Just another statistic, not to me

Look, I have to say this, the reality is whether you believe addiction is a disease or a choice it is irrelevant. It still destroys families and lives just the same. Sure it is easy to say until it happens to you or your family directly. In my own opinion, which nowadays is hard to have, my brother didn't have a choice, he was lost to a failed system from the start and no amount of rehab (which is a joke in nj, insurance or not) could help him, he fought hard for 13+ years, 15+ rehab centers across the country and it didn't matter. They detox you and you get the boot? Oh it's been 7 days? Your cured! Get out! Good luck staying clean, that will be 20,000! Such a comical revolving door! How do we expect the system to help when it is so flawed and broken? This crisis has been going on for years and will unfortunately continue. A terrible endless cycle until you get better or die but here I am almost 3 years later still getting medical bills for my beloved brother. The truth is a hard pill to swallow. Now he is just another statistic, a name on a data list, but not to me. I'm here as a little sister, missing her big brother, who watches her mother cry every night over losing her first born after trying everything to save him. Agree with me or not. That is our right as human beings. Thanks for reading. Miss you Frankie p.s. don't bother writing negative comments life is too short and con con will hurt you lol Just sharing my feelings.