Question by everyones.aletdown: a question about drug rehab, heroin?
im away at school across the country, before i left i knew my brother was dealing heroin, and hanging around kids who do it. i spoke to him several times, he assured me he was fine, but since ive had experiences with addicts [a few friends/aquaintances] i was still skeptical. soon enough he tried it and now, from what my parents tell me, he has a fullblown addiction. hes lost a lot of weight, is moody, always has bags under his eyes, etc.
he has had a problem with oxycotin earlier this year, but got himself off of it.
i suggested rehab to my parents, but the question is can you put someone in rehab who doesnt want to be there? hes 19, so legally he can make his own choices.
also, any other suggestions on how to deal with this? its an extremely hard topic, and even harder since im 3000 miles away at school.
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Answer by livin life
if he is a threat to himself or any one else he can be put in a mental ward for evaluation..and then they will get him help.
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No, you can not force him to go to rehab against his will and even if you could it would make it harder for him to truly work the program. The best thing you can do is remember that his behavior is the addiction and you have to remember that there is a better person, the person you love underneath that addiction that has taken over. With that in mind, in a sense of pure love you can try and setup an intervention, I would suggest using a professional interventioninst that will have been in a similar situation many times before and helped lead someone lost in addiction into a rehab center that will get them their life back. They have free helpline operators that can answer your questions an set you up with an interventionist.
If he doesn’t want to go to rehab, you cannot force him, but you can hire an interventionist and work with them to come up with a good strategy to convince him to enter an addiction recovery center. There are a variety of treatment options and programs, so finding one that he wants to participate in is your best bet.
I’m sorry your family’s going through this. Although you can’t force rehab upon your brother, an addiction intervention works so that he may realize how drugs are affecting his behavior. It’s the first step to g
getting him the help that he needs. Good luck with everything.