How To Support a Sibbling in a Rehabilitation Center

Philippines
March 9, 2008 11:45pm CST
Are you or are you not going to visit your sibbling in a rehabilitation center? My brother is in a Drug Rehabilitaion Center and it's his second time. he was doing drugs for 3 years when we start discussing with our dad that maybe we should put him to rehabilitation center but it took 4 years for my dad to realize that it was time to seek a professional help. And when he's inside, we, the family had a seminar also. They thought us how to deal with sibbling with a drug problem. and one thing i have learned is that we shouldn't pamper him while his inside and after he got out for him to realize what he's loosing because of his vice. but with my dads request i kinda papmpered him and my dad pampered him a lot. i guess my dad couldnt help himself because he's his favorite and 1st born son. After 11 months he got out. He went well for quite 3 months but after that i found out that he's doing it again. And we discussed it again and again but my dad was again hesitant to put him into rehab. It took him again 2 years to finally decide that we should put him back. But before that i begged my brother a lot of times, i even kneeled on my knees for him to quit. i even let him choose between us, his family or his vice but his act told us that his vice is more important than us. so, i told him until he's free from his vice i will forget tha he is my brother and i will not visit going to visit him if we are goping to put him back to rahab again. He's on his way to 4th month now and my dad is insisting me that i should visit him but i just want to keep my word for my brother to realize what he has done. and im planning to patch things for us when he got outside.
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3 responses
@noriko (1254)
11 Mar 08
if you give up now you just might regret it in the future. maybe you have pampered him at the past just because you love him thats why. why not go there and have a good talk with him. i would advice for you to go alone or if that is not possible grab a chance to talk with him one on one. there are times that we are put to the test you and your brother are both in trials now, a little more sacrifice can benifit into a beautiful thing.
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• Philippines
13 Mar 08
i have tried to talk to him a thousand times but still he didn't listen to me. but of course everybody deserves a chance and i hope he won't waste the chance we gave him for the second time around. thanks...
@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
11 Mar 08
well this is kinda complicated for me to respond. i've known you and your sibblings for a long time already. remember when i used to call them tretorns.... hahaha. well i think partly to be blame here is daddy. addiction is mush harder to cure when you are doing it for a long time already. helping earlier is the best solution to it. but since he goes with the saying its better late than never... i just hope it is not yet that late. if you are going to ask me, my suggestion is visit him but before you go there write him a letter... hand written not computer printed one. something that he would know that it was from your heart. before you go, give the letter to him so he can read it when you are no longer around. say what you feel say what you wish say what you want him to be. say anything that you want the pain also that you feel now that he is there again. i think it would be nice help for him. tell him you may not be visiting always but he is always in your heart and prayers. i will also light a candle for mike. hope this time he would be clean.
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• Philippines
13 Mar 08
yeah that's a good idea.. i'll take your advice and i hope this will help mike to move on and put his vice behind.
@daeckardt (6237)
• United States
10 Mar 08
I think it would be a good idea to visit people when they are in rehab whether it be a sibling or not. So many times, people in those places are not visited and that is not good for them. I guess I am thinking more of residential facilities where people live the rest of their lives, but I'm sure a short term situation would be the same way.
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• Philippines
13 Mar 08
thank you. thanks for the advice. it enlightened me.ill just wait for the right timing and probably i'll visit him.