Brother an alcoholic?

by nikki
(england)

How can i help my brother, i have an older brother whom i very close too. He has drunk all his life but has got worse over the last few years.

Has had rehab once, he drinks a litre of vodka a day, he shuts himself away in his room as his marriage has broken up and doesn't come out for days, he has lost a huge amount of weight.

I cry constantly as to see him is so pityfull, I've tried all sorts to help him but he just says i am what i am.

He used to be a big strong man and worked hard on the engines in the biceps, now he is a sleleton, he would walk on hot coals for me, and now i cannot do nothing to help him. I did get a CPN to visit but he got angry and told him to leave, what else is there?

I know he has got to want to do it but he doesn't want to?