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Question by Cat B: How do I get my brother to stop taking cocaine?
Hes 19 years old, I think hes been on it since he was 15, hes only confessed it to me once which was back in Feb, when he was drunk. Hes lost tons of weight this year, he had some kind of seizure after taking a lot of it last summer, I asked him then if he was on it and he denied it, later admitting it in Feb. I’ve asked my doctor and he told me about a centre for addicts. But the thing is I don’t think he really wants to get off it, he has NO will power and im pretty sure he has a drinking problem too but at the moment im more worried about the drug use. I’m scared to mention it to him as he has a bad temper and im worried he’ll hit me. I hate him for his behaviour. He is a liar, a theif, rude, selfish, very sexist. Our mother has MS and our Dad has stress related cholesterol issues which my lil bro has made worse since turning into a troublesome teen, but at the end of the day hes my little bro and he needs help.
I should have said, I live in England, the rules are different here, kids never get done for drugs unless they intend to supply them or if they actively stood outside a police station waving a little bag of white powder and and yell “oi! c****s!” thru the door even then they’d prob jus get a £75 fine. but yeh i think you’re right, he does need to be caught
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Answer by Zapawaf
Tell him you’ll call the cops on him, that’s what I’d do.
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it’s harsh but he may need to be caught and go to jail to be forced into rehab. Try an intervention first and if he keeps going, then it would be better to have him in jail, alive and getting help then dead.
he will stop when he hits rock bottom or dies thats it
You can’t help someone who doesn’t want help. I have no idea as to your location but the A and E channel(I’m blanking out on what the A and E stand for,sorry) they have this program called Intervention. It’s excactly what your brother needs(and your family). Either way I hope something works for him in facing his demons. GOOD LUCK!!
get professional help and send him to some rehab/camp.
addicted to something is quite difficult to stop even himself find it hard to control his own self.
if cannot solve the smooth way try the hard one.
find his stash and grind up and mix in alittle crystal drano with it….tht ought to stop it for awhile at least
You can not force someone to quit cocaine or any other type of drug. They must do this on there own free will. No matter what you do or nomatter how long they where off of it…they will go back on it. Sadly, you can’t just lock him in rehab and think everything is going to be better when he gets out. Chance are he will fall right back into his old habits. My advice to you is to talk to him about it and encourage him to get help.
Show him the life of Robin Williams.
pray first to God and ask Him for guidance and control. I would call the police on him, hes safer in jail than on the streets it will wake him up. Or write to me I`ll refer you to a great teen program for drug addicts and is national and i think its free.They will take care of him.
I don’t envy the shoes you are in. I had a friend hitting cocaine. For some reason cocaine has a hard grip on the people using it. We finally called the cops on him and let him dry out in jail. Although he’s out now and trying to keep up a “good lifestyle”, he says the urge is still there every now and then. The support group he attends seems to help. They keep him busy with side jobs so he’s now bored getting into trouble. There are more options out there, this one was the one we used.
get him to see a therapist. research this addiction on the internet and find statistics to prove to him the dangers of this.
maybe this is the choice he has made in life. no matter what you do you cant change how he feels and if he wants help he will ask for it.
wait for him to realize what has happened to him.
he may change his mind about his decisions but let him do it on his own, for if he has his mind set that this is what he wants, then he wont change for anyone.
you cant get him to stop he has to want it himself