Oh, Brother.

So I guess it all started out when my brother was 11 or 12. He always hung out with the druggies and the "out casts" My mom never really thought anything of it, untill he started getting caught by the cops. First at age 11 he started smoking cigarretts, Then it was drinking. Mind you, he was only 11 or 12. When he started to hang out with the wrong crowd..and getting picked up by the policed a few times a month..thats when my parents started to get worried. They figured it was just a phase and knew he would grow out of it. But now that he is almost 27 he has gotten worse. My brother is addicted to any medication his doctors give him, and he is an alcoholic. He has drank bleach and jumped off the roof of our two storie house all within less than a year. Every time he pulls his little stunts..my mom always says that she is going to give him one more chance and the next time he does something idiodic, then he is out of the house. ( mind you, he is 27 and lives at home with his parents and his girlfriend is having a baby). She never does anything about it. In the end she always baby's him. So far he has broken his leg and his lower back. He is currently in the hospital for jumping off the roof and his girlfriend is due in a few weeks. We don't really know why he does this to us. We think it is because he is scared that his girlfriend is going to leave him just like his other one did because she had a child with him. But the thing that drives me crazy is im only 17 and I have to deal with this stuff; Plus my dad had a few strokes and an annyruism back in may. We're all scared that it could happen at anytime. A lot of people say that they're going through a hard time when their dad goes to jail or their parents get a divorce and stuff. But yeah I can see that...it is hard to deal with that even though ive never personally had to. But when I tell them what him going through; their eyes get all wide and realize..yeah she must have a harder life than I do. I've never really told this stuff to anyone..and i thought that it would be difficult for me..but it isnt. I've only told my friends and they don't even know all of it; but most of it. So this is something new for me.

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