Hi everyone. I hope you are all doing okay. I just wanted to let you know that a friend of my brother told me that they have met with him and that he is living in a sober living facility in the city and going to therapy! They also told me he has been clean for the past few months! My brother sill doesn't want to talk to me because I told him no when he wanted money from me and has changed his phone number so I cannot contact him anymore. At the time when he asked for money I was afraid he may still be using and I didn't want to enable him. Though I am hurt by the way he is treating me right now, I am so grateful that he is okay and alive and finally getting the help he needs! My prayers have been answered! I know that there is always a chance of relapse but I hope that he won't. He has HIV from his past addiction but is getting meds for it from a dr. So though he still isn't talking to me I am glad he is clean! I wish I knew where his exact address but he told his friend not to tell me. I hope someday he will talk to me again. I will always love him and want to help but don't want to push him. I don't want to disturb his recovery. I will keep praying for him and wanted to thank all of you for ALL of your prayers too! It looks like they have been finally answered! Thank you all so much for you continued support. I could not have been able to deal with this without all of you. Love and hugs to all.

This is good news
Time
Just give it time
And take care of you
Holding your hand
In my prayers
Love
Me

RSD,
For now I guess his being sober and trying to improve the quality of his life is first and foremost. Hopefully when he feels strong enough to deal with past hurts, he will be better able to understand why they were in effect and want to make amends with the past.

Will still keep both of you on my prayer list.


Gerry

Hello my friends.

Just needed to talk. It seems that my brother has relapsed. He was doing so well for a few months and even started talking to me again. We met about a month ago and had a nice talk. He looked good. He was happy and positive. He was like the brother I used to know. Now it seems he is spiraling downward again. He was dating someone and they broke up and he seemed to fall apart again. I know the signs all too well after dealing with this nightmare for over two years now. I am so heartbroken and have had to detach with love. I am not able to help him emotionally or physically anymore. All I can do is love him and pray for him. I pray he finds his way back to recovery again. Any prayers from my friends here would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for listening to me rant. I just needed to talk. It hurts so much right now to see him fall apart again. Just have to hold onto to hope.