I got a brother who has been addicted to heroin his entire adult life. Spent many of his adult years locked up because of it. I haven't really had much contact with him since I was a kid, but I remember him being my hero. He's 12 years older than me. Named my son after him.
Got a friend I consider a brother who is an alcoholic and drinking himself to death. Has liver disease now and he's only a few months older than me. I imagine I'll be walking his daughter (my god-daughter) down the aisle in his place.
It's difficult to watch, but nobody can do a thing to change them until they are ready to change themselves.
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