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Family members’ problematic drug use is challenging for siblings affecting their well-being and their relationships within the family. Research about siblings living with brothers or sisters’ problematic drug use and research on bereaved siblings’ experiences indicates that life situations and support needs for both minor siblings and adult siblings can easily be overlooked, both in practice and in research. This article contributes to this knowledge gap by examining how siblings provide meaning to their sibling’s drug use problem and how they position themselves and other family members accordingly. Qualitative semi-structured interviews were used for data collection, and fourteen bereaved siblings were interviewed. A narrative thematic analysis was chosen, and four themes were generated. These four themes, (1) Surviving difficult family life, (2) The relationships in continuous change, (3) It’s worse for the parents, and (4) “We”, as a synonym for the family, are presented in this article. Our findings demonstrated how complex and multifaceted siblings’ stories about living with their brothers or sisters’ ongoing drug use are. This study calls for more attention to siblings’ situations. Siblings’ lives are affected by their brothers or sisters’ problems, and siblings should also be involved in routine support and treatment practices.

Living with siblings’ drug use. Bereaved siblings’ family stories