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hey im 17 years old my mam and dad have been alcoholics all my life and iv really resented them for it.

im going to be finished school soon and am planning to go to collage far away from my home but my mother really dosent want me to go the hole point of me going was to get away from them but now i feel i should stay and take care of them wat should i do ??

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test_4 offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 11 months, 4 weeks ago (1 minute after post)

You should do what is best for you’reself.

You seem to have spent alot of time looking after you’re Parents and now you should look after you.

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evansent:) offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 630 Add Friend #
GB | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (5 minutes after post)

look,im a parent myself
i didnt bring my boys into the world so they can look after me
i brought them into this world to find love&happiness!
your parents have no right to take your life away from you!

you didnt ask them to be pissheads!they made that choice themselves!
why the hell should you suffer!

take my advice lv,go&live your life
see the world as your oyster
take it for all its worth!

do not let your parents dictate your future

do something for yourself
set yourself free!

flygal offline Verified User (1 year) Long Term User Shouts: 11 Add Friend #
An Unknown Location | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (13 minutes after post)

tell them you have to go but will come home as much as they can tell them as nices as you can you need to do this for you you have watched them living there lifes and as much as you love them you dont want to be like them and ask them to seek profesinal help

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Crisabell offline Verified User (1 year, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 8 Add Friend #
An Unknown Location | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (6 hours, 1 minute after post)

console a rehab center , u never no wut might happen if they keep doing this

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dimmingstar1376 offline Verified User (1 year) Long Term User Shouts: 1 Add Friend #
An Undisclosed Location | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (9 hours, 8 minutes after post)

go your own way and run when you get there write them a letter (assuming you’ve already told them your view and how you felt about their life style and raising you in it if not might want to hint at it) be kind and respectful even if you dont feel they deserve it make the choice whether to send it or not if you do copy it and in a few months take it back out and if you feel the same way and feel better you made the right decision if you feel a bit different you are starting to forgive them. do this and you really will free yourself because the still have control over you if you let the memory or thought of them hurt you or weigh you down its not easy but its all for you now

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IDon'tEverQuit offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 187 Add Friend #
An Undisclosed Location | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (19 hours, 42 minutes after post)

Do what makes you happy. Do what you want to do.

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Spangle offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 4 Add Friend #
An Unknown Location | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (1 day after post)

My advice… you’re young…. live your dream… your parents are older and more responsible and they made the choices they made…. you aren’t the person who should try to waste your life solving their problems and finding solutions for the choices they made in life. Don’t feel bad at all ok… go spread your wings and fly. Tell your mam you love her but you have to do what is right for you in your life right now… and wish her the best, try not to resent them if you can and do what you dream to do x

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chunkymove offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 4 Add Friend #
An Unknown Location | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (1 day, 1 hour after post)

its hard, and it has to be your call.

Different cultures have very different ideas on the morals of this one.

If you live in a welfare society, then I’d say follow your dreams.

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evansent:) offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 630 Add Friend #
GB | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (1 day, 1 hour after post)

evansent wrote:
look,im a parent myself
i didnt bring my boys into the world so they can look after me
i brought them into this world to find love&happiness!
your parents have no right to take your life away from you!

you didnt ask them to be pissheads!they made that choice themselves!
why the hell should you suffer!

take my advice lv,go&live your life
see the world as your oyster
take it for all its worth!

do not let your parents dictate your future

do something for yourself
set yourself free!

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aeg113 offline Verified User (2 years, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 Add Friend #
Silver Spring, MD, US | 11 months, 2 weeks ago (1 week, 4 days after post)

I think that if you don’t go, you will resent them more than you do now.
Your parents are adults and you shouldn’t have to be the one concerned with taking care of them. If their problems are that bad, I would consider talking to them about it (assuming you haven’t already) and trying to get them help before you go. Hopefully, they’ll appreciate the help you want to give them. If not, that is another big reason to keep your dreams/life on the path you want to follow: you can’t stay around taking care of and helping people who don’t really want to do so for themselves. That’s a bit harsh I suppose, but I also believe its the truth.

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Bluefire offline Verified User (1 year, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 1 Add Friend #
An Unknown Location | 11 months, 2 weeks ago (1 week, 5 days after post)

you shouldn’t run away from your problems. confront them and tell them how you feel, and that you still have to live your life as well its not your fault that they drink. its theirs and they have to fix whats ever wrong with them to quiet but be supportive to help them stop drinking.

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Live_Laugh_Lov offline Verified User (1 year, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 0 Add Friend #
An Unknown Location | 11 months, 1 week ago (2 weeks, 4 days after post)

i am in the same situation…trust me, it would be good for you to get away…just be sure to visit them…and call them lots to check on them… that would be taking care of them enough.

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Spangle offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 4 Add Friend #
An Unknown Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (1 month, 1 week after post)

One to think about…

William Jennings Bryan
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

It means you have a choice and your choice chooses your destiny. You choose to achieve things in life. The choice is yours as it was your parents what to do with their lives.

Best of luck hun x

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LilBugga offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 Add Friend #
Federal Way, WA, US | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (1 month, 1 week after post)

you should go do what you want to do! not what your mom wants! its not fair for you to have to rearrange you life and give up what you want for them.
they are the parents not you. its not your job to take care of them

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akhila.madh offline Verified User (10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 Add Friend #
An Unknown Location | 10 months ago (1 month, 3 weeks after post)

tell honestly to your parents your views about life and how you’d like to live it.they made their choices long ago,though they can still change and you can help them in that.but it shouldn’t be by giving up your dreams;coz you’ll spoil your life by doing that.hope you got the point.be true to yourself.it helps!

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A.n.y offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 Add Friend #
Greensburg, PA, US | 7 months, 1 week ago (4 months, 2 weeks after post)

Go live your life. Your parents if they wanted to change they would have stopped themselfs. Your not there parent. Just keep looking for your colleges and keep continuing your education. Be the better you wanna see in your life.

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An Unknown Location | 4 months ago (7 months, 3 weeks after post)

they do have help for you ,its called alanon for kids ,they help you understand what is going on with them …make the call,AA is in the phone book call them you and your whole family need help make the call help is there …may god bless you and yours

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An Unknown Location | 3 months, 4 weeks ago (7 months, 4 weeks after post)

My mother is an alcoholic as well.. and I feel as if she’s a friend, not a mother - and a kind of reset her for that. I think that you should go with your original plan and move out, whatever makes you happy. Your parents are grown ups and they shouldn’t rely on you to take care of them - they need to do that themselves.

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