Thoughts & Quotes

I have a right to be treated with respect as an intelligent , capable and equal human being
I have a right to state my own needs and set my own priorities as a person independant of any roles that I may assume in life
I have a right to express my feelings
I have a right to express my feelings and values
I have a right to say 'No' or 'Yes' for myself
I have a right to say 'No' or 'Yes' for myself
I have a right to make mistakes
I have the right to change my mind
I have a right to say 'I don't understand' and to ask for more information
I have a right to ask for what I want
I have a right to deal with others without being dependent on them for approval
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present.
Our real problem is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.
Say to yourself each morning "I do not need the reactions of others to validate myself or my personality"
Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest to us.
When it is dark enough you can see the stars.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery by doubling our joy and dividing our grief
Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact

Hiya my name is Lisa, i am 26 years old and my mum has been an alcoholic all my life.

Swings and roundabouts. that's the closes description of my life. You see me and my family are actors on stage playing out these parts like our life depends on it. My mum is the lead. I play off her.

Hi, i dont realy know what to say but i guess I have just run out of waysto cope with everything that goes on in my life.

Hello. I wrote to COAP a couple of weeks ago explaining my situation. It has got worse since then.

Hi:

Ok...well, where to start...mum has drunk as long as i can remember...i remember how ahrd it was when dad was there...that was hard enough...him and mum alwaiiz arguing and fighting...in a way, i cant

I need to know how to coap with my dad. He's an alcoholic and is currently in hospital. If he drinks anymore he'll die. I'm really scared what should I do?

I thought I would write on here to sort of get out my feelings about what happened tonight.

At the age of nine I was told by my parents that they smoked drugs i didnt worry but then i started to worry and i commited suicide about 8 times and being an only child I have no one to talk to abou

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