May
03
2010
My brother is suicidal and has severe alcoholism. He has attempted suicide several times. How do I help him?
Posted by: Alan in alcoholism treatment, tags: Alcoholism, attempted, Brother, Help, several, severe, Suicidal, Suicide, times.
The family wants to do an intervention, but his self esteem is so minimal that we fear it will reinforce his negative view of himself and instead of accepting the help, he will leave and commit suicide. Also, we would like to place him in an inpatient rehab facility. Does anyone know of an affordable facility?
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May 3rd, 2010 at 2:03 pm
NO place with take a patient NOT willing to be treated. Find a good counselor that does interventions, work with them and let the chips fall where they may. Not easy but honest, watch “Intervention” on A&E and get some background on the situation
May 3rd, 2010 at 3:00 pm
an “affordable” facility? Just what is your brother’s life worth to you? Cost should be the least of your concerns at this point. I mean seriously, compare the cost of treatment to the financial and emotional costs of his funeral and see if you still have concerns for the “cost” of a facility that could very well save his life. If he is underage, your parents should have him committed for treatment. If he is not underage, then there is not a great deal you can do for him, aside from urging him to get himself some help. If he is an apparent danger to himself, you can call the police, and they have the power to commit him for a 72 hour evaluation….but if he doesn’t want help, there simply isn’t anything you can do.
May 3rd, 2010 at 3:51 pm
I saw this show on TV called Intervention. They did one on a guy who drank nonstop. He agreed to rehab, but when they did the followup on his progress, he quit after a few days, moved out of the house (he was living with his parents) and was back to drinking. I know that’s not encouraging. But, I think trying an intervention maybe better than doing nothing. I hope it turns out good for him.
May 3rd, 2010 at 4:49 pm
Try to get him to come to this site. We’ll listen to him and try to help. Just so you know, we’re not professionals. But we have been there and know how to deal with it. This site is absolutely free and we’ll do all we can to help him.
helperonline.bladetech.biz/contact.php
May 3rd, 2010 at 5:16 pm
its okay ,dont fret !! things could have been much WORSE , believe me.
Want to try something DIFFERENT ???
just do the following RIGHT NOW ;
1–chant OM (OM as in HOME but without the ‘H’)repeatedly,forget everything just do it NOW !!!!!!!
doing this for 5-10 mins will give a sense of power within you!!!
if you find this useful let me know ,i will tell you a more stronger method.
note: women durimg their periods are not to chant OM but they can chant HARI
this i say to you on basis of teachings of ‘param pujya ASARAMJI bapu’
http://www.ashram.org
http://www.hariomgroup.org
May 3rd, 2010 at 5:44 pm
The timeline and approach of alcoholism treatment varies widely depending on an alcoholic’s circumstances.
You can ask some help here, they have can help people suffer from alcoholism as well as drug addiction.
May 3rd, 2010 at 6:26 pm
Alcoholism Is a Mental Illness all to itself. Whenever it is co-mingled with other mental illnesses such as depression, schizophrenia, of morbid fixations the person becomes overwhelmed with confusion, question and doubt. No person wants to admit mental illness, and none but few wish to realize that they are alcoholics. Alcoholism also causes the brain damage that leads to mental illness. This is not a time for debate, your brother is sick. Often interventions fail because it alienates the person that it is intended to help. For those who are not familiar with A.A. it is a twelve step program whose purpose is to carry the message to those who suffer from alcoholism. Call them, explain to them the situation and tell them an alcoholic told you that your brother needs a twelve step call. Alcoholics are the best at talking sense to other alcoholics. The script is they tell him their story, to make him feel comfortable give him a chance to tell his. Even if he is delusional they’ll listen and then offer him help, like take him to detox, treatment or a meeting. You see alcoholism is an obsession of the mind that leads to isolation, jails, hospitals and death. Untreated it robs a person of their very soul. AA members know this better than any preachers, doctors, or pleading, or threats. Call the AA central office in his area…before its too late.