My partners (28) brother (25) is an addict and its destroying his father (70) We live in the UK.

Thank you for your reply :-)

*I've told the father that I will happily go to his GP with him if he needs me to explain how bad the situation is. Especially as his diabetes seems to be getting worst to the point he can't walk and although it could be stress related, I'm afraid it will get worst so he has agreed to make an apointment and thankfully I've a couple of days off work so I can bring him down. *The brother acitvily doesn't need help and I can confirm that he's beyond the point of saying it's mental health or depression as his actions have made it clear that he genuinely believes the world should pander to him and he is entitled to get the state benifit etc as he chooses not to work anymore since he's been stacked. We've explained that's not how the world works and you don't get anything in life for free. He genuinely believes he's going to sail through life living on benifit and that he can move his girlfriend over and all live happily ever after. He's delusional. * The father knocked the Internet off one time for a week to see if that could help. If anything, it made him worst. He smashed his controller and Xbox to which the father then went out and got a new one because of the abuse he was getting. This resulted in my partner moving out for a short time because he couldn't handle it anymore. Between the father pandering to the brother and he knows he can get away with it. It's scary how much one person can act the way they do. He's the type that if you hit him, he will go out of his way to get you into trouble and he'll be reeping in the sympathies. *We locked all doors and windows yesterday when he left. His bedroom window has been closed. The bank door has be bolted and the front door locked with the key inside. Shockingly he didn't attempt to come home during the night so I'm sure he's sat around somewhere feeling sorry for himself and wants everyone to pitty him. *I've often knocked into my next door neighbour to apologies for his behaviour as I'm sure she had to listen to some awful amount of screaming and shouting. God love her, she's so nice about it and won't say a bad word but I would hate to think she's living beside people who are awful

I've no sympathy for him. I've tried helping him. My partner has tried reasoning with him and the father is emotionally, mentally and physically done.

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