My brother has a drinking problem.

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My dad woke up this morning and his car was gone. My brother was down stairs and my dad asked what happened and he couldnt speak coherently. my mom was up with him the whole moring trying to figure out what had happened and he couldnt respond to the questions. she was really scared about him

can he not accept fluids?



it is interesting that the car was stolen on the same night your brother had a problem drinking things. i can not see a relation myself. when people can not drink, they may become dehydrated and incoherent. the reason they may have a problem with thirst may be damage to the hypothalamus.

and the stealing of the car is another annoyance to deal with i guess.

there are no interesting threads to post to tonight so sorry ..that is why i posted in this one.

hope i was of help.

as in alchohol problem.

ok sorry. maybe you think your brother stole the car and trashed it and came home and does not remember.
i can not say anything about that.

if you would like me to delete my earlier post and this one i will gladly do so as i was mistaken.

sorry again and i hope smarter people respond to you because you need good advice.

Gotta love the aspie tendency to take things literally...

Al-Anon http://www.ola-is.org/

it's for you and your folks, by the way.

Merle

Hide your (family) car keys & stuff. (If I am taking it right & he has an issue w/ alcohol).

Even when I was going through DT's in detox I was telling myself I was only doing the rehab thing to satisfy the family and I could go back to drinking when I got out. That will tell you how the disease warps your mind. I'm not anti drinking, not every one is an alcoholic and it may be too soon to tell with your brother but the thing about alcoholism is that by the time you realize you have a drinking problem it's extremely difficult to stop. Do you think he is self medicating? Is he depressed? I'm guessing he's still young. Some people pass through this stage OK, some lose 20 years of their life like me.

i think he is self medicating

I think so too, as I am looking for alcohol for the same reason.