I found out my brother has been using heroin, I dont know what I should do?

Question by oOoCIRYSTAILoOo: I found out my brother has been using heroin, I dont know what I should do?
I found out my brother who is a senior in high school has been using heroin on and off with for the passed year. Supposidly he has stopped as of late 11/2009. My thing though is that for the passed year if he has been using heroin on and off, and we didnt see one sign of it. Why are we convinced he has suddenly stopped. Especially because we dont know what to look for. My moms way of handling this has been to simply believe him and not talk about it. I am constantly going crazy though with the idea that he might still be using, and passivley going a long with my family while they possibly do nothing. I hope he really has stopped. But i dont know what to do. Maybe I should do nothing, continue to go with the flow and just settle down. Or maybe throw a big fit, tell my family that we need to do something. Have him regularly drug tested, or even goto rehab just to ensure he has stopped.

Any advice would help. Thanks….

Best answer:

Answer by just_wondering
you should ask him alone, if he has really stopped. ask him if he WANTS to stop if he say he hasnt. rehab seems like a good option, because i think heroin is a verry addicting drug thats hard 2 quit all at once. do resaerch about it, so you know the symptoms, what 2 look for in a person who does it. then maybe talk to your mom and tell her what youve learned, also that your worried about ur bother and that you want him to get help. good luck..

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