What to Do When a Family Member Is Addicted to Drugs and Wants to Go to Rehab but Has Excuses Not To?

Question by ebabygurlmlove: What to do when a family member is addicted to drugs and wants to go to rehab but has excuses not to?
i wasn’t sure where to put this…but anyway, my sister in law is married has two small children….when she was in high school she was heavlily addicted to drugs and went to rehab..well she was clean for about 11yrs…then she met this guy and he “got” her to re-lapse and start using drugs again…basically tearing her family apart…she keeps saying how she is tired of it and completly over this guy that “got” her into drugs again and she wants to get help..but as much as she says she is trying so hard to get help she actually doesn’t go through with it..slowly her friends and some of her family and giving up and “leaving” her..i’m trying so hard to be there for her, but she keeps stalling because its either her daughters b-day she doesn’t want to miss or christmas is coming up…i guess my question is, is there anything i can do to help her?? like convince her maybe that she just needs to go to rehab even though all these things are coming up?? that in the long run this will help her and her family? i’m scared for her and it makes me cry sometimes knowing that the longer she waits the more she’s hurting her family (her two lil kids and her husband)…i know this is super long so thanx for taking the time to read this whole “book” lol..but some helpful advice would help…

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Answer by Kotoko
People do drugs for a reason. They don’t just go out and get high or whatever for nothing. Somehow, try to get her to figure out why she does drugs in the first place and work towards that. Doing drugs is just an expression of that problem. As most people say, the person has to want to get clean and no one else can really force them. This is true, so unfortunately, the answer has to come from herself. If you want to help, however, challenge her. Ask her: Why do you do drugs? Do they really and truly helping or are they just a band-aid, cover-up solution? If you want to go to rehab, why do you want to do it? Because other people are telling you or because you want to do it to help yourself?

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