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

im 13 and my mum is an alcoholic ever since i was born she drinks spirits alot and i worry about her alot she misses work because of her drinking she plans her drinking out so she will be off work and i will be at school so she will go and get a bottle of somthing and get a drink so when i come home she will be passed out on the couch. i get so hurt by and it and recently i have been missing alot of school due to her drinking shes drunk just now and shes lying on the couch sleeping im actually ment to be at school but i get worried about her so i dont go. i dont normally tell anyone how i feel but i think my friends know whats going on at home i normally dont go out at weekends incase my mum gets drunk so i stay in just the other night my mum just went out and left me in the house all night on my own i got a phone call at about 2.30 in the morning and it was the police telling me they had found my mum drunk they knew i was on my own and i ended up going down to my uncles and waiting on her to be brought home she was that bad she couldnt even walk. she slurs down the phone at my auntie and my auntie doesnt know she is an alcoholic she really pisses me off because she blames me for her drinking and she says she does it becuse shed fed up and she tells lies about me to my auntie saying i sit and order her about but i dont. ive actually tried to kill myself becuase im so sick of it just now shes slurring down the phone at my auntie saying bad things about me. my auntie beleivs her ! shes been arrested for drink driving after my gran died and she got over it but last september my grandad died too so she has been drinking alot again. IM SICK OF HER sometimes i wish i would go to sleep and never wake up and i shouldnt have to think that im only 13 does is anyone in the same situation as me please send another comment telling me how to get my mum help and me too ! thank you xxx