my brother used to be a big coke head, and he got himself threw it and he hasnt done it in over a year. well he did it again the other day cause he was really depressed. i dont know what to do for him, he said he hated himself for it and that he wasnt going to do it again, but i dont know what to do. i want to help him. i want to make sure he wont ever do it again and i feel useless
2006-08-30 14:40:55 · 19 answers · asked by Stacy 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
there is nothing that you can do, your brother has an addiction. This is hard to watch but if you can tell your parents and let him know he cant fight this alone and he needs to be in re-hab
2006-08-30 14:46:02 · answer #1 · answered by cookies_n_cream0218 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the best thing for you to do is to completely support him 100%, the rest is up to him. Unless you see him every day tell him how proud you are of him that he has quit doing coke. Believe me I know how hard it is to quit, me and my wife both were doing meth and coke (usually separate but sometimes together), anyhow I chilled out on the meth cause I just got sick of how I felt when I started coming down especially if I was at work. My wife continued to do it and for awhile I did it with her to kind of keep track of her, because she was doing stupid as$ things and I just wanted to make sure she was safe but most of the time I would just stay home with the girls and she would go. Well I finally go sick of it and told her she needed to kick it, she refused and said I needed to give something up (at the time I was drinking heavily, and toking ganj) I said I wouldn't because I figured neither one of what I did was as risky, dangerous, or deadly as what she was doing. She finally quit in Dec last year, and I quit drinking about 2 months later after going crazy over some really stupid sh!t. I have been sober for about 6 months and she has been clean of meth for about 8 months, I believe that was the key to our success was both craving something that we also didn't want at the same time or need for that matter. Support, and if necessary he may want to check out some NA if he is really serious, the problem is if he ain't serious about quitting again since he relapsed only a few days ago that me might go on a binge and you probably won't be able to do anything to help him. I hope you can succeed in helping him to get clean from coke, I think that after using it for so long it does become a disease just like alcoholism or lung or mouth cancer from cigs and chaw. I think I have rambled enough good luck with that.
2006-08-30 22:06:44 · answer #2 · answered by tre_loc_dogg2000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
theres nothing u can do except stand beside ur brother and tell him everyday how much hes loved he may be thinking hes got nothing to live for try to get him help but he has to want help im in a place where u r now and its a very bad place to be good luck i just have to add ur story really touches my heart my sister is a drug addict and for the last5years she has over dosed at least once a month and i want u to no ur not alone
2006-08-31 01:23:09 · answer #3 · answered by sandy k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well he has to want to stop doing coke for himself...As a sister you can go to Narcotic Anonymous for the family..its called Nar-Anon. You will learn ways to cope with it. Also, you will learn that other people have the same problems as you, and your not alone in this problem
Good Luck!!
2006-08-30 21:52:29 · answer #4 · answered by Chi_Indy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well the best thing that i can think of is to sabotage his coke. i am serious about this. What i think you should do is find out what his least favorite food is and then change it to flavor and then inject that flavor into his coke so that when he uses it he wont like it at all. Then he will probably decide to quit. This is my best advice but you dont have to take it from me if you dont want to after all i am only 14 years old but i was the valedictorian in my school.
2006-08-30 21:46:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I would look in the phone book and see if your city has a local NA (Narcotics Anonymous) chapter. This is a free service and it would put your brother in touch with others going through the same problems. This is a great support group if he truly wants to kick his drug habit.
2006-08-30 21:45:05 · answer #6 · answered by Mr Mojo Risin 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good luck ! I snorted enough of it that should have killed me and about a hundred Innocent bystanders. I quit because it got to the point that it made me sick to snort a line. I still can't figure out why I am still here. I guess the good coke fairy was watching out for me.
2006-08-30 21:49:27 · answer #7 · answered by Trick69 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Try to get him to go to NA Narcotics Anonymous. Go with him if he wants you too or if you feel he needs you there. to find a locale chapter contact your local A.A. or ask at a parole or probation office the the police.
2006-08-30 22:10:09 · answer #8 · answered by BUPPY'S MEME 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have the police department talk to him, let him know you mean business, tell him you will not sit by and watch him do that to himself again, because you love him.
2006-08-30 22:04:13 · answer #9 · answered by theladylooking 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
pls do not try to fix your brother's problem he has to take responsibility for his own choices and accept the consequences for them.... quit trying to be his therapist and just be his sister... do not make excuses for him and claim that depression caused him to do drugs... i have been a struggling single parent going to school with no car and i did it do.. no drugs just determination that it had to be done.... stop accepting his excuses..... try narcotics anonymous but he has to want to do it for himself not because you want him to do it.....GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS
2006-08-30 21:48:05 · answer #10 · answered by casz1968 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