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I just tried to talk to my mom, I again just got talked over and told everything that’s wrong with me. This woman can be so cold. She started to ask me why I never ask for help. I should have not even tried to answer. The minute I even brought up a couple reasons she started screaming at me that I always ā€˜bring up the past’. Anything weather it’s an answer to a question directed at me about something that happened years ago, all the way to 15 mins ago is ā€˜the past’.

The crazy part is she knows a lot that happened to me but refuses to talk about it. Anything from trafficking, to being beaten, to murder attempts, stalking, ect is not to be discussed. Okay then, I deal with it on my own … yet am told that I never ask for help because I’m too prideful and won’t accept love. Is she kidding me? She was extremely abusive when I was little … my dad was insane, on drugs and involved in … organizations. My childhood if you can call it that was fd up. When my mom decided to leave my brother was little and I was 12. I had to raise and take care of him like I was his mother. We lived with my dad who was crazy and really really deep in his addiction and gang life. He would disappear for days and when he would come home sometimes he was so fucked up and sometimes with other people that were fucked up. I went through horrible shit that no one should go through, while trying to take care of my little brother and protect him from my dad and … just everything.

When my mom was gone all she cared about was her boyfriends, money, trips and herself and her problems. The couple times I did try to reach out to her I was screamed at, ignored or told ā€˜I don’t know what to tell ya’.

So much more but fast forward when I finally escaped my ex when he tried to murder me. It was one of the worst nights of my life, I was beaten for hours. He knew I was trying to leave and told me he was going to kill me. I’ll never forget him looking me in the eye when he was on top of me and told me ā€œYou’re going to die tonight. So much fucked up shit happened .. I won’t even get too into it. The way I got away was when he grabbed me and threw me in the bathtub .. he was going to drown me. I tried to jump up and run out but he threw me back in. He then put his foot on my chest and started filling it up with water, my head was under the faucet and water started going in my mouth and up my nose. I kept trying to move my head over and get up and he kept pushing me back down under the water. My head kept hitting the faucet really bad on the way up and back down. Out of no where his phone started ringing, it was like 3am … and for some reason he looked like he froze or got nervous about the phone ringing. In that moment when I saw him stop and look over the phone I jumped up and jumped out of the tub. He tried to grab my arm but because it was soaking wet my arm slipped out and I ran to the door. For some reason the door was unlocked and I burst through it … he was literally right behind me. He tried to grab my arm again but just missed it. When I made it out the door I ran faster than I’ve ever ran in my life. I was completely naked and bloody and bruised all over. I just kept running block after block after block until I couldn’t run anymore and then turned around and he was gone. I hid in a bush and had no clue what I was going to do … I was in shock and I was naked … but it was my only chance to get out so you got to do what you got to do to survive. I said fuck it and ran up to this persons house and knocked on the door, I was so … I don’t even know. No one answered the door so I actually opened it and went in (I have no idea why that door was open till this day, and still can’t believe I went in those people’s house while they were sleeping). I had no idea what I was doing I was in total shock and survival mode. I went into these people’s living room and there were a few blankets on the couch, I grabbed one and wrapped it around myself and left the house.

I had no idea what I was going to do, so I walked block after block like this. It was still kind of dark out but still. I decided to try to get all the way over to my mom’s boyfriend’s house because he lived kind of close to there. I finally made it there around 5:30 in the morning and my mom was there. When she saw me she started screaming at me saying ā€œWhat did you do! What happened?ā€ I told her as much as I could but literally just put my jaw back in place during all this and was so beaten and had torn ligaments and fractured bones, and felt like I was going to pass out. Her boyfriend was at work, and she started yelling at me that I couldn’t stay there. I didn’t even ask her if I could stay there, I was literally just in shock. She gave me some clothes and told me again that I couldn’t stay there and to ā€˜not ruin this for her’. That guys house that she was living at had a lot of money and took care of her, took her on tons of trips, bought her tons of jewelry ect. … so that was what she was referring to when she said don’t ruin this for me.

