Joaquín Prat speaks excitedly about what it means to have a drug-dependent family member: “It is a long and painful road”

While The Ana Rosa Program gave voice this Friday to a neighbor who denounced the “aggressive” behavior of a squatter, who was also a “drug addict”, Joaquín Prat has revived a very painful topic for him and his family: his brother’s addictions Federico.

“The thing is that, being of legal age, you cannot force him to enter a detoxification center. He can only enter if he wants to,” pointed out the presenter, who already confessed in his day that he had done everything possible to help his brother, to no avail.

“It is the drama of many families in this country. When they do not allow themselves to be helped, sometimes the only solution is to undertake a long and tortuous path towards disqualification… Some of us already have experience in that,” he added, in case it had not been left Of course, he was no longer referring to the squatter, but to his brother.

It was last summer when the journalist was forced to talk about his family drama, after Federico complained in an interview that he did not receive financial aid and that he lived on the street. So, the Prat brothers, Alejandra, Andrea and Joaquín, shared a statement accompanied by an image in which they were united with their mother: “Federico is, unfortunately, an addict. He has had opportunities, but he continues immersed in the world of drugs. Fede himself decided to live in the south and continue his addiction During all this time my mother has taken charge and continues to take charge of the place where she lives every month, and although she has had opportunities, she has continued immersed in the terrible and filthy world of drugs. one day is cured, but to have privacy to continue managing it in the least harmful way for everyone”.