Comments on: Neglect Is My Life

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:37:14 +0000

Kelly, your last sentence is so powerful…read it aloud to yourself. I hope you can get this stuff out on a more regular basis, you deserve to feel good. I joined Alateen about a year ago and it’s made a big difference for me to have people who know what the hell I;m talking about, listen to me. I wish I would have done this long ago but I didn’t really know much about all these different AA kinds of groups - they really do work.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:23:05 +0000

Daniel, wow what a powerful example of what alcoholism can do to a family. My mom left me for days also, no food, no phone. My dad was always nodding out, it was so frustrating. I also know what its like to have your parents act like theres nothing wrong. I never had a chance to let them know how their behavior made me feel, I never vented. It was always because I was just so relieved to see my mom walk through the door after a 4 day binge, she’s alive, my God Id be so happy to see her. It never meant anything to her, she didn’t miss me or even seem the least bit concerned of the worry she caused. I just stayed silent, scared to death to lose control of my feelings. My parents were never quite able to give me what I needed. Wow, that feels good to get some of that garbage out, its been a long tome since I shared some of this stuff. Thank you.

By: nobodyspecial

nobodyspecial — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:11:03 +0000

Hey man, sorry that happened to you. I know how you feel though. My mom did the same thing. She would take off for days, weeks, and sometimes months. Then they come back and they pretend like nothing happened and that is the worst part! My dad worked far away so he did not come home much and thats when my mom would take off. She drank and did drugs a lot too so when she was around it sucked just as much. I had no one and when you are young you don’t know what to do. It sucks to have nobody and it never leaves you. My parents got a divorce and I live with my dad who came back to his other job. I don’t have a relationship with my parents, I don’t know if you do. Did you ever patch it up? I merely exist.

By: Judy

Judy — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:49:38 +0000

Daniel, how sad that you had to grow up like that…most people think about the really horrible things that happens in families like people getting beat up and stuff like that but being forgotten is horrible too. And not just for kids for anyone any age.