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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am on this page because my brother, 35 years old can not stay sober. He passes out, wakes up, drinks, passes out. He quit his job, does not listen to anyone and has put my poor sick mom through so much. He’s been drinking for about 2 years and refuses help. He passed out in the snow at night and almost lost his foot. We don’t know what to do, I can’t lose him. My mom cries day and night, she doesn’t sleep at night because she thinks if she sleeps, he will leave the house and might pass out somewhere in the cold again  and die. I wish the government would force these addicts into treatments because if we leave it up to them, their brains don’t function anymore and they will kill themselves. I am so lost and frustrated and need help. [/quote]

I am sorry to hear this. Both you and your mother may need to go to Al-Anon. First, you need to talk about this with others, so this is either therapy or Al-Anon. You cannot control what he does, but you can change how to interact with him. This is hard emotional work. Sometimes folks have to hit rock bottom. If your brother is living with your mom, she is actually stalling that day. Some loved ones have thrown the alcoholic out of the house. Figuring your mother won't do that, she does need to keep her sanity and get to Al-Anon.

You can also seek out professional help for an intervention and see if he will go to rehab. They feel such guilt and shame and you can't force them, but sometimes the jolt of an intervention may be all you can try.

GL PP.

And to the person who posted on Nov 26 about drinking on weekends in that amount"  You are also an alcoholic. You are just doing it in binge drinking form. Sid Cesar had this form of alcoholism. It allows you to deny that you have a problem. Please consider getting help. 
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+1 to all you said. Also, psychiatrists and other physicians now have some very helpful meds to help control the possible underlying anxiety, depression, and obsessive tendecies that contribute to excessive drinking.

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