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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like depression rather than bipolar disorder. But not necessarily from a medical cause , just from a crappy marriage and stressful life.

I’d get him into a good psychologist, not psychiatrist, get him to describe honestly his feelings about his wife and marriage and see what they say. She sounds awful so maybe divorce is the best option. I wouldn’t let your parents give them any more money til after the split in that case.

He may feel a lot better after that even without any medication.[/quote]

I think you're over-reading the OP, which I'm sure was naturally more pro-brother if anything. SIL seems to genuinely believe brother is having addiction issues, which from the description he absolutely could be. I'm not saying it isn't time for her to pony up and get a real job, but she actually did get a break recently (so it's not like this is a total pie-in-the-sky fantasy) and she seems to be trying to support brother through real issues. Think about the OP that could have been posted from her side of the family about her good-for-nothing husband who became a man baby as soon as his kid was born. That would be 100% unfair, but reading this all as SIL's fault seems a bit crazy too. (This is not a dig at OP, who seemed to give SIL a fair shake.)[/quote]

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