Piece of shit uncle, throw him in rehab, let him dry out, tell him to get his shit straight. No one has an excuse for being an addict. God, reading that pissed me off OP, not at you, just the situation. My dad was a drug addict when I was 6, I'm 21 now. I don't have any sympathy for someone who has to face issues with drugs, it just demonstrates that the person is a weak minded coward willing to destroy families, relationships, and ambition for a -blam!-ing "high".