Anyways, so she gave me some clothes and told me she had to go to work so where was she going to take me, where could I go. I told her I didn’t know where to go at that moment. She was angry and said fine that she would take me to my grandmothers house and drop me off there on her way to work … but that I was inconveniencing her. She was so angry with me and I’ll never really understand why. I was so in shock and in so much pain and that I was kind of …. I don’t know the words … shellshocked? She dropped me off at my grandmothers house and told me that I was going to upset my grandmother. I felt bad and didn’t want to upset her. So I slept in her downstairs for a little bit … I was so broken, exhausted, couldn’t remember the last time I slept ect. So I slept a couple hours and then got up and left her house. I called my friend from her house and she picked me up. I went to my friends house and apparently my ex and his cousin (who’s a really scary guy that you just don’t mess with) already called her house and asked where I was. I didn’t want to get my friend involved. She gave me some money for a couple days at a motel … where I could try my best to hide out and lick my wounds so to speak … but my injuries were BAD. Those days and nights in that motel were bad … I can’t even describe it.

My ex at that point was determined to stalk me, finish the job and keep me quiet. For the next couple months I just kept switching and going to different hotels and motels and doing whatever I had to do to get the money to do so. There is one person that helped me out, won’t go into much detail but he gave me some money and drugs and told me to get the hell out of the area and use the money for rooms and to flip the drugs to survive. There’s so much more but I’m going to stop here. I can’t believe even wrote this much and can’t believe how much I left out. I don’t even know why I’m writing it here but I am. I’m going through it and haven’t been attending PTSD groups and the women’s center is under construction. Plus I’ve been kind of isolating a bit and need to stop it.

So anyways, suffice to say when I talked to my mom this morning and got yelled at that I don’t ask for help and told about all the mistakes I’ve made, addiction ect. … I don’t know I started getting really upset and it’s clearly much more than just being told ā€˜I don’t accept help or let love in’. I know I isolate and push people away but damn.
 
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TRIGGER WARNING

I just tried to talk to my mom, I again just got talked over and told everything that’s wrong with me. This woman can be so cold. She started to ask me why I never ask for help. I should have not even tried to answer. The minute I even brought up a couple reasons she started screaming at me that I always ā€˜bring up the past’. Anything weather it’s an answer to a question directed at me about something that happened years ago, all the way to 15 mins ago is ā€˜the past’.

The crazy part is she knows a lot that happened to me but refuses to talk about it. Anything from trafficking, to being beaten, to murder attempts, stalking, ect is not to be discussed. Okay then, I deal with it on my own … yet am told that I never ask for help because I’m too prideful and won’t accept love. Is she kidding me? She was extremely abusive when I was little … my dad was insane, on drugs and involved in … organizations. My childhood if you can call it that was fd up. When my mom decided to leave my brother was little and I was 12. I had to raise and take care of him like I was his mother. We lived with my dad who was crazy and really really deep in his addiction and gang life. He would disappear for days and when he would come home sometimes he was so fucked up and sometimes with other people that were fucked up. I went through horrible shit that no one should go through, while trying to take care of my little brother and protect him from my dad and … just everything.

When my mom was gone all she cared about was her boyfriends, money, trips and herself and her problems. The couple times I did try to reach out to her I was screamed at, ignored or told ā€˜I don’t know what to tell ya’.

