thanks eva for your helpful advice. and i love the serenity prayer. it is one of my favorite prayers! thank you for reminding me of it. i am trying to do the best i can with my brothers situation taking it a day at a time, but it's hard. and being chronically ill myself with rsd and fibro and eno doesn't help. but i'm taking your advice and trying to accept that i cannot be the one who helps my brother to get help. it has to be up to him. i will always have my hand out for him to hold when he is ready to get the much needed help he needs. i just hope he makes it to that point. i hope and i pray every day.

thank you englishdave for your great advice too. you're right too. i cannot push my brother into getting help. it has to be up to him. but i will hold a light for him when he is ready to get the help he needs. i hope he gets to the point that he will see he needs help before it's too late. i will keep praying for him and keep my promise to him that i will never give up on him.

You are doing all you can
All left in the end
Prayers the obsession be lifted
So the work ahead of him
Will hopefully be with persons
he has found in the rooms
NA NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS
AND A SAFE PLACE WITH YOU
at some point
When opportunity presents itself
You may want to express
When he is ready
YOU MAY WANT TO ACCOMPANY HIM TO HIS FIRST
NA MEETING
I must be a open meeting
You can search for this info in the blue pages of your
phone book
That is something you defiantly can do
As I had a friend hold my hand to my first meeting
It was a crisp sunny day
And it's been ongoing still
I am able to speak with my children about addiction

All over the place I went
Hope to have made sense
Love
Me

hi everyone. i was just wondering if you could pray for my brother again. he is in the very sick and is in the hospital. i am trying to help him but he is pushing me away and i don't know why. so i thought i could at least pray for him and ask my friends here at neurotalk if they would pray for him to get better too. thanks for all of your support. hugs to all.

Just wanted to check in and see how your brother is doing....and you ?

Praying for both of you.

Hugs

Debi

Hi,

I am praying for healing for your brother and strength for you in your support of him. It is so often when we are unwell that we fall into the arms of those who love us and realize how much we need them. I hope that the gift of clarity comes to your brother out of this, to see the wonderful support he has in you and to take solace in it. May he get well soon.

Sending healing love,

hi everyone. thank you all so much for caring so much about me and my brother. i'm sorry i haven't responded sooner but i've been pretty sick this past week. my rsd pain is flaring because of all the stress and weather changes that i am dealing with right now. but i'm trying to rest as much as i can so i can feel a little better. my brother seems to be doing a little better. he is out of the hospital after eight days there because of health problems due to his addiction and seems to be in good spirits. i am praying that he will continue to get better and i thank all of you for your kindness, support and prayers too. i couldn't handle all this without the help of all of you. i hope and pray that you are all doing well and that you have a wonderful day. hugs to all.

Continued Love and Prayers for both you and your brother, RSD ME. I hope you are feeling better.

Deja

Remember this
And also
Like myself
My daughter
My son
We had to get down on our knees
Addiction is just as painful as the physical pain we feel
Only
To have lost the privilege
To be a part of life on life's terms
I rather say
Life on Gods terms
We ARE given free will
I will pray for you and your brother
And for all the addicts out there
God bless
Here to lean on
Love
Me

RSD ME,

I am sure there will come a point where your brother turns to you and realises he needs the support you offer. It is hard, walking that self-destructive path, to admit you need help and harder to reach out to family.

You are doing everything you can and everything right. Just wait in hope and keep praying as we will with you.

Dave.