my sister wont stop smoking and drinking?

Question

shes 47,she drinks heavy every day and smokes about 40 cigs a day,shes now had problems with her throat and shes got to go to the hospital for tests, shes scared as my younger brother died two years ago of throat cancer (but he didnt drink or smoke) how can i get her to stop the boozing and fags ?

Answer 1

There is nothing that you can do that won't end up sounding like you are preaching to her. She is an adult and obviously understands that her habits are potentially deadly. She is willing to take that risk. She is the only one who can determine whether she wishes to stop these habits.

The only thing that you can do is tell her that you love her, that you wish that she would stop because you are afraid that she will die from cancer like your brother. If you can tell her this without making her feel defensive and making her see that you sincerely care about her well being . . she might out of love try to change . . but it really, really needs to come from her.

If she does not wish to change, than you need to back off and be ready to lend emotional support no matter what happens.

Answer 2

Try Vitamin C therapy. A few years ago a cancer researcher came out with a paper saying that the best cancer and infection fighter as yet found was Interferon, but, at the time, it cost $15,000 a gram. The good part was that Interferon was a product of the natural breakdown of Vitamin C in your system. The FDA says that the RDA for Vit C is 64 mg a day, just enough to prevent scurvy. Linus Pauling, who got a Nobel Prize for his work with Vit C and a second Nobel Prize for organic chemistry, said 1000 mg a day as a minimum and 2000 mg a day if you are sick. On a personal note, I was sick twice a year, for 2 weeks at a time, for 20 years, and was flat on my back for at least a week each time. To this day the doctors have no idea what the problem was. After I gave up on the doctors I tried Vit C. I took enough to keep from being sick and just below too much to get diarrhea. It followed a bell curve over 2 weeks with a peak at 40,000 mg a day – about 300,000 over the 2 weeks. I was not sick for those 2 weeks and after a couple of years of that I have not been sick since. I did not dissolve my kidneys, as some doctors said would happen. I did not get any calcium build up or stones and did not dissolve my cones or solidify my joints. Try it, but drink a lot of water – Vit C is a natural diuretic.

Answer 3

Well for the booze there's this stuff called anabuse, and if she takes it and tries to drink she will get sick as hel# or she could die, it is serious med, as for the smoking show her some pics of a diseised lung, and let her know smoking cancer is the worst way to die, you smother to death. I know cause my mom has copd from smoking and that's what her doctor told her.

Answer 4

YOU can't! She must do it herself. The job of saving the world has been filled, and not by you.

I remember when my cousin who I idolized died from alcohol. It was really sad. But he wouldn't stop drinking.

Addictive personalities are a britch.

If she doesn't have the inner strength to heal, she will die. There is nothing you can do about it.

Answer 5

your sister has to make up her mind that she is causing her health problems. You cannot help her change her mind. She could try the nicotine patch or gum to reduce the cigarette cravings. Alcohol and cigarettes rob the body of all of the B vitamins. It's important she take a vitamin B complex capsule three times a day. This will also help stop the cravings for cigarettes and alcohol.

If you have any further questions please let me know,
Billie77

Answer 6

you can not, not matter what you show her, or tell her, you can not, she has to want to quit for herself, and that is the only way, then she will seek help to get off of these things herself.

Answer 7

Please tell her not to smoke or she'll have a cancer