So much more but fast forward when I finally escaped my ex when he tried to murder me. It was one of the worst nights of my life, I was beaten for hours. He knew I was trying to leave and told me he was going to kill me. I’ll never forget him looking me in the eye when he was on top of me and told me ā€œYou’re going to die tonight. So much fucked up shit happened .. I won’t even get too into it. The way I got away was when he grabbed me and threw me in the bathtub .. he was going to drown me. I tried to jump up and run out but he threw me back in. He then put his foot on my chest and started filling it up with water, my head was under the faucet and water started going in my mouth and up my nose. I kept trying to move my head over and get up and he kept pushing me back down under the water. My head kept hitting the faucet really bad on the way up and back down. Out of no where his phone started ringing, it was like 3am … and for some reason he looked like he froze or got nervous about the phone ringing. In that moment when I saw him stop and look over the phone I jumped up and jumped out of the tub. He tried to grab my arm but because it was soaking wet my arm slipped out and I ran to the door. For some reason the door was unlocked and I burst through it … he was literally right behind me. He tried to grab my arm again but just missed it. When I made it out the door I ran faster than I’ve ever ran in my life. I was completely naked and bloody and bruised all over. I just kept running block after block after block until I couldn’t run anymore and then turned around and he was gone. I hid in a bush and had no clue what I was going to do … I was in shock and I was naked … but it was my only chance to get out so you got to do what you got to do to survive. I said fuck it and ran up to this persons house and knocked on the door, I was so … I don’t even know. No one answered the door so I actually opened it and went in (I have no idea why that door was open till this day, and still can’t believe I went in those people’s house while they were sleeping). I had no idea what I was doing I was in total shock and survival mode. I went into these people’s living room and there were a few blankets on the couch, I grabbed one and wrapped it around myself and left the house.

I had no idea what I was going to do, so I walked block after block like this. It was still kind of dark out but still. I decided to try to get all the way over to my mom’s boyfriend’s house because he lived kind of close to there. I finally made it there around 5:30 in the morning and my mom was there. When she saw me she started screaming at me saying ā€œWhat did you do! What happened?ā€ I told her as much as I could but literally just put my jaw back in place during all this and was so beaten and had torn ligaments and fractured bones, and felt like I was going to pass out. Her boyfriend was at work, and she started yelling at me that I couldn’t stay there. I didn’t even ask her if I could stay there, I was literally just in shock. She gave me some clothes and told me again that I couldn’t stay there and to ā€˜not ruin this for her’. That guys house that she was living at had a lot of money and took care of her, took her on tons of trips, bought her tons of jewelry ect. … so that was what she was referring to when she said don’t ruin this for me.

Anyways, so she gave me some clothes and told me she had to go to work so where was she going to take me, where could I go. I told her I didn’t know where to go at that moment. She was angry and said fine that she would take me to my grandmothers house and drop me off there on her way to work … but that I was inconveniencing her. She was so angry with me and I’ll never really understand why. I was so in shock and in so much pain and that I was kind of …. I don’t know the words … shellshocked? She dropped me off at my grandmothers house and told me that I was going to upset my grandmother. I felt bad and didn’t want to upset her. So I slept in her downstairs for a little bit … I was so broken, exhausted, couldn’t remember the last time I slept ect. So I slept a couple hours and then got up and left her house. I called my friend from her house and she picked me up. I went to my friends house and apparently my ex and his cousin (who’s a really scary guy that you just don’t mess with) already called her house and asked where I was. I didn’t want to get my friend involved. She gave me some money for a couple days at a motel … where I could try my best to hide out and lick my wounds so to speak … but my injuries were BAD. Those days and nights in that motel were bad … I can’t even describe it.

My ex at that point was determined to stalk me, finish the job and keep me quiet. For the next couple months I just kept switching and going to different hotels and motels and doing whatever I had to do to get the money to do so. There is one person that helped me out, won’t go into much detail but he gave me some money and drugs and told me to get the hell out of the area and use the money for rooms and to flip the drugs to survive. There’s so much more but I’m going to stop here. I can’t believe even wrote this much and can’t believe how much I left out. I don’t even know why I’m writing it here but I am. I’m going through it and haven’t been attending PTSD groups and the women’s center is under construction. Plus I’ve been kind of isolating a bit and need to stop it.

So anyways, suffice to say when I talked to my mom this morning and got yelled at that I don’t ask for help and told about all the mistakes I’ve made, addiction ect. … I don’t know I started getting really upset and it’s clearly much more than just being told ā€˜I don’t accept help or let love in’. I know I isolate and push people away but damn.


