re: Anyone have a family member that threw their life away with drugs?

My dad, but with booze.

My mom, my brothers, aunts, and uncles all tried our hardest. Gave him multiple interventions. He went to rehab twice but to shut us up. He started having an affair and he left. Said he just couldn’t give up drinking. It hurts. Esp bc he thinks he’s done nothing wrong. I pray every week in church that he wakes up and is able to overcome his addiction and become the man I know he’s capable of being but that’s all I can do now.

I also do believe that after a certain number of years of substance abuse that there is no going back. The damage to the brain is done.