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Hey bud, thanks for the AMA..

Much of what I have read hits home, but a couple of things I'd like your opinion on (I also am educated on substance abuse and counseling, but it's hard for me to be objective since it's a family member)

My older sibling has been a substance abuser for as long as I can remember (always lying/manipulating and stealing from us) he's much older than I, has always shown many of the typical symptoms of SA/some mental illness, mostly depression and irrational thinking..We recently kind of cut ties with him and have distanced ourselves after "the last straw" incident occured, which was after we made every attempt to get him to go to treatment, any treatment possible (which he would even lie about attending)

How would you approach someone who is non-compliant, and has that "all or nothing" type of thought process? (i.e. "even if i get a job it won't be good enough, I won't be able to have a nice enough place")

I also feel, that he DOES have to want to make these changes in his life--we can't make it for him, and believe me, we've tried a lot, for many years. I also like how you stated how you had to work so hard, which is a quality I feel he lacks which is concerning..

It just kills me to see my mom so sad over her son (and not seeing her grandson,) I personally am not as bothered because he's always been so shitty to me since I was a little kid (I obviously want him to get his act together and attend Tx but we were never very close..)

Thanks for any input and sorry for the long post, keep up the good work my man!

Great AMA from what I've read so far, thanks...

It sounds like you really know a bunch of ways to help with a variety of different disabilities and situations (and have had successful outcomes.) How were you able to obtain most of your knowledge of community resources/employers/referral sources etc when you first began in this line of work?

I'm actually in the process of testing/interviewing for a state VR job as a CRC, it pretty much sounds like thats what you do, as well as other tasks..