None of this is your fault and you are the victim! Don't ever let anyone tell you differently. Your mother is lucky you still talk to her after the way she treated you and should count her blessings.

I'm sorry for all you've gone through and wish I could make it better ... I know it's hard when a parent acts badly, it confuses us because we are supposed to love our parents and they are supposed to love us. But people are flawed and things aren't that simple. Your mother should have been there for you and helped you. But you need to know it's no reflection on you and you are absolutely not to blame for any of this.

I'm thankful you got away from your monster of a boyfriend (husband?)
 
TRIGGER WARNING

I just tried to talk to my mom, I again just got talked over and told everything that’s wrong with me. This woman can be so cold. She started to ask me why I never ask for help. I should have not even tried to answer. The minute I even brought up a couple reasons she started screaming at me that I always ā€˜bring up the past’. Anything weather it’s an answer to a question directed at me about something that happened years ago, all the way to 15 mins ago is ā€˜the past’.

The crazy part is she knows a lot that happened to me but refuses to talk about it. Anything from trafficking, to being beaten, to murder attempts, stalking, ect is not to be discussed. Okay then, I deal with it on my own … yet am told that I never ask for help because I’m too prideful and won’t accept love. Is she kidding me? She was extremely abusive when I was little … my dad was insane, on drugs and involved in … organizations. My childhood if you can call it that was fd up. When my mom decided to leave my brother was little and I was 12. I had to raise and take care of him like I was his mother. We lived with my dad who was crazy and really really deep in his addiction and gang life. He would disappear for days and when he would come home sometimes he was so fucked up and sometimes with other people that were fucked up. I went through horrible shit that no one should go through, while trying to take care of my little brother and protect him from my dad and … just everything.

When my mom was gone all she cared about was her boyfriends, money, trips and herself and her problems. The couple times I did try to reach out to her I was screamed at, ignored or told ā€˜I don’t know what to tell ya’.

So much more but fast forward when I finally escaped my ex when he tried to murder me. It was one of the worst nights of my life, I was beaten for hours. He knew I was trying to leave and told me he was going to kill me. I’ll never forget him looking me in the eye when he was on top of me and told me ā€œYou’re going to die tonight. So much fucked up shit happened .. I won’t even get too into it. The way I got away was when he grabbed me and threw me in the bathtub .. he was going to drown me. I tried to jump up and run out but he threw me back in. He then put his foot on my chest and started filling it up with water, my head was under the faucet and water started going in my mouth and up my nose. I kept trying to move my head over and get up and he kept pushing me back down under the water. My head kept hitting the faucet really bad on the way up and back down. Out of no where his phone started ringing, it was like 3am … and for some reason he looked like he froze or got nervous about the phone ringing. In that moment when I saw him stop and look over the phone I jumped up and jumped out of the tub. He tried to grab my arm but because it was soaking wet my arm slipped out and I ran to the door. For some reason the door was unlocked and I burst through it … he was literally right behind me. He tried to grab my arm again but just missed it. When I made it out the door I ran faster than I’ve ever ran in my life. I was completely naked and bloody and bruised all over. I just kept running block after block after block until I couldn’t run anymore and then turned around and he was gone. I hid in a bush and had no clue what I was going to do … I was in shock and I was naked … but it was my only chance to get out so you got to do what you got to do to survive. I said fuck it and ran up to this persons house and knocked on the door, I was so … I don’t even know. No one answered the door so I actually opened it and went in (I have no idea why that door was open till this day, and still can’t believe I went in those people’s house while they were sleeping). I had no idea what I was doing I was in total shock and survival mode. I went into these people’s living room and there were a few blankets on the couch, I grabbed one and wrapped it around myself and left the house.

