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[quote=Anonymous]I had a problem stepsiblings who had various behavior issues, brushes with the law, and an alcohol problem. My dad and his mom worried so much and it basically dominated family life for 5-6 years. Nobody was allowed to say aloud how they were affected by the behaviors. Nobody was allowed to say "alcoholic"-- you had to say "sad about his girlfriend leaving him". Nobody was allowed to say that things weren't going well. There was a dark, grim mood over the house and the parents were never not thinking about his issues. I'm not exactly estranged from him now, but we never see each other and never speak on the phone. Of course this is just a stepsiblings, it would feel different with a bio sibling, but I'll tell you the way I dealt with it was just to distance myself from my stepbrother and his parents as well. [/quote]
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