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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's with all of the posters attacking OP for not having more empathy for her brother?  Is she supposed to feel sorry for her brother after everything he's done to her family if it was caused by mental illness as opposed to addiction?  Whether mental illness causes addiction or vice versa really doesn't matter at the end of the day.  You can't force someone to get treatment or take medication.  Her brother's issues have torn her family apart, so have a little bit of empathy yourselves, PPs.[/quote]
You and OP still do not get that people who are crazy are...you...know... crazy
Do you really think crazy people will make rationale, sane choices about behaviour, treatment, etc.
You do realize that they are CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, you can have anger and upset and grief and all of the other emotions about their behaviour, but to be mad at them as if they made a decision to be crazy is just...well...
CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/quote]

PP here.  An addict is not necessarily "crazy", to use your terminology.  Do they have something in their brain structure or whatnot that may cause them to get addicted to a substance? I believe that is pretty well documented.  But to say that every addict is "crazy" is not correct.  There are high-functioning addicts who can pretty much live normal lives - they have families, they go to work, they have friends, they are by all accounts normal people. Then there are addicts who cannot function at all.  Perhaps OP's brother is the type of addict who cannot function normally.  Or perhaps there truly is an underlying mental illness causing or contributing to his behavior.  But don't conflate all addicts with those who truly have a mental illness.  Neither you nor I truly know what OP's brother's problem is, so you really have no basis to insist that he is crazy and that OP shouldn't be mad at him.

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