Resolved Question: Am I a lousy brother?

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I’m 27, and my younger brother has been battling an opiate addiction for 4+ years. He tried weaning off Suboxone, but ended up — I think, based on evidence — ‘shooting it up’ (had cellulitis near his bicep, alcohol pads are littered throughout his room, etc). Having been in the process of getting my Masters, I’ve been living at home — and in close proximity to my 22 y/o brother with our rooms side-by-side. He and I have had a luke-warm relationship since his HS days, largely because the Basically he just detoxed in a facility for 6 days — which I encouraged him to do — and, while he was gone, I helped my father — live with both parents — clean out the room on Saturday. When he went out, I continued cleaning … and found paraphernalia like syringe caps, miscellaneous pills and even a SPOON with residue on it under his bed. I knew he was up to no good, but never thought he was doing heroin…. So tonight when he returned home from detox, I stayed in my room and didn’t say anything. I’m certainly supportive of his efforts to get clean, but the trust factor has been shattered. How do I know he’d be telling the truth if we talked? I’m not bitter or resentful — it’s just difficult opening up and embracing someone who clearly manipulated and pathologically lied to everyone in the home for years. There’s just no trust. I can forgive, but not in one day. Not when he’s had spoons under his bed, unbeknownst to the entire family. Should I have made and effort to talk with him earlier? Or is it good to employ a tough mentality? I threw out all the paraphernalia, and re-arranged the room to make his drug haven unrecognizable … and to symbolize the dawn of a new day…..
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