My brother is addicted to meth and is also suicidal. His common law wife found out that he was having an affair with another women who is also addicted to meth. Since then my brother talks about killing himself and he has a loaded gun that he carries in his pocket. His wife has told me that he has held the gun to his chest and head in front of her threatening to kill himself for what he has done. He also says that he is obsessed with this "other women" and can't let her go. They apparently have had a very volatile relationship and this other women knows how to push his buttons. He seems even more obsessed with her since he found out she has another boyfriend. She continues to call my brother and even met him at a motel last monday. My brother said they did some meth together then somehow she drugged him and stole his car (the car he was driving belongs to our dad). Since then he is delusional and even more suicidal. During one episode he kept calling his wife by the other girls name.
2007-02-02 19:16:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Oh wow.. well i believe that you need to do a few things, and fast. First off is to get him into a place where he has no choice, and no way out. A place where he can go through withdrawl and have people watch him and take care of his medical needs. Second of all , you need to pray, and ask GOD to come into his life and preform a miracle. Seriously he needs both your family, and GOD's intervention fast!.. He is headed to a dead end, and he needs to be in a place where he has no contact with the outside world for now... until he gets sobered up enough, and start thinking clearly again. .. and take it from there. THE DEVIL has him now, ASK GOD to intervine. Do something now, before it's too late. Ask for help, somewhere. ..
GOD BLESS YOU, and i'll be sure to pray for him and you tonight.
Best of luck!
2007-02-02 19:39:35 · answer #1 · answered by MOON13 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he is suicidal, then you can get him checked into a psych ward against his wishes, because he is a danger to himself. If he's carrying a loaded gun, he may also be a danger to others. You should call the police on the non-emergency line and ask them what to do. They may suggest that you get the other people out of his house first, or they might wait until he is sleeping, although with meth that might be difficult.
You can also check with the folks at Narcotics Anonymous and ask about a family intervention, but if your brother has a gun, this might be too dangerous.
2007-02-02 19:25:19 · answer #2 · answered by Katherine W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sidney
Addiction is a desease. And all the family became "ill".
To give a good treatment to your brother, you, his wife and the family, must be OK.
My sugestion: look for a room or a group of Narcotics Anonymous and ask about family groups. You need more information (e.g. the 12 steps) to understand the adiction, and the most important - to treat yourself (yes!).
www.na.org
Twelve Steps of Narcotics Anonymous
1. We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4. We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of
character.
7. We humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. We made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
11. We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
2007-02-02 20:14:48 · answer #3 · answered by Apolo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your brother definitely needs help but it is difficult to help him if he doesn't want help. The law is clear in such matters. You cannot force your brother to go into a hospital if he doesn't want to go. If he does something to hurt himself, then he can be made to go into an institution. He must be first evaluated by a psychiatrist who will state that your brother needs hospitalization.
Having him see a psychiatrist is also very difficult. He must want to see the doctor. He cannot be forced because in fact, he Will never show up for his appointments and if he doesn't want to be helped he will not cooperate. A very tough situation. Aside from the drugs does your brother have a psychological disorder as manic-depression or a personality disorder? HE CAN BE HELPED BUT HE MUST FIRST WANT TO BE HELPED.
2007-02-02 21:39:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yo yo yo check it if i was u i would make a deal with my brother i would say look yo i will give u some meth only if u go to the clinic u no what im sayin
peace out 1 luv
2007-02-02 19:24:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry to say this, but the only way is to have him arrested. He may hate you for a while and your family may hate you for a bit but they all know it is for the best. I almost had to do it for my brother-in-law but he died (or something suprisingly unrelated) before I could get the courage up.
2007-02-02 19:25:21 · answer #6 · answered by mindwolf 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-03 09:38:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