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

My dad's an alcoholic. He won't accept he has a drink problem. My mum thinks he's depressed and he's afraid of dying. When he's drunk he swears and he doesn't do that when he's sober. My mum goes to AA meetings for friends and family, but I'm fed up of them saying it's not the drinker's fault, and there's nothing you can do to stop them drinking. I just think if he cared about his family he would at least try to stop. I'm too embarressed to tell anyone that he's an alcoholic. Then I read some of the stories on here, and I think that I don't have it that bad and maybe I should just leave it, but my dad's slowly killing himself. I don't know what to do.