Prayers for your strength first. Second, I had to deal with a close friend turned addict. We tried very hard to help, but with a Fentanyl laced batch of heroin we lost. Ask your pharmacist for a Narcan nasal spray. It won't cure a addiction, but it may give you a chance to help. Again Prayers for strength, it's everywhere.

Here in Maine and nh they still get what they want in prison.My wife son and brother brag about it.

I say just cut them off the drugs COLD TURKEY !!! No Drug treatment clinics . Just take the drugs away from them, lock them in a room; and FORCE THEM TO GO THROUGH THE WITHDRAWAL!

Prison is not going to stop anything.

Maybe I lived to close to” Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood” but I never even knew what meth was that he was or that he was an addict until I visited him in jail. I am so glad know that I did not bail him out. We were so hurt from the lies that he had told us.

I actually gave him over $40,000 within a two year period as he was family just to help him out as I thought he was just going through some real bad times. He lost his job. Went bankrupt. Lost his home and car. Call me stupid for doing so but I had absolutely no idea that drugs were involved with all the bad luck that he was having.

How?They won't go to drug rehab.

Correct. The Tiger must stop itself.

It looks like your mother in law may be subject to elder abuse. You may want to consider contacting The Maine Attorney General office at- https://www.maine.gov/ag/crime/crimes_we_prosecute/elder/physical_abuse.shtml.

Seems like you don't want advice but more of an ear?

And they don't want to or can't due to the drugs chemically changing their brains.

Fix up the basement. Shackles and chains. A camping bucket for him to do his business. Modest meal and water 3 times a day. Don’t speak a word to him for 30 days. Once he dries out and can think rationally, begin the conversation about his future and how you will help him recover and set upon a healthy path.

Sure sounds good but police would have you for kidnapping, torture,etc.

LOL.... that's what I was going to say. Except for the violent felonies, it might just work. On the bright side, maybe you could be bunkies in prison.

When it comes to being an addict the 1st that needs to happen in recovery process the must want to get better and realize that they do have a problem with out that happening there ain't no fixing it.

My cousins been on a down hill spiral last few years he finally hit rock bottom 6 months ago been in jail for 4 months then asked for help he is now in a rehab clinic has been for 2 months he seems like his old self putting weight back on and can actually have a full conversation. So hopefully he is on his way to being clean only time will tell. Once he gets out and back to real life it may go south again its all in there mind set they have to fight it daily

Only thing you can do is protect yourselves and be there once he hits rock bottom and wants to face his demons

Time to talk to MIL about power of attorney . not much else will protect her by the sounds of it and not much you can do for her neighbors -- short of a door to door or mail warning.

My sister in law was strung out pretty bad on heroine there for a while back when she was in her early 20s. Bad enough to the point that her parents finally threw their hands up and said we cannot deal with this anymore while also raising a young son. Usual stuff. Lying, stealing, etc. She used to borrow money from her younger sister constantly and would call her selfish if she denied. She would only ever come to our house if she was high and needed a place to sleep. I finally told her if she can’t come over without being high she is no longer welcome here. She was ALWAYS the victim in every situation. Could never admit fault for any of it. Her grandparents finally took her in and thankfully she eventually straightened up and got herself through med school. Im glad she finally straightened up but she still doesn’t care for me or her sister or parents. Sees it as we all just turned our backs on her. She still won’t take any responsibility for what she put everyone through. Claims she was out of her mind when she was high so she shouldn’t be held responsible for her actions. Isn’t smart enough to see that she made the conscious decision to try the drugs so everything that unfolded afterwards is on her. Best way to avoid addiction is to not try the drug!

I hope you just forgot to put a after that statement or a J/K . . . or else you may have issues. HA! . . . and be the one to end up in shackles.

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Like I said, Just lock them in a room . Locked up in a Concrete block root cellar would keep them from getting any drugs

Don't let people put the quilt trip on you. If you don't let it start, you don't have to stop it!

Good riddance to bad rubbish.