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Hello, I'm not a member and I don't post here, but this forum and erowid are my first places I look to whenever I have questions about substances.
Long story short, one of my siblings is an active IV heroin addict. I have hard (I recently found part of their gear in a guest room they were staying in), and circumstantial evidence of their recent use. It's at the point that said sibling is committing crimes to support their habit, and it's having an extreme negative effect on one of my disabled parents, and generally making the people caring for said parent (myself included) lives' more difficult. My parent's condition is terminal, and hospice has provided us with a "comfort box" of powerful drugs including morphine and benzodiazepines for managing their pain and anxiety. I'm pretty libertarian when it comes to drug use, but it has gotten to a point where dealing with the fallout from this addiction is making our already harrowing workload much more difficult to manage. I also obviously have concerns with theft of my parent's drugs, and identity theft/bank fraud, which is how my sibling has made money in the past.
As a sibling, what can I do to address this situation? I'd especially appreciate input from current/former heroin addicts. The other caretaker and I have taken steps to secure the drugs and any personal documents whenever they are staying at the house. In my opinion, the sibling should not be staying at the house at all under the circumstances. They seem to only drop by to do laundry or when they need a place to sleep anyway. My parent is in denial of the situation and refuses to take any action. I've tried to be supportive and non-judgemental, but my sibling seems to have little interest in changing their lifestyle. I'm really at a loss.
I'm sorry this entire thing seems swimmy and impersonal. I actually have great affection for the person I'm talking about, and I'm trying really hard not to make moral judgements about them. I'm just a bit paranoid, and I feel like if they ever found out about my knowledge of their entire situation I'd have fewer options to address it. That may be the wrong approach, but this is uncharted territory for me.
Long story short, one of my siblings is an active IV heroin addict. I have hard (I recently found part of their gear in a guest room they were staying in), and circumstantial evidence of their recent use. It's at the point that said sibling is committing crimes to support their habit, and it's having an extreme negative effect on one of my disabled parents, and generally making the people caring for said parent (myself included) lives' more difficult. My parent's condition is terminal, and hospice has provided us with a "comfort box" of powerful drugs including morphine and benzodiazepines for managing their pain and anxiety. I'm pretty libertarian when it comes to drug use, but it has gotten to a point where dealing with the fallout from this addiction is making our already harrowing workload much more difficult to manage. I also obviously have concerns with theft of my parent's drugs, and identity theft/bank fraud, which is how my sibling has made money in the past.
As a sibling, what can I do to address this situation? I'd especially appreciate input from current/former heroin addicts. The other caretaker and I have taken steps to secure the drugs and any personal documents whenever they are staying at the house. In my opinion, the sibling should not be staying at the house at all under the circumstances. They seem to only drop by to do laundry or when they need a place to sleep anyway. My parent is in denial of the situation and refuses to take any action. I've tried to be supportive and non-judgemental, but my sibling seems to have little interest in changing their lifestyle. I'm really at a loss.
I'm sorry this entire thing seems swimmy and impersonal. I actually have great affection for the person I'm talking about, and I'm trying really hard not to make moral judgements about them. I'm just a bit paranoid, and I feel like if they ever found out about my knowledge of their entire situation I'd have fewer options to address it. That may be the wrong approach, but this is uncharted territory for me.