Yea, stay away from him! Some drunks are real mean.
You can't fix him, but you can avoid being his punching bag.
Richard

IMHO, this guy needs rehab really bad. Like yesterday. Before he kills someone.

Talk with him when he's sober. Give him the benefit of the doubt.
It is not likely he will understand. If he is an alcoholic, and it sounds like it, he will give everything up before he gives up the bottle. Get out.

The next time he is violent, call the police.

I really would like to help him, he is my brother. I have talked to him many times he don't think he has a problem. My brother doesn't hurt his wife to my knowledge. When he drinks he wants to drink with our other brothers. Thats who he fights with, when he gets drunk. I would like to find something like a home remedy that would make him vomit when he drinks the first drink. In hopes to make him sick each time he drinks before he gets drunk that maybe he will quit.
nothing illegal thanks

Do you know if his wife is concerned about it? Has it ever come up as a topic of conversation so you might have an opening to discuss it and help encourage her to discuss it with him (definitely NOT at a time when he's been drinking because that could be dangerous if he's a violent drunk). If it comes from both of you -- at a time when he is sober -- if he's really a good guy when he is sober, maybe he'll take it to heart and seek help.

It's odd how alcohol affects some people in different ways. Some are violent and belligerent drunks. Others get giggly and silly. Others just get sleepy and sloppy.

Your brothers drinking is but a symptom. When he drinks his true colors come to the suface. I am not saying that he is really a bad person, but he obviously has some major issues that he hasnt dealt with and when he drinks it all comes out. So he needs to deal with the things that are making him drink or driving him to drink. Try suggesting AA or rehab to him. But in the long run all you can do is advise, he has to make the decision.

Best wishes

Thanks guys, I will try to talk to his wife again to see if we can together get him to seek help. you maybe right about his drinking being a symptom of something he is hiding inside. His wife doesn't want to talk about it, she trys to ignore it, I feel like she does this so that his family don't know how bad it is. I'm not sure if he has every hurt her. My sister-in-law works at a hosiptal for over 13 years and has always done really well there. They have been married 20 years with two kids that have kids theirselves. I know they have grown up with my brothers drinking, and my nephew is showing signs of alchol abuse. thanks again, for all of your advise.