My brother is in his mid-20 and has suffered with addiction since he was 19. He barely drank before turning 18 but it seems after his first drink, he spiraled out of control and moved on to cannabis, ecstasy, cocaine, and pharmaceutical drugs (codeine, and valium).
He has pawned off my parents stuff. He never stole from me since my parents warned me when staying with me here in America (they live in Europe) but I believe that he may have used my debit card details as a $300 crypto purchase appeared on my bank account.
Understandably, my parents were advised to give him tough love but never dished it out apart from calling the police to give him a stern talk.
He was off drugs during COVID and thought he was genuinely getting better. He even got 5 A's in a diploma and went on to college but dropped out but is working a minimum wage job and "saving".
A few weeks ago, my mother visited our GP and he gave her condolences of her sister passing away from cancer. My mother was surprised and the GP told her that her son said his aunt died. Apparently it was to get tablets for valium. My mother confronted him and he says he's back on the tablets and alcohol.
My parents want him to go to rehab but I just want to be done. It's clear what they are doing is enabling. I understand addiction is a disease and trying not to be judgmental but their approach seem to be helping him at all. He's still being manipulative and still taking drugs even though they don't approve of it in their home.