My Brother wants a Drug Addict for a Roommate. How can I help my brother =( ?

Question by Winterlain: My Brother wants a Drug Addict for a Roommate. How can I help my brother =( ?
My brother has a friend he’s known for 6 years. It’s his best mate and he actually is a really nice guy. But that’s only if you don’t see past his smile and nice eyes. He’s into drugs like hardcore. He goes to raves all the time and that’s where he gets his fix. He also smokes weed all the time. He has tried almost every possible way to get high..and that includes overdosing on cough medicine. Eventually his girlfriend broke up with him because the only thing he seemed to care about was drugs. We’re talking about my brother’s friend. Not my brother himself.

Recently he tried crystal meth for the first time at the last rave he went to. So now he’s into harder drugs.. With the meth he had ketamine, weed, coke, etc, and cigarettes all on the same freaking night! My brother likes him a lot. They are great friends…and you can tell they are very close. So, when I move out my brother wants him as a roommate.

Everything I have tried to tell my brother about not choosing him isn’t working. My brother is addicted to cigs, and seems to drink every night (which is why I’m moving)…and he also sometimes had xtc, and K….but rarely. I fear that if his best mate moves in, that my brother will eventually try hard drugs too. My brother tends to get depressed and….we even told me himself that the reason why he never wants to spend his money on other entertainment like …video games, a TV, going to the zoo, buying a bike…swimming, hiking…or whatnot is because he feels that “partying” is the ultimate high.

So I’m moving…I’m getting out. I myself am not addicted to anything but coffee and chocolate sometimes…I used to be addicted to smoking cigs, but quit and am the first in my family to do so. I also don’t drink because I have a fear of becoming an alcoholic.

My brother and his friend don’t believe they have problems, and get angry and frustrated at the mere mention of “…you probably shouldn’t drink so much…”……..it’s just hopeless.

I need help. Please someone help me..=(
I meant to write xtc. Not “ect”. oops.

Best answer:

Answer by HelloKitty
Perhaps take your brother to an intervention. Or really crack down on him and not let him out for a while and get him into new things. Maybe take him on vacation far away where it’ll be hard for him to find drugs and liquor. Like a cabin at a lake or something.
Present him with the health risk. Take him to a rehab clinic and show him what can happen. Get him to speak to former druggies. It should be enough to scare him out of his habits and rooming with his best mate.

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