The Batlord

Bad as it sounds prison might be the best thing for him. If five years locked up can't scare you straight then I don't know what will.

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hate paper doll

This is very true. Mine's been there for seven years already and it's the only thing that's kept him sober.

Exo

My fear is that something will happen to me or my parents and that he'll have missed time with us going along with missing a funeral. You're not just locked up from freedom, you're locked up from your family too.

Thanks everybody for all the kind words. I'm glad you all still care.

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hate paper doll

Yeah, it's tough. He's missed two weddings, two births, and several funerals just in our family, not to mention the major life events of his friends and biological father's. Like he always says though, he hates where he is but at least he didn't miss these things because he OD'ed and died.

Exo

UPDATE TIME



So, I just wanted to update this thread for anybody that still remembers the issues I had with my brother. For those of you who don't...

tldr; Younger brother does heroin for number of years, steals from me and my family, steals from friends, gets fired from numerous jobs, gets admitted to rehabs and mental facilities for months, drives my father to serious depression, causes my parents thousands, all culminating in an attempted robbery of a gas station that leads to him being in jail all of this summer. He is now enrolled in drug court and if he f*cks up he will be in prison for five years. He got out of jail on Halloween.

So, Ryan is doing f*cking awesome.

He's been home about two months now and the change in him is incredible. Sure, he isn't perfect. He is still jobless but I can't even explain how much of a different person he is. I have my brother back. Christmas Eve the four of us had one of the best nights together as a family, talking, laughing, for hours. His grip on his past and his future is encouraging and he's doing everything that the drug court is asking from him. He has passed all his drug tests and hasn't missed an outpatient program even though he has to take several buses past the area where he would get high, to get there.

Time will tell if this holds up, but I feel he's finally turning a new leaf.

Just wanted to update.

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GuD

That's really awesome to hear, Exo!

Wow, that takes some serious commitment right there alone. That is not an easy thing to do.

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Every time I speak
So I write instead
And still people want me dead
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Plankton

Outstanding.

I'm sure he's going to meetings, and has a sponsor and all that. I just hope he doesn't have any reservations of going back to heroine when the court isn't involved anymore. I know the sayings may seem a little trite, and some may not even understand the meanings, but yes, one day at a time.

Pick up "A New Pair Of Glasses" by Chuck C. for him if you get the chance.

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Chula Vista

Very happy for you both. Reading this made my morning. Thanks for the big smile.

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on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Exo

Thanks for everything everybody. I consider you all part of my external family. That's corny as sh*t but it's true. Hopefully he keeps it up, but I can't deny the immense sense of relief I feel right now.

Feels good.

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