Some of you may already have seen my posts on my sister. I'll give you a quick history of my situation so you don't think I'm a crazy.

I am the oldest of five I have three sisters and one brother (I am the mother hen and worry wart). I have a sister who is a heroin addict and is currently in rehab and doing well for the moment. I have written about my sister before, this one is for my brother. My brother has two young children (daughter 6 and his son will be 5 next month).

My brother has an alcohol and crack addiction. He was already in the hospital for kidney failure and was very close to needing dialysis (he will be 29 this month). He insists on trying to kick it himself. He just fell off the wagon (again) after 3 mo of sobriety (I know that's not very long but it seemed like he was doing so well). He is definitely doing crack again and drinking heavily again (hard alcohol). I talked with my family about having an intervention before and I don't want to do it half assed. He is a big guy (6'2"), I'm afraid he would just bulldoze his way out of the room. I was thinking the only way this is going to work is if we do it Soprano style but I don't want anyone getting hurt and I don't need any trouble. Plus he's going to take this very personally, he is already very insecure. Are there specialists who do this? If so does anyone have a contact number and does it cost anything? I'd like any kind of information or suggestions. Has any ever had one and did it work for you or make it worse?

Thank you!