Anybody have a family member that is addicted to drugs/alcohol and that lifestyle of selling drugs ?

Question by BRAT: Anybody have a family member that is addicted to drugs/alcohol and that lifestyle of selling drugs ?
My 25 year old (younger) brother has been in jail many times. He can’t handle alcohol and does drugs at times and even sells them at times. He says he’s addicted to that kind of lifestyle. He doesn’t work and doesn’t have a license to drive until he takes a class because he has a couple of DUIs and recently totalled three vehicles in a 5 week period. He’s cost my parents so much money and grief and heartache. He has a grim outlook for life and needs help…desperately. He won’t go to the local rehab center again. He’s been before. He gets violent when drinking or on drugs. He yells and cusses you and calls you the worst things you’ve ever heard. His mind is deranged when he messes with substances. He is gentle and loveable and comical when he’s not messing with that stuff, but those good times are rare. We had to throw him out of the house recently and I am scared of him now. It’s awful to be afraid of your own brother. is anyone else going through this and how do you handle it

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Answer by beLIEve
I don’t personally have one, but I want to make sure to say that it’s VERY important he gets checked into rehab. Even if he refuses to go to the local one, send him to another one. If he doesn’t do it, there’s really no way to get him off the drugs, especially since he has convinced himself that he’s addicted. If he still refuses, you have to kick him out of the house. Maybe it’ll shock him into the fact that because of the drugs, he’s lost his family. Tell him that if he kicks the habit, you’ll take him back, but until then, he’s not part of your family anymore.

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