I had no idea what I was going to do, so I walked block after block like this. It was still kind of dark out but still. I decided to try to get all the way over to my mom’s boyfriend’s house because he lived kind of close to there. I finally made it there around 5:30 in the morning and my mom was there. When she saw me she started screaming at me saying ā€œWhat did you do! What happened?ā€ I told her as much as I could but literally just put my jaw back in place during all this and was so beaten and had torn ligaments and fractured bones, and felt like I was going to pass out. Her boyfriend was at work, and she started yelling at me that I couldn’t stay there. I didn’t even ask her if I could stay there, I was literally just in shock. She gave me some clothes and told me again that I couldn’t stay there and to ā€˜not ruin this for her’. That guys house that she was living at had a lot of money and took care of her, took her on tons of trips, bought her tons of jewelry ect. … so that was what she was referring to when she said don’t ruin this for me.

Anyways, so she gave me some clothes and told me she had to go to work so where was she going to take me, where could I go. I told her I didn’t know where to go at that moment. She was angry and said fine that she would take me to my grandmothers house and drop me off there on her way to work … but that I was inconveniencing her. She was so angry with me and I’ll never really understand why. I was so in shock and in so much pain and that I was kind of …. I don’t know the words … shellshocked? She dropped me off at my grandmothers house and told me that I was going to upset my grandmother. I felt bad and didn’t want to upset her. So I slept in her downstairs for a little bit … I was so broken, exhausted, couldn’t remember the last time I slept ect. So I slept a couple hours and then got up and left her house. I called my friend from her house and she picked me up. I went to my friends house and apparently my ex and his cousin (who’s a really scary guy that you just don’t mess with) already called her house and asked where I was. I didn’t want to get my friend involved. She gave me some money for a couple days at a motel … where I could try my best to hide out and lick my wounds so to speak … but my injuries were BAD. Those days and nights in that motel were bad … I can’t even describe it.

My ex at that point was determined to stalk me, finish the job and keep me quiet. For the next couple months I just kept switching and going to different hotels and motels and doing whatever I had to do to get the money to do so. There is one person that helped me out, won’t go into much detail but he gave me some money and drugs and told me to get the hell out of the area and use the money for rooms and to flip the drugs to survive. There’s so much more but I’m going to stop here. I can’t believe even wrote this much and can’t believe how much I left out. I don’t even know why I’m writing it here but I am. I’m going through it and haven’t been attending PTSD groups and the women’s center is under construction. Plus I’ve been kind of isolating a bit and need to stop it.

So anyways, suffice to say when I talked to my mom this morning and got yelled at that I don’t ask for help and told about all the mistakes I’ve made, addiction ect. … I don’t know I started getting really upset and it’s clearly much more than just being told ā€˜I don’t accept help or let love in’. I know I isolate and push people away but damn.
I also have a mother that is seemingly incapable of unconditional love. Unless I'm a sober angel, she won't even look at me. I do plan to get straight but doubt I'll ever completely forgive her for treating me the way she did when at my worst. Whenever I accept any help or assistance as small as it may be, like a ride, or a meal. She brings it up countless times and holds it over my head. Planning to go low contact when I dip. She deserves to know I'm okay, but nothing more, for a while at least
 
Thank you for sharing. Made my night.

I'm glad šŸ˜Ž. You inspired me to write šŸ™
I'd like to share some of the highlights of my drug riddled youth. Mostly to put it into perspective for myself

2 year prison sentence in one's of NYS largest most violent mediums, from just after turning 19 to just after 21

Shitting myself more times than I can count in violent withdrawal (the tranq in recent years really took this to a whole new level of despair)

Squatting in an abandoned warehouse with no heat or running water

Stealing from my parents wallets and purse until they knew better than to let me in

I've smoked crack in Philly, Baltimore, Detroit, Chicago, NYC, Albany, Buffalo, Syracuse, Allentown, Denver, Boulder, Portland - and where I'm from easy to guess

I have 2 felony bench warrants out of Colorado. One for assault, causing permanent injury, another for DWI, neither of which I remember

From 16 to 21, I have been incarcerated on 13 separate occasions. Been to 4 different county jails and 3 NYS prisons

Missed bringing gf to important medical appointment because I got sidetracked smoking crack in harrisburg

I 2023 I sent over 60k on cash app for crack, and the majority of my transactions were made in cash

I really wish there was a film compilation, like some people do a picture everyday, but it would be a film compilation of every hit of crack I've ever taken.

