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

last week at college i were talking to some of my friends in my college about my house i told them how many bedrooms it had and i explained the the 5th bedroom is my dads den - and it just sorta came out i told them how much my dad drinks it just seemed to come out and then one of my friends asked me 'is your dad an alchie' i didnt really know what to say because he is and i realised as soon as they asked that what i had just said about my dad, i wanted to take it back, my friends havent really spoke to me since, i told them hes not an alchie but he is i told them he drinks quite alot. i told them about the 5-6 beer cans. they pretty much avoided me in college after that. i regret telling them.
my parents are arguing more - my dad told my mum the other day 'after work im going out for one or tow drinks with some friends after work' it wasnt two he had he said he would be home by tenish he strolled in at 12.30 complelty wasted and put the tv on and drank some more, my mums getting fed up of it they are arguing nearly every day i dont know what to do and then my dad tried to make it up to me the other day he was like just having a genral convasation with me and was like telling me to have fun (i was going to the local fun fair with a friend) and when i came home my dad was in the lounge drinking. i just want to come home at the weekend and find my dad without a can or a bottle of beer or a glass of wine in his hand. and now every wednesday hes going to the football club to do football training but he always goes to the clubhouse afterwards says oh i will only have one drink, and then drinks about 3 then drives home. and yesterday he went to a watch a football match at the football club where the team he plays for were playing and used the excuse ' im just showing my face then comming home'. i dont know what to do, ive told my tutor at college shes not doing anything, ive told my friends theyre now avoiding me, ive spoke to my mum and she doesnt know what to do. ive told my dad hes going to damage his liver and that he is going to get a pickeld liver but he just doesnt care. if he goes shopping he will buy 3 -5 bottles of beer and drink them if my mum goes shopping he asks her to buy him 4 -6 cans he buys it on his way home from work aswell. i feel so tempted to buy a safe and lock all his beer away or pour it down the sink!