often verbally agressive and has assaulted my mum (who is 64) in the past, he steals from us. last night he was in such a state i was scared for my safety and couldn't sleep. He is currently living with my Mum and she is scared to ask him to leave as she believes that he would set fire to the house as he appears so unstable.
where can I go to get him some help? as a family member is there anything I can do, I cant see that he would willingly come along to an appointment with me.
Please offer me some advice as I dont know what else to do
Thank you