The amount of cocaine ive done in 10 years would likely be incomprehensible to any normies/civilians. If it was all in a pile, it'd be a fckn mountain and I would retire on it

I really want to stop but haven't ever put the work in for any of the traditional avenues to pay off. At this point I'm pretty steady on subs, in minor WD atm but will jump back on subs in the morning.

Even though I desire to clean up my act I can't say that I have the desire to live a normal life. I'm in the works of planning my escape. Have been collecting gear for an AT thru hike that likely won't happen for a long time so going to just gear up and take a bus to somewhere warm and try to find some kids to show me how to hop freight trains
Thank you for sharing - that's a lot!
(Though I have no idea what's DWI or AT šŸ˜…)
I get it that you can't see yourself in a classical family life. By escape /cleaning up your act, what exactly is your vision, I'm not sure I got that...
Also youth is only the first part of life - and not necessarily the best... In my case definitely not and I'm saying that despite the fact that my situation is certainly not what I was wishing for. While you lose strength and energy and lots of ( little) issues keep coming up, there's also the chance of becoming cooler mentally, and there are all those lessons you learned. What I'm trying to say is: There's always a chance that things get better for you personally, whatever way you may find to get there.
And I hope I don't come off smart ass now...
 
TRIGGER WARNING

I just tried to talk to my mom, I again just got talked over and told everything that’s wrong with me. This woman can be so cold. She started to ask me why I never ask for help. I should have not even tried to answer. The minute I even brought up a couple reasons she started screaming at me that I always ā€˜bring up the past’. Anything weather it’s an answer to a question directed at me about something that happened years ago, all the way to 15 mins ago is ā€˜the past’.

The crazy part is she knows a lot that happened to me but refuses to talk about it. Anything from trafficking, to being beaten, to murder attempts, stalking, ect is not to be discussed. Okay then, I deal with it on my own … yet am told that I never ask for help because I’m too prideful and won’t accept love. Is she kidding me? She was extremely abusive when I was little … my dad was insane, on drugs and involved in … organizations. My childhood if you can call it that was fd up. When my mom decided to leave my brother was little and I was 12. I had to raise and take care of him like I was his mother. We lived with my dad who was crazy and really really deep in his addiction and gang life. He would disappear for days and when he would come home sometimes he was so fucked up and sometimes with other people that were fucked up. I went through horrible shit that no one should go through, while trying to take care of my little brother and protect him from my dad and … just everything.

When my mom was gone all she cared about was her boyfriends, money, trips and herself and her problems. The couple times I did try to reach out to her I was screamed at, ignored or told ā€˜I don’t know what to tell ya’.

So much more but fast forward when I finally escaped my ex when he tried to murder me. It was one of the worst nights of my life, I was beaten for hours. He knew I was trying to leave and told me he was going to kill me. I’ll never forget him looking me in the eye when he was on top of me and told me ā€œYou’re going to die tonight. So much fucked up shit happened .. I won’t even get too into it. The way I got away was when he grabbed me and threw me in the bathtub .. he was going to drown me. I tried to jump up and run out but he threw me back in. He then put his foot on my chest and started filling it up with water, my head was under the faucet and water started going in my mouth and up my nose. I kept trying to move my head over and get up and he kept pushing me back down under the water. My head kept hitting the faucet really bad on the way up and back down. Out of no where his phone started ringing, it was like 3am … and for some reason he looked like he froze or got nervous about the phone ringing. In that moment when I saw him stop and look over the phone I jumped up and jumped out of the tub. He tried to grab my arm but because it was soaking wet my arm slipped out and I ran to the door. For some reason the door was unlocked and I burst through it … he was literally right behind me. He tried to grab my arm again but just missed it. When I made it out the door I ran faster than I’ve ever ran in my life. I was completely naked and bloody and bruised all over. I just kept running block after block after block until I couldn’t run anymore and then turned around and he was gone. I hid in a bush and had no clue what I was going to do … I was in shock and I was naked … but it was my only chance to get out so you got to do what you got to do to survive. I said fuck it and ran up to this persons house and knocked on the door, I was so … I don’t even know. No one answered the door so I actually opened it and went in (I have no idea why that door was open till this day, and still can’t believe I went in those people’s house while they were sleeping). I had no idea what I was doing I was in total shock and survival mode. I went into these people’s living room and there were a few blankets on the couch, I grabbed one and wrapped it around myself and left the house.

