How Can I Help My Nephew

[dinkleboo]

Hello, I really need some help with this, so any feedback would be good
. My nephew is 16, his mum (my sister) is an alcoholic, she never admitted her abuse of booze until recently, she is in an abusive relationship, and as a result of all the fighting got evicted from her home, she has nothing, no money, no job, I have tried helping her by taking her to aa, and tried to support her with advice and just generally trying to be there for her, but I am constantly met with her aggression after shes had another skinful and I cant help her whilst she is going against what im trying to do. My sister and her son where put in emergency hostel accomodation, but the council refuse to help as they say she made herself homeless by causing problems and getting evicted, she has to be out by tommorow. I refuse to have her live with me as I have my own family and I dont want her drunken behaviour around my children, also I just dont have the room, her son (my nephew) is coming to stay with me as of tommorow but I have no spare room or bed for him. My question is, what can I do to help him, not my sister, shes old enough to know better, but I feel this has all come crashing down on me, I havent the room but obviously wont see him on the street, he is a good kid and I want to find a long term solution for him, but I dont know where to start, any advice would be much appreciated, tia

[pusskin]

Sleep well dinkleboo, I hope it all goes well tomorrow. Good luck x

[FredPuli43]

Well,dinkleboo, I think you're wonderful. It is ,on the face of it, absurd for social services to take your sister's word. They ought to know that the last person to admit alcoholism, the most devious person about it, and the person best able to pass themselves off as functioning normally, is the alcoholic.

All I can add,as much for others who may read this as for you, is that if you still find yourself stressed by a family member who is alcoholic, there is a group, a branch of AA, created for the very purpose of helping people in that situation. It is called al-Anon and may be found via the AA.

[ummmm]

You know though, sleeping on the floor in a happy environment is better than sleeping in a bed in a unhappy one.

[bunkmoreland]

what umm said ! You are truly one of life's good persons dinkle,hope it gets better for your family x

[tamborine]

Our council supplies rooms in shared houses for homeless teenagers, over schoolage. Would your council do the same ?

[Spoonboy]

You already have one of her sons living with you. Why not put them in the same bedroom; they are brothers after all, and the one who already lives with you might help the other.