Quote Originally Posted by tracy
I hear ya. I already mentioned the faith thing. That's what everyone says when I ask. I mean, I have faith that my brother will get off drugs someday..have for years. When should I expect this to happen if it's all about having faith. We are working on 16 years of faith in this circumstance. See what I mean? How long do you have to have faith before you feel something or before something happens??? Let me guess...I am being taught a lesson.
Well of coarse there is a "sunday school" slogan for all of life's problems. "Because Jesus' wants it to be." "Because it is in God's timing." The list goes on and on. The key is not always have an simple answer for every problem.

As far as your brother, all you can do is offer help. If you meet someone on the street and want him to raise his hands above their head, you could dance, sing, beg, pleed, cry, bribe, or do anything you can think of, but unless they want to do it, they won't. You can make anyone do anything they don't want to do.