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Old May 02, 2006, 09:58 AM
onlysister onlysister is offline
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I have a brother who is only 32 yrs. old nad has several problems. He struggles with social anxiety, OCD, acholism, and now the latest has come out of molestation. He lives in a vicious circle of mind struggles, drinking WAY too much and lacks coping skills. I love my brother very much. I am the only one he will talk to about the issues, but its wearing me out. I don't know how to help him. He only lets me in so far. He only talks about the real bad stuff when he is so drunk you can barely understand him. Therefore, I find it hard to believe anything he says. He is successful at work, but has literally NO social life. How can someone be so successful in business and not in his personal life. I am desprite. I'm afraid of him hurting himself, but I don't know how to help him. He sees a counselor once a week, but of course I don't know what he says to her, and she won't discuss his problems with me. I understand that, but goodness how am I supposed to help him, if I don't know whats wrong. His drinking is getting worse. He is on medication... not sure of the name, but something on the order of prozac. I don't see any change in him. I only see him getting worse. Our parents are not that mentaly stable either, so they are of no help. We have a younger brother, but he struggles with himself. So I don't know what to do.
If anyone has any info on where I go from here, or any advise, please let me know.
This is very hard on me and my family. I am married with 4 children of my own. 3 of which are teenagers.

Desprite for help!!!