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Hi everyone! My brother has been an alcoholic for several years. I don't know what to do for him. He says he quits but then we see empty bottles in his car and we can smell alcohol on him often. He's a paramedic so he says he won't go to rehab as he thinks he's going to lose his license. What should I do in this case? He has refused help several times. He doesn't want anything to do with me as I try to help him and he just doesn't want to hear it. I understand addiction very well. I know he needs support but I don't know how to provide it to him. I'm tempted to call his work and ask for them to help. I don't want him to lose his job though over this. He says he wants to keep drinking but he just wants to do it when he goes out to have fun. The thing is he's never actually quit alcohol even though he says he has. For example, we just took a trip to Quebec a couple weeks ago and we could smell alcohol on him when we got there and we saw a bunch of empty beer cans in his car. I don't know what to do. Any thoughts in the matter? Also, I don't want to just leave it alone as I lost my mom and I know that she would want to try to help him. The only thing I can think of is actually calling his work so they force him to go to rehab. But then if he fails he's going to lose everything he has. I don't think he wants to quit. He has been drinking everyday since 2013.
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