I had no idea what I was going to do, so I walked block after block like this. It was still kind of dark out but still. I decided to try to get all the way over to my mom’s boyfriend’s house because he lived kind of close to there. I finally made it there around 5:30 in the morning and my mom was there. When she saw me she started screaming at me saying ā€œWhat did you do! What happened?ā€ I told her as much as I could but literally just put my jaw back in place during all this and was so beaten and had torn ligaments and fractured bones, and felt like I was going to pass out. Her boyfriend was at work, and she started yelling at me that I couldn’t stay there. I didn’t even ask her if I could stay there, I was literally just in shock. She gave me some clothes and told me again that I couldn’t stay there and to ā€˜not ruin this for her’. That guys house that she was living at had a lot of money and took care of her, took her on tons of trips, bought her tons of jewelry ect. … so that was what she was referring to when she said don’t ruin this for me.

Anyways, so she gave me some clothes and told me she had to go to work so where was she going to take me, where could I go. I told her I didn’t know where to go at that moment. She was angry and said fine that she would take me to my grandmothers house and drop me off there on her way to work … but that I was inconveniencing her. She was so angry with me and I’ll never really understand why. I was so in shock and in so much pain and that I was kind of …. I don’t know the words … shellshocked? She dropped me off at my grandmothers house and told me that I was going to upset my grandmother. I felt bad and didn’t want to upset her. So I slept in her downstairs for a little bit … I was so broken, exhausted, couldn’t remember the last time I slept ect. So I slept a couple hours and then got up and left her house. I called my friend from her house and she picked me up. I went to my friends house and apparently my ex and his cousin (who’s a really scary guy that you just don’t mess with) already called her house and asked where I was. I didn’t want to get my friend involved. She gave me some money for a couple days at a motel … where I could try my best to hide out and lick my wounds so to speak … but my injuries were BAD. Those days and nights in that motel were bad … I can’t even describe it.

My ex at that point was determined to stalk me, finish the job and keep me quiet. For the next couple months I just kept switching and going to different hotels and motels and doing whatever I had to do to get the money to do so. There is one person that helped me out, won’t go into much detail but he gave me some money and drugs and told me to get the hell out of the area and use the money for rooms and to flip the drugs to survive. There’s so much more but I’m going to stop here. I can’t believe even wrote this much and can’t believe how much I left out. I don’t even know why I’m writing it here but I am. I’m going through it and haven’t been attending PTSD groups and the women’s center is under construction. Plus I’ve been kind of isolating a bit and need to stop it.

So anyways, suffice to say when I talked to my mom this morning and got yelled at that I don’t ask for help and told about all the mistakes I’ve made, addiction ect. … I don’t know I started getting really upset and it’s clearly much more than just being told ā€˜I don’t accept help or let love in’. I know I isolate and push people away but damn.
Wow... What a fate to carry... I admire your courage to share it. And I wish for you to find some people in your life (and are able to let them in) who are supporting you. Because that's what you deserve...
 
None of this is your fault and you are the victim! Don't ever let anyone tell you differently. Your mother is lucky you still talk to her after the way she treated you and should count her blessings.

