Comments on: Can You Force Someone Into Rehab: How to Help Someone

By: Angelica

Angelica — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:49:12 +0000

My uncle is 52 years old and is addicted to prescription drugs and alcohol and has battled addiction for many years. I am 25 years old and caring for him and my father who is dying from COPD. I’m running out of options and he is taking time away from caring for my father to constantly watch him and keep him from finding something to get drunk or high off of. He refuses to go to rehab and I don’t know what I’m going to do.

By: burlingtony

burlingtony — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 22:04:36 +0000

Nar-Anon is a great support group for those affected by someone’s drug addiction. Not only will you get support but you can also gain knowledge on what to do. Find a meeting in your area today.

Also, to the one that has a daughter that walks the streets with her kids — hopefully she can be reported to family services and they can step in and take the children to a safe place.

By: Catlina

Catlina — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:52:31 +0000

I need to get some help for my boyfriend’s brother, he is out of control. His ex-wife is the one who caused his alcohol abuse to spiral out of control. He is a perfectly fine person when he is sober, but he is a monster when drunk. The other night, he was wrestling my boyfriend and trying to strangle him. I got between them and he threw my and wrestled me. He picked up an armchair and threw it,broke crystal glasses, threw a dining chair at the chandelier and broke it, and raised a knife at me. I ran into the garage and slammed the door and heard the knife hitting the door. His whole family is terrified of him and we all moved out of his Mom’s house because of him. His family loves him, but they don’t do anything about his addiction. I believe we should have an intervention, and send his ass to rehab, before he kills himself…or somebody else. He has been to the hospital several times for drinking problems, there are problems with his pancreas. He just got out of the hospital and was clean for almost two weeks. He drank one beer and never stopped drinking since. He drinks from morning until night. I need help figuring out what to do, because I care immensely about this family and want this man to have a good relationship with his nieces and nephews, who I see more than him, and his two sons, who he barely sees and they live with their crazy bitch of a mother. If he was sober, he could have the kids more. And the whole family would be better off. Especially my boyfriend’s brother.

By: Dee

Dee — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 19:13:23 +0000

I have a son that has been doing meth off & on. How do we go about getting him into rehab? He does ok for a couple of weeks then he messes up. All he ones he considers his friends have issues but he doesn’t listen.

By: marka

marka — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:40:25 +0000

My husband & I started using drugs about 6 mos, recently he got into trouble with law again. Now he may go 2 prison again. I want
He to get help bu he says ” I don’t have a problem.” What do I do?

By: aleida

aleida — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:51:36 +0000

i really need help with my daughter she is 27 and has two kids ..she walk the street day and night with my 3 years granddaughter ..she is always drunk and high ..when i ask please don’t take the baby with you ..she say it her child ..please could someone please help me

By: Rachal

Rachal — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:39:00 +0000

I am desperate need of help. I have a brother who is 3 1/2 years older then I am. He has been on drugs since he was 14. He has been in and out of jail and has even tried to commit suicide. I called the police when he did that and they took him to the hospital and he ended up getting stitches in his arm. The hospital then released him due to them not thinking he was suicidal. He is now addicted to Oxycotin and Vicodin. I have asked him to get help and go to a rehab and he flat out refuses. Says he doesn’t have a problem. He has lost every job he has ever had because he “thinks” he cant function without these drugs. He goes to one Dr. and gets a prescription and then a few days later he will go to another Dr. for the same thing. He has been hurting the people who care about him most for long enough. I’m afraid of losing my “big” brother to an overdose or suicide. Any suggestions on what I can do to possibly get him to realize he has a problem and needs help?

By: Cristina

Cristina — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:35:53 +0000

Hey Robert, you should consider moving to a different state where there is a nice detox place and rehab center, and you should go to “NAR-ANON” meetings so that you can share and listen to all the stories of people who have addicts in their life and what they did to help them, it’s EXTREMELY helpful!
And Ashly same to you, go to those meetings and find a professional to stage an intervention.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:13:56 +0000

My fiance decided when I left for florida this summer that he would go back to doing drugs. When I finally confronted him about it he decided that he would rather have the drugs then to have a relationship with me. I have already talked with his family about the situation and we all agree that he needs rehab but we dont know how to go through with it.. any help is greatly appreciated…

By: robert

robert — Sat, 22 May 2010 06:54:08 +0000

I really need help my live in girlfriend is using, all the signs of crack use is there and i have even got proof before but she flat out denize it, she is a very angry and uncuntrolable person to live with and threatens to say false and horible things about me if i put a restraining order on her or turn her in, and it seems like the cops don’t care about drug addicts in my town because i have told them before and they have not done anything,,, please please help me get her off of drugs

By: Walter

Walter — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:24:13 +0000

Getting my sister into rehab took a lot of convincing because she thought it was normal partying but it was because she was really not over her boyfriend and kept needing to drown out her problems. She wasn’t there for 30 days, it was like 25 I think.