My family and I have been dealing with my dads addiction to opioids for years now. However, things have never been as bad as they have been these last 12 or so months. Ever since he was out on permanent disability things went down hill. We switched insurances and that caused delays in his medication, from there he began buying the pills off of people, spending hundreds of dollars a month. He began lying about how much he has been taking. He slowly started to self increase his dosage to “manage” the pain. He stared with 1 pill a day and slowly worked his way up to 7-9 pills a day! That would kill someone who hasn’t built up as tolerance for it. He’s on the strongest opioid possible... you do the math. He has been on opioids for over 10 years, he is ADDICTED! Him being at home with 24/7 is hurting his mentality. He is depressed and suicidal! There’s been previous incidents but this last one was the straw that broke the camels back. In a nutshell, he pulled a knife on my mom and chased her in the parking lot, then went home and grabbed his gun and threatened to kill himself. He took off with the gun and said it would be the last we see of him. He has no recollection of any outbursts incidents. Idk how to help someone who refuses to get help , let alone believes he needs help. My dad has a lot of guns, I’m not worried he will do anything to other people but I’m worried one day, I will go home and my entire family dead, including himself. I don’t know what to do! I don’t want to see my dad dead or my family.