I'm sorry for all you've gone through and wish I could make it better ... I know it's hard when a parent acts badly, it confuses us because we are supposed to love our parents and they are supposed to love us. But people are flawed and things aren't that simple. Your mother should have been there for you and helped you. But you need to know it's no reflection on you and you are absolutely not to blame for any of this.

I'm thankful you got away from your monster of a boyfriend (husband?)
Oh thank you so much for your kindness and words
Big hug to you šŸ’œ
 
I also have a mother that is seemingly incapable of unconditional love. Unless I'm a sober angel, she won't even look at me. I do plan to get straight but doubt I'll ever completely forgive her for treating me the way she did when at my worst. Whenever I accept any help or assistance as small as it may be, like a ride, or a meal. She brings it up countless times and holds it over my head. Planning to go low contact when I dip. She deserves to know I'm okay, but nothing more, for a while at least
Aw yea it’s tough with the mother stuff, I totally understand. Do whatever you can to take care of yourself. I hope that when you get straight that you know you are not your mistakes … you still have the same heart and deserve love.
Big hug šŸ’œ
 
I'm glad šŸ˜Ž. You inspired me to write šŸ™

Thank you for sharing - that's a lot!
(Though I have no idea what's DWI or AT šŸ˜…)
I get it that you can't see yourself in a classical family life. By escape /cleaning up your act, what exactly is your vision, I'm not sure I got that...
Also youth is only the first part of life - and not necessarily the best... In my case definitely not and I'm saying that despite the fact that my situation is certainly not what I was wishing for. While you lose strength and energy and lots of ( little) issues keep coming up, there's also the chance of becoming cooler mentally, and there are all those lessons you learned. What I'm trying to say is: There's always a chance that things get better for you personally, whatever way you may find to get there.
And I hope I don't come off smart ass now...
I just want to get out of my comfort zone and out of the city where the years of addiction have roots. I know you always take yourself with you when you go and moving is no end all solution but I think some new scenery and acquaintances would be refreshing.

DWI - what nys calls a dui, driving drunk

AT- Appalachian trail. Continuous hike from Georgia to maine
 
I just want to get out of my comfort zone and out of the city where the years of addiction have roots. I know you always take yourself with you when you go and moving is no end all solution but I think some new scenery and acquaintances would be refreshing.

I agree. Starting over is always a chance at least
AT- Appalachian trail. Continuous hike from Georgia to maine
Now that sounds cool šŸ˜Ž
Hope you can make it happen! šŸ¤žšŸ€
 
Dealing with having to be strong about certain situations and people (family members) in my life. Sometimes you get tired of always having to be the strong one … that’s where my vices slip in and want to say F it and go get numb (extra self medicate).

It’s funny though, no matter what I do (how much I self medicate) I can never be as heartless as some people in my family. They are on like cartel levels of heartlessness, complete indifference to human suffering and propensity to cause barbaric levels of harm to others.

lol I probably sound whiney but if people actually knew, damn if people actually knew ….
I guess that’s why I can half write it here, half not. I hope at least half writing it out helps a little.

Maybe it’s okay to pray for a milagro (miracle) sometimes … maybe it’s delusional, maybe it’s not. But what’s the harm in truly hoping for some kind of blessing or healing.

Big hugs to anyone who may be hurting out there ā¤ļøā€šŸ©¹šŸ’œā¤ļøā€šŸ©¹šŸ’œ
 
Dealing with having to be strong about certain situations and people (family members) in my life. Sometimes you get tired of always having to be the strong one … that’s where my vices slip in and want to say F it and go get numb (extra self medicate).

It’s funny though, no matter what I do (how much I self medicate) I can never be as heartless as some people in my family. They are on like cartel levels of heartlessness, complete indifference to human suffering and propensity to cause barbaric levels of harm to others.

lol I probably sound whiney but if people actually knew, damn if people actually knew ….
I guess that’s why I can half write it here, half not. I hope at least half writing it out helps a little.

Maybe it’s okay to pray for a milagro (miracle) sometimes … maