How to deal with an alcoholic brother?

I have a 30 year old alcoholic brother...My family has been through so much because of his addiction..he can't hold a job, he is extremely agressive when he is drunk, breaks fights, disrespectful to my mother, he has blackouts, high blood pressure, can't hold a job, got a divorce after being married for only 6 months or so the list goes on and on...bottom line I am lost and tired of dealing with him and his addiction. I have talked to him and asked him to stop but that was like talking to a wall. What to do?How to deal with an alcoholic brother?
If you want to better understand what to do and not do, I would suggest that you go to an Al-Anon meeting. There you will meet others in a similar situation and learn how to deal with this. HE must decide that he wants help and needs to quit. If he lives w/your Mom, she needs to practice some tough love and make him move out on his own. As for his health, unless he stops, it will get worse and it may take him. Hopefully, he will wake up and see what he is missing before it is to late. He already lost a wife, and from the sounds of it, he is losing his family, too.

Good luck to you, your family, and to him.How to deal with an alcoholic brother?
Just as you can lead a horse to water, but can't make it drink, you can not help those who wish not to be helped.
I suggest you to do this:



High blood pressure? Tell everyone in your family to ban salt in all his food. Just let him eat tasteless food.



1.Never let him put one foot off the house again.. he might by more beer.



2.Ask him why he likes beer so much.



3.Aggressive? Addictive? BAN HIM FROM EVER DRINKING BEER AGAIN!! TIE HIM UP, PUT HIM IN A CHAIR, AND YELL AT HIM. IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, YOU MIGHT AS WELL CALL A 1-800 QUIT COMMERCIAL PROGRAM.
Hate to say this but no matter what you say to him it won't help, He needs to hit rock bottom, I'm sure you feel that he has, But not in his mind, Best thing to tell him is to stay away from you while he's drinking, When his health starts going or he ends up in jail, Hopefully he will learn his lesson....
Worse thing you can do is #1 try to tell him what to do. Alcoholics hate being told they have to do something, always “make a suggestion”. If you know someone who is in Alcoholics anonymous, see if they will do what we call a “12 step call”. Attend a local alanon meeting if you can. Don’t enable him, if you prevent him from reaching a true bottom, he will have no reason to seek recovery. Get a copy of Alcoholics anonymous Big Book and leave it somewhere for him to read in his own time.