Hello,
My brother suffers from sex/drug addiction and bipolar disease. He was home with my parents for two months getting clean, they monitored his medicine intake and he voluntarily signed up for an outpatient program. He was doing well and then went back to stay at his apartment while my parents went on vacation and he relapsed.
He picked up my parents when they came home and they saw the shame on his face and symptoms of severe depression, perhaps coming down from something. When they asked him if he relapsed (he did, they checked his bank account) he said he did not want to talk about it and left to go back to his place this past Friday. We didn’t hear from him all weekend except one text and he didn’t even call to say Happy Father’s Day to my which is so unlike him and made us all very sad. It seems the addiction is back in full force and getting worse. He would normally at least call but I’m deeply concerned he is in the phase where he has lost all hope and things are escalating.
My parents and I are wondering if we should suggest he comes home so he can be in a safe environment and get clean again and try to eventually get him to go to inpatient. At one point a few months ago I think he was close to considering it but I think hos addicition is getting worse and I’m worried we have lost his desire to get better. My family and I are so worried, we’ve been through so much with his illness bit this feels like the worst its been and I’m really struggling on what to do and also experiencing a lot of grief/hoplessness.
Thanks all, any advice is welcomed.