Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Depression?
Question by Ali: Alcohol, drug abuse and depression?
I have a younger brother who is 21. He had gotten mixed up with drugs and is now living at home with my parents. It seems that he has substituted his drug use with alcohol abuse. He has gotten VERY violent with my mother and threatened her. Last night he tried to kill himself, but wound up shooting a hole in the wall. My mom is trying to find someone to help him and everyone is telling her that he has to check himself into rehab or therapy due to his age. We live in Colorado. Does anyone know someone we can call in Colorado who can help him. He is not in his right mind and will not allow himself to be checked in anywhere. We love him and want him to be ok and I am VERY worried about my mother as well. Please let me know if you have any ideas.
Thanks.
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Answer by PrairieDog
call local family counseling center
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I think your Mom needs to get him out of the house and perhaps even put a restraining order on him. She also needs to get all weapons (like guns) OUT of the house.
Due to his age (you are correct) there isn’t much you guys can do to get him “into” rehab. He has got to want to go.
Good Luck.
OK it sounds like he needs to go and sit in jail for a while and they could get a judge to order him in to rehab.. That would put your mom out of harms way.. No one should have to put up with that.. Call the cops they can take him away for your mom
best of luck
You should contact your local Community Mental Health Center (use the link below to find one in your area). A lot of people suffering from depression, or other mental health issues, will self-medicate with alcohol or drugs. Since he his being violent towards your mother and threatening suicide, it may be possible to have him commited for a 72-hour mental health hold. Aside from calling the Mental Health Center, I would urge you to call 911 the next time he becomes violent towards himself or anyone else.
Reading that gave me chills, its painfully familiar. The only way he is ever going to get out this is if your mom kicks him out and no one helps him. At the level its at, based on what you said, in my opinion (I am no doctor or anything, just been there, done that, and seen others go through it as well). This is going to be one of the hardest things your family deals with because naturally you want to help but it sounds like there are codependancy issues, and that just makes things worse. You should invite your mom to an Alanon meeting, there is no denying what is going on when you see a group of people talking about the same thing. Your mom I’m sure believes 100% that she is helping, but I think she is enabling. You need to do something NOW.
Locate your closest Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Look in
your phone book and they can advise you. The fact is, and I’m
in AA, unless he wants help himself, there is nothing anyone
can do. However, in your case, if he took a gun to himself and
pulled the trigger, pulling it away the last second, contact your
police dept. and he can be ordered to be put on a 72 hour hold for psychiatric evaluation. That’s done by 3 different specialists and they can have him committed if necessary.
He cannot, under any circumstances, leave under that ordered 72 hr. hold.
If he’s trying to harm himself or another person, you can have him 302’d – this means he has to go to a psych ward for 5 days, no argument about it. He will have no choice. Only a family member or medical professional can 302 someone. Since he’s refusing treatment, this may be your best option – to protect him and your family. Once in a psych ward, he can get his head on straight, he’ll be clean & the professionals there can try to get him the treatment he needs for his addictions.
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