I want help from my family, because I’m a drug addict and alcoholic but I have no idea how to ask.How??

Question by LOLZ: I want help from my family, because I’m a drug addict and alcoholic but I have no idea how to ask.How??
I am 20 years old, and I have been using drugs and alcohol since I was 15. Both my parents are alcoholics and I have a little brother who is seeing my father and I use on a regular basis. I want intervention, and I’ve tried going about getting help by myself, but I really need my family to be there with me. I know they know there is a problem here, but they just won’t communicate with me about it. AND I’VE TRIED TO TELL THEM I NEED THEM. I don’t want to look like a sorry blubbering fool. I am going to college and looking for a job. I want my little brother to see us take responsibility. I need advice on how I can approach my family with this, without looking like I’m starving for attention.

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Answer by kittiepies9703
i myself am an addict.. i smoke weed.. and my father is an alcohol.. so i can relate… my father went to rehab years ago and he started drinking like 6 years after being sober… the only adivce i have to give is for you to go see a councelor or something along those lines.. yu can talk about your own addiction as well as your fathers.. maybe family counceling is possible… they can help with an intervention… and there are also meetings called Al-anon… thats spouses or family members of alcholics… they are helpful.. i have been to them myself… also for your brother.. there are meetings called al-ateen… and they’re the same thing as the adult meetings.. but they are focused on teenagers…. at the meetings there are people there dealing with exactly what you are … hope that helps.. lemme know

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