Confronting a family member with a drug problem/addiction
hello all. well, my little brother was hooked on opiates and then went to suboxone to try to get off the opiates. low and behold, seems he abused the suboxone and now is on a spiral downward in life. seems he has been going to different family members to borrow money to pay for his addiction and pay day loans. he has numerous things that just keep catching up with him and it is just one lie after another. he just landed a great job with a great company, and hoping he won't lose that with this terrible addiction. i was aware he had a small problem, but did not know how bad it was until i started speaking with family members. everyone is ready to kick him out and have nothing to do with him. he is a really sweet, caring kid, that has a bad addiction. my question is, how do i go about confronting him to admit he has a problem? i know and realize that he has to make the want to change, just trying to figure out ways in which to do so. he gets really defensive quickly so trying not to push him away any further. when speaking to him on the phone, you would never know he has a problem and everything is always ok. i am getting info on outpatient programs but trying to figure out how to present the information to him. just really sad