My brother has started sniffing the whitener and uses it as drug. What Can I do to help him.?

Question:

He is almost 17 years old. We dont have a good environment at home . The relation betwenn parents are not good .
I have tried resolving that but it does not seem to work.
I am looking for some medical as well as mental guidence for him.

Answers:
You've got to get him some help. Fast.
Now is not the time to be his friend.
You have to tell an adult you can trust. You have to get him to a doctor before it's too late. At school, do you have a counselor? Or a nurse? A favorite teacher? You can go in and talk to one of them and ask them not to mention that this information came from you. They will respect that. If you tell them what is going on, they can take up the battle for you. They know where and who to call in your area. It may feel like you are ratting him out, but wouldn't you rather feel like a rat than only get to visit him in a nursing home because he has done so much damage that he is a vegetable or a his grave?!
He can have permanent brain damage and can even kill himself with that stuff. Really.
This is not an after school special. This will not be easy and it will not be pretty.
Once he gets to a doctor, they will make sure he gets the psychological help he needs. He has to overcome his mental problems, but that can only come if his mind is clear of the drugs. Then he can make the decision to stay clear.
If you wait too long, you may lose him. He may hate you. He may not want anything to do with you. He may feel betrayed. He'll feel. He'll be alive. He'll learn, over time, that you did what you had to do when he couldn't do it for himself. He'll love you more than he ever has before.

if you talk to someone at your school they should be able to refer him to someone

Tell him to NOT be sniffing anything and go seek professional help. Your local doctor should have a list of numbers that he or you can call to help out your brother.

u can try an intervention or try a shrink dat may help

sniffing the whiteout is also known as "huffing". If he has a school counsellor, talk to that person, or if possible refer him to an outpatient rehab situation. Let him know that he is permanently damaging his lungs, and could even develop lung cancer. If all else fails, tell your parents. It is their ultimate responsibility to get your brother some help.

Talk to him and fin out why ha feels he has to do this. Explain to him that he will die if he does'nt quit. Maybe you should try contacting some rehab's. Drug addictions is a tough thing to handle and not something you can do on your own. You are going to have to try to patch things up with the family if you really want to beat it.

This is serious, he could die.

You are looking , do not look, take him to a doctor. Or call police.

hold him under water for about 30 seconds..he's basically doing the same thing to his brain right now. haha ok.i dont really recomend that, but tell him it could easialy kill him. guilt trip him "bro, I love you so much and I dont wanna see you die, and thats where your headed if u dont stop this. think of our family and how devistated we'd be" Good luck man!

Try a drug rehab counselling. If that is not the answer, beat the HeLL out of him everytime he shows up stoned.

He is addicted and needs to be reprogrammed in the mind.

beat the **** out of him and tell him that is stupid as hell. that type of drug use escalates to pot then crack and meth have you seen the pictures of people that get hooked on meth. you should be able to search and find progressive pics of people who have been caught over like a four year period using meth or whatever else. it's pretty f_ed budday. do what you have to as a last resort i'd bring him to a councellor

oh and the parent thing, i hate to say it but i know where you're coming from. it's hard for parents to deal with a 17 year old and it's hard for a 17 year old to deal with parents that may blow over if not then oh well he'll learn to live with it. people adapt that's what we do.
if it's not his fault and it's like an abusive situation then the parents are d-bags and you should get him out of there. it'll only damage him more to be around the abuse and may instill abusive trends into his lifestyle possibly making him pass it on to his children or spouse

Look up about sniffing white out on EROWID.com. It is a great site that tells what users have experienced and what medical professionals have to say studies ect. As far as helping him mentally my best advice is to contact Alonon or NA or even AA in your area and ask them what steps you could take to help.
I'm very sorry to hear about your brothers problems and think it is noble of you to try and help. Other than praying I don't know of anything else for you, if your home life is too bad to involve your parents. What about extended family like grandparents. Maybe if your parents realized what was going on they would insist he get help.

My brother has started sniffing the whitener and uses it as drug. What Can I do to help him.?

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