Can you have someone involuntarily committed?

My brother is a raging alcoholic, and has been for 15 years. He can't hold a job, he's 36 and has never left home, and he's driving my mother crazy. She just called and said he's passed out naked on the living room floor, so it looks like I'm going to have to drop what I'm doing, again, and go move his naked ass.

My mom's over it, and I'm over my mom being stressed out over it. She won't kick him out because she's too kind, but something's gotta give somewhere.

How do you get someone committed to rehab against their will? Can you even? We're in Tennessee, if state law matters.

So now I gotta go do this stupid shit. Again. :evil:

My brother is a raging alcoholic, and has been for 15 years. He can't hold a job, he's 36 and has never left home, and he's driving my mother crazy. She just called and said he's passed out naked on the living room floor, so it looks like I'm going to have to drop what I'm doing, again, and go move his naked ass.

My mom's over it, and I'm over my mom being stressed out over it. She won't kick him out because she's too kind, but something's gotta give somewhere.

How do you get someone committed to rehab against their will? Can you even? We're in Tennessee, if state law matters.

So now I gotta go do this stupid shit. Again. :evil:

br0kenrabbit

I'm not sure you can since you aren't his legal guardian as he's an adult. Even if you can, I'd imagine it would be a long, expensive legal nightmare.

I think the only way you can have someone committed (besides them committing themselves) is through a legal settlement/court order. But if he isn't doing anything illegal then I don't think you can do anything about it on that front.

Depends on where you live.

I live in Florida. Here, if you called the Police/Paramedics while he was in that state, or if he was threatening himself with harm or others, you would be able to have him Baker Acted. That is where they will hold him involuntarily for 72 hours while under evaluation. A judge can then force him/her to rehab or treatment from there if required.

First we need to establish where you live, then we can go from there.