troubledbrother

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   by troubledbrother 16y ago

   Thanks for your concern. jacquesm's comment did make me pause and think, but I tend to not get carried away when thinking about taking responsibility. I have seen my dad take responsibility for a lot of his relatives' shortcomings all his l
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   by troubledbrother 16y ago

   Yes, as I mentioned in my post, I do realize that. My intention of posting here is to find out what kind of specialist help others may have gotten. I'm sorry about the irrelevance of the topic on this forum, but I think there are a lot of h
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   by troubledbrother 16y ago

   Thanks, those are some thoughtful points. Is this the book you recommend? - http://www.amazon.com/Truth-About-Addiction-Recovery-Stanton...
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   by troubledbrother 16y ago

   Do you have more brothers? If you do can they be of assistance somehow? Does your brother look up to you, see you as a role model? Does he have good friends? I don't have more brothers, but there are a few family members around my brother
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   by troubledbrother 16y ago

   You're spot on there. He's a lawyer. In fact, he applied for a masters degree here and got into a couple of decent universities. But we were scared that his drinking would go completely out of control here, where drinking (especially binge
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   by troubledbrother 16y ago

   I have thought of doing that, but given that he seemed to be recovering recently and also just started working, I put it off. Also, I'm not sure how much a short visit would help. I'm sorry to hear about your family; thanks for your help.
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   by troubledbrother 16y ago

   I can try and visit him more often, but I've just started a startup. Perhaps it's time to revise my priorities. Have you considered that he's drinking because it brings out the brother in you? I've never looked at it that way, but if that