Comments on: Loving a Brother Who Is a Drug Addict https://byclaudya.com/i-love-my-brother/ Funny San Francisco Latina Blogger Sat, 25 Mar 2017 06:54:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: MaryAnneGruen https://byclaudya.com/i-love-my-brother/#comment-9260 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:58:00 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=1746#comment-9260 My mother was lost in a world of alcohol and whatever pills she could smooth talk her various doctors into giving her. I understand how the addiction can seem more important than life itself for someone caught up in that world.

Wish I could reach over and give you a hug. I know it doesn’t feel like enough, but you’re doing all you can. The love you feel for him is pure gold and I’m sure he knows that when his head is clear. It’s just so hard for an addict to stay clear.

]]> By: unknownmami https://byclaudya.com/i-love-my-brother/#comment-9234 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 04:41:00 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=1746#comment-9234 In reply to Audreyoka.

Thank you for your kindness.

Wishing you a very Happy New Year!

]]> By: Anonymous https://byclaudya.com/i-love-my-brother/#comment-9228 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:03:00 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=1746#comment-9228 I’m so sorry… sounds like loving him is all you can do. Sucks. ((hugs))

]]> By: Audreyoka https://byclaudya.com/i-love-my-brother/#comment-9217 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 18:31:00 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=1746#comment-9217 Wow…I’ve not been by your blog in several months and I have tears in my eyes reading this post. I’m back to blogging and I’m wanting to catch up with those I used to visit regularly. Somewhere….he knows you love him. Many people have lived in the shoes you speak of and it’s a tough place to be. Sending you many positive thoughts as you continue to offer your love to him.

]]> By: Marlaahansen https://byclaudya.com/i-love-my-brother/#comment-9212 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 17:01:00 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=1746#comment-9212 God bless you Mami and your brother too. This is a beautiful post written from your heart. Thank you for sharing it with us.

I love my daughter the same way.

]]> By: Lifeisaphoenix https://byclaudya.com/i-love-my-brother/#comment-9145 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 09:45:00 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=1746#comment-9145 You’re only human…and a really thoughtful one.

]]> By: JK https://byclaudya.com/i-love-my-brother/#comment-9128 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 09:00:00 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=1746#comment-9128 I am touched by your article. I have a young sister. This article makes me think of her. I have seen her for a long time. God Bless

JK
http://www.serenitylivingstores.com

]]> By: Mrs4444 https://byclaudya.com/i-love-my-brother/#comment-9138 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 04:28:00 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=1746#comment-9138 I’m so sorry. Powerlessness is such a bitch; I hate it.

]]> By: Michelle from Honest & Truly! https://byclaudya.com/i-love-my-brother/#comment-9129 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 02:32:00 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=1746#comment-9129 Ohhhh ick yuck bleh. I absolutely understand what you mean and am beyond grateful that the few addictions I feared didn’t come to fruitition. It’s so so hard but your brother can only do it for himself, and that bit of your heart is going to keep breaking for awhile. My thoughts and prayers are with you – and with him.

]]> By: Anonymous https://byclaudya.com/i-love-my-brother/#comment-9127 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:46:00 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=1746#comment-9127 You have been doing everything you can to keep the drug addiction of your brother to have an opening in your life. Allowing the lies and deceit of your brother to affect you or your family would be so unhealthy for you. I know it is difficult beyond words to explain it to love someone who is addicted to drugs and/or alcohol. Why drugs are part of life and available to those who want it is a mystery to me. How drugs got to the exalted place on this planet is a sad testimony to the weakness of all of us. If your brother chooses drugs over his own health and over his own wife and family, it is his choice. He cannot drag the rest of you down with him unless you allow it to happen. I know this is so darn sad for you. Stay healthy and strong and know there are so many of us out there just like you. Hugs.

]]> By: Joanna Jenkins https://byclaudya.com/i-love-my-brother/#comment-9126 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 06:31:00 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=1746#comment-9126 My heart just broke for you Mami. I’ll say an extra prayer for your brother.
xo jj

]]> By: AVCr8teur https://byclaudya.com/i-love-my-brother/#comment-9125 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 05:05:00 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=1746#comment-9125 Wow, thanks for sharing your story. I think that took a lot of courage to write. You can give him love, hope, and patience, but I think it will take strength and will-power on his part to quit for good. Best to you and your family!

]]> By: Anonymous https://byclaudya.com/i-love-my-brother/#comment-9124 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 04:54:00 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=1746#comment-9124 I am so sorry about his relapse and your broken heart. You can’t help him, he does have to help himself. Keeping you and him in my prayers. ((HUGS))

]]> By: Georgina99 https://byclaudya.com/i-love-my-brother/#comment-9123 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 04:04:00 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=1746#comment-9123 I’m trying to think of something to write and all I can think of is, “I get this and thank you.” Addiction hurts. Love heals. – G

]]> By: MsBabyPlan https://byclaudya.com/i-love-my-brother/#comment-9122 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:47:00 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=1746#comment-9122 Oh Mami, I hope this pain pass soon. I hope God will touch your brother again and make him come back to life.

Hugs!

]]> By: Adoption of Jane https://byclaudya.com/i-love-my-brother/#comment-9121 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:05:00 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=1746#comment-9121 p.s. the people that left me while I was crashing down my old world are the people that surround me now. Those are the ones I treasure.

]]> By: Adoption of Jane https://byclaudya.com/i-love-my-brother/#comment-9120 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:03:00 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=1746#comment-9120 This really touched me. In my late teens early 20’s I struggled with some vices. I lived L.A. life hard and fast. It took a decade to recover from living wild. I had to go Underground to find my Soul. Thank god I found it. Damaged and Bruised but with a pulse. Your Brother will be in my prayers.

]]> By: Anonymous https://byclaudya.com/i-love-my-brother/#comment-9119 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:12:00 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=1746#comment-9119 I’m so sorry of the heartache you’ve endured. I hope that he can overcome this relapse, and get to the place he needs to be.

I’m sending hugs and prayers your way!

]]> By: Ttownsend https://byclaudya.com/i-love-my-brother/#comment-9118 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:28:00 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=1746#comment-9118 I am thinking of you. This must be hard.

]]> By: blueviolet https://byclaudya.com/i-love-my-brother/#comment-9117 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 13:44:00 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=1746#comment-9117 Your connection is touching and the fact your dream gave you an inkling of what was going on is fascinating. I so hope he pulls through this stumble, and let’s just hope that’s what it is…just a stumble, not a fall.

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