I've probably had the toughest 48 hours I've had for years, if not ever.
My brother is two years you get than me and is 24 next month.
He has been abusing drugs since he was 14 to varying levels. Addicted to weed til he was maybe 20. Not that's a big issue. He's had almost every drug in the book from standard ones like xtc and coke to a ton of random ones that you have to be in an the know enthusiast to have heard of.
He has a terrible episode on New Years where he took methadone and tripped so bad that he thought his housemates were spying on him and smashed one of their rooms up. My parents had to drive 200 miles there and back to pick him up and he was till acting psychotic the whole day after.
Cause of this he had to take the year off university, the idea being to get clean.
Until this week I don't think we all realise quite as fully how bad he is and was.
He was takin ketamine everyday before. He's a borderline alcoholic.
He managed to go through January completely sober which I think or at least hope offers some glimmer of hope of getting through this.
He has been completely psychotic for close to 48 hours and I and my family has had to take turns watching him in case he harms himself or someone else.
He finally fell asleep two hours ago. Some of the stuff he was the saying and the behaviour was just beyond insane and painful.
He's a good guy, suffers from low self esteem, especially as he went from skinny to fat in the last 18 months. I think he is addicted to food and porn as well.
My little brother cried three times today. He's 18 and such a nice kid. My parents had to miss half of work an then go in with this still all happening. They are the most perfect parents you could ask for.
He has it all on a plate but doesn't look after himself and has a deep seeded, skewed attitude towards drugs and alcohol. He just thinks its okay and he can control it.
I'm due to leave home for six months this weekend and I'm really upset that this has got to the point it has now and not a month ago although he has tripped out pretty bad 3 weeks ago. Not like this though.
He drinks a lot too. Used to smoke, does on and off now.
Handed over his mushroom plant box and several other packs of pills last night when he was paranoid that we had called the police on him. Insane considering we never had threatened that ever.
I just feel so helpless and frustrated because it it feels so out of our hands. There is a hope that he can change but also a very real fear that this could get worse.
Has anyone here experienced addiction themselves or a friend or family member?
I don't know what I'm looking for here. I have to be honest, I'm not sure if I will even be able to bring myself to read the replies. I don't know. I just wanted to type it out and tell someone.
We're going to give him a choice tomorrow when he is sober. 0 tolerance to any substances. 0. Or I'll sack him from the cushy job I've given him and he will am have to move out.
We're such a tight knit fan though that I know kicking him out would destroy every ounce of happiness in our lives.
I have to believe we can figure something out and help him. He is a good person, no one would ever say otherwise but he has some mental issues.
My brother is two years you get than me and is 24 next month.
He has been abusing drugs since he was 14 to varying levels. Addicted to weed til he was maybe 20. Not that's a big issue. He's had almost every drug in the book from standard ones like xtc and coke to a ton of random ones that you have to be in an the know enthusiast to have heard of.
He has a terrible episode on New Years where he took methadone and tripped so bad that he thought his housemates were spying on him and smashed one of their rooms up. My parents had to drive 200 miles there and back to pick him up and he was till acting psychotic the whole day after.
Cause of this he had to take the year off university, the idea being to get clean.
Until this week I don't think we all realise quite as fully how bad he is and was.
He was takin ketamine everyday before. He's a borderline alcoholic.
He managed to go through January completely sober which I think or at least hope offers some glimmer of hope of getting through this.
He has been completely psychotic for close to 48 hours and I and my family has had to take turns watching him in case he harms himself or someone else.
He finally fell asleep two hours ago. Some of the stuff he was the saying and the behaviour was just beyond insane and painful.
He's a good guy, suffers from low self esteem, especially as he went from skinny to fat in the last 18 months. I think he is addicted to food and porn as well.
My little brother cried three times today. He's 18 and such a nice kid. My parents had to miss half of work an then go in with this still all happening. They are the most perfect parents you could ask for.
He has it all on a plate but doesn't look after himself and has a deep seeded, skewed attitude towards drugs and alcohol. He just thinks its okay and he can control it.
I'm due to leave home for six months this weekend and I'm really upset that this has got to the point it has now and not a month ago although he has tripped out pretty bad 3 weeks ago. Not like this though.
He drinks a lot too. Used to smoke, does on and off now.
Handed over his mushroom plant box and several other packs of pills last night when he was paranoid that we had called the police on him. Insane considering we never had threatened that ever.
I just feel so helpless and frustrated because it it feels so out of our hands. There is a hope that he can change but also a very real fear that this could get worse.
Has anyone here experienced addiction themselves or a friend or family member?
I don't know what I'm looking for here. I have to be honest, I'm not sure if I will even be able to bring myself to read the replies. I don't know. I just wanted to type it out and tell someone.
We're going to give him a choice tomorrow when he is sober. 0 tolerance to any substances. 0. Or I'll sack him from the cushy job I've given him and he will am have to move out.
We're such a tight knit fan though that I know kicking him out would destroy every ounce of happiness in our lives.
I have to believe we can figure something out and help him. He is a good person, no one would ever say otherwise but he has some mental issues.