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

i haven't posted here before and i haven't had too. my moms alcoholism hasn't been bad, shes been really good and got a job and really tried and she had a day off today and now shes drunk again.
i knew she was even before it had hit her, i could smell it and sense it and i refused to drive her to my sisters house. after that she left in a taxi and she hasn't come home. i don't know where she is and it scares me, now shes better we can be really close and she comes out with me in my car alot. i dread the worst when she doesn't come home, i dread losing her.
i'm really lonely, i'm only 17 and i'm not exaggerating when i say i don't have any friends. i have a boyfriend and thats it. he knows everything but i don't like to talk to him about it, he doesn't understand because hes never been affected or even close to anything like this so he doesn't know what to say, so i don't bother talking to him about things.
i don't have anyone to talk to or anything to do to take my mind off things, i just wish there was a club i could join or something i could do with my spare time. i've read the posts on here and i'm so amazed at how other peoples moms are exactly the same and they say things i really agree with.
its so hard everytime she gets drunk i tell myself i hate her and i'm not going to talk to her but when shes sober it just goes back to normal. when i was younger my nan used to come round and look after her but my nans passed away now. i just feel really alone.