my dad is an alcoholic and for the past year and a half has been using crack cocaine. he’s been an alcoholic/drug abuser his whole life. mostly just alcohol and cocaine but the crack is turning him into a monster. we dont know what to do. my family is ready to lose their house. they havent made a payment in over 5 months. my mom is ready to file for bankruptcy cuz she doesnt know what else to do. he wont go into rehab by himself. he says he wants to get clean but makes no effort. he’s not himself anymore. he’s mean, crabby all the time… we’re waiting to come home one day to find all our stuff missing cuz he either sold it or the drug dealers came and took it. lately he’s been talking about suicide. we’ve heard him talk before but its different now. he says we’re gonna come home and find him. its creepy.
we need a way to force him into rehab. a friend gave me the idea to call the hospital and tell him he’s suicidal. he said to tell them to check his system for drugs and then they’ll find the crack and force him into rehab. but is that how it really works? cant they just evaluate him and send to jail? we dont want him in jail. it wont help him. we want him clean. not necessarily punished. i need help. i cant take much more of this abuse..

if it helps we live in nw indiana… we want to call the st margarets in dyer. they have a psych ward