My brother is going to die. l need advice. (Possible trigger warning, suicide and drug use).

So I have a younger brother, out of all of my siblings, we are closest in age and in general. He’s been my best friend growing up. He’s struggled with cocaine use and drinking for a few years now and it has been out of hand for at least 2 years.

He drank with his friend two nights ago and was supposed to come over to see me and my boyfriend but never showed up. He texted me that night at about 3 am and nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

Fast forward to the next day, we’re at work (we work together) and I notice a bruise around his neck, very noticeable. I asked him what it was but he just brushed it off. When I got home from work, I texted him asking what it was and he said he tried to hang himself but he couldn’t go through with it. My heart immediately broke. This would be his 3rd time close to suicide in the past year.

He said he’s ready to make changes in his life and do whatever it’s going to take to get better and be happy and healthy, but he’s said it all before. I’ve been exactly where he is before, struggling with cocaine use and a lot of impulsive and self destructive behaviour, suicide attempts

so I talk to him a lot.

He seemed to take all of my advice to heart but I am still terrified I’m going to lose my little brother. I love him so much because I know who he is before all of this. What do i do? I tried to give him resources and outlets and he took everything into consideration but I’m still scared for him. I want to make sure hes okay before its too late.