It sucks. It takes the joy out of life. It makes every activity a chore.
I put my little brother through rehab 20 years ago, after he progressed to heroin. By that time he had alienated (stolen from) every person in the family, and no one would help him. I had to put it on my credit card. I was poor. Took me 4 years to pay off. He is drug free, so yay for that. In a perfect world he'd give me $4000, but I will settle for a drug free little brother.
“Took me 4 years to pay off. He is drug free, so yay for that. In a perfect world he’d give me $4000, but I will settle for a drug free little brother.”
I lost a brother to drugs, alcohol and damn near had to kill my best friend to keep him from killing himself.