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[toots322]

need some advice please brother is a drug addict as far as i knew pills coke rarely but ive been spending more time with him and hes totally whacked this isnt how he was on pills ive beat around the bush about shooting heroin he has but isnt found a plastic knot last week today he left his lighter never uses one doesnt smoke is in my bathroom with his backpack attached to his hip and hes in there forever  i finally lost it kinda today told him stop insulting my intelligence that im very aware hes in trouble and needs help he just last week unexpect. got his dream job back  he stayed with me last wknd to try and get back on his suboxone said it wasnt working he left came back high i cant really tell anybody cuz his uncle will fire him again but if i dont do something and something goes wrong i cant live with that also think hes a little suicidal he denies it soboxone should work pills or heroin correct i think its his excuse to cop and not get clean thank u for any advice u can give me

[littlebit667]

There is a forum here
http://www.medhelp.org/forums/Addiction-Living-with-an-Addict/show/1176

that may help you longer term. Good luck.

[Julia M Aharonov, DO]

It is always sad to when I get a question from some one other than a user his/herself. You, by yourself can not do anything without him wanting to do it. You can haul his behind to an NA meeting, you can get him into rehab, you can even get him to my clinic and I will get him physically clean, but without his commitment and his desire to stay clean, all of it is useless. Suboxone is just another opiate, it does work for some, but again, a person needs to want to quit. Your brother does not. My heart aches for you, because you are truly helpless in this situation, and he is in control of his own deadly destiny. It will lead to nowhere good and it is awful to watch.
Young, smart, talented people die of overdose all the time and their loving families can only watch their disintegration while shedding tears.
Tell him you can not house him while he is using. Most likely your uncle gave him the job as a lust ditch effort to help him, but it will not last if he is using. He will have to come to a place that is very dark and scary and low to realize that he needs help. If he survives that place, there are options. Read my blogs by clicking on my  name and then blogs and read some of them especially about detox options and others if have time. Good luck to both of you. You will be in my thoughts.