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<blockquote data-quote="Sister's Keeper" data-source="post: 685402" data-attributes="member: 20051"><p>If you are still reading, I think SWOT has the right idea about your sister. Since she is still a minor, maybe a call to social services would help. Express concerns about her welfare with your brother living in the house, as well as concerns about your mother's welfare.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure where the situation with your mother/sister actually falls. I am not sure that the police can refuse to do anything if your mother insists on pressing charges. Do they actually refuse to do anything or does your mother feel intimidated and back down? </p><p></p><p>My plan would be to tell your mother to call the police every single time that your sister is violent or threatening. Make them generate the paperwork so that you have documentation.</p><p></p><p>As far as your brother goes, there isn't much you can do other than try child services and tell them that there are drugs in the home. It may force your mother to put him out, but if she wants him there, there isn't much you can do.</p><p></p><p>I'm in the same situation as you. My sister is an addict and has been her whole adult life and part of her teens. You can't force sobriety on them. I have accepted that my sister will die and addict, probably sooner than later. In spite of losing her children, going to jail, being homeless, having been all kinds of assaulted on the streets she seems to have no desire to change her behavior.</p><p></p><p>I know I sound cold, and I am really not, but I have learned that in order to protect myself and her children I have to separate myself from her emotionally. It is not an easy thing to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sister's Keeper, post: 685402, member: 20051"] If you are still reading, I think SWOT has the right idea about your sister. Since she is still a minor, maybe a call to social services would help. Express concerns about her welfare with your brother living in the house, as well as concerns about your mother's welfare. I'm not sure where the situation with your mother/sister actually falls. I am not sure that the police can refuse to do anything if your mother insists on pressing charges. Do they actually refuse to do anything or does your mother feel intimidated and back down? My plan would be to tell your mother to call the police every single time that your sister is violent or threatening. Make them generate the paperwork so that you have documentation. As far as your brother goes, there isn't much you can do other than try child services and tell them that there are drugs in the home. It may force your mother to put him out, but if she wants him there, there isn't much you can do. I'm in the same situation as you. My sister is an addict and has been her whole adult life and part of her teens. You can't force sobriety on them. I have accepted that my sister will die and addict, probably sooner than later. In spite of losing her children, going to jail, being homeless, having been all kinds of assaulted on the streets she seems to have no desire to change her behavior. I know I sound cold, and I am really not, but I have learned that in order to protect myself and her children I have to separate myself from her emotionally. It is not an easy thing to do. [/QUOTE]
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