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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi OP, I have been in your shoes. This is above DCUM's pay grade. The posters who say Al-Anon and therapist are right. Especially therapist. You need and deserve to really talk through this with a pro. The pressure to put aside or minimize your own hurts and your own feelings because someone else is trying to deal with addiction will backfire on you, been there too. [/quote]

+1 - agree that a therapist could really help you come to terms with your own feelings about what has happened to you and to your family. Having an impartial third party tell me I wasn't crazy and that my feelings were valid, and that I wasn't responsible for anyone else's feelings was so, so valuable to me when I dealt with a complicated family issue of my own years ago.

[b]Your brother is allowed to offer you an apology, but you're also allowed to say you aren't ready to hear it - now or ever. [/b][/quote]

Exactly this. And you can also listen to and accept his apology without ever letting him back in your life.[/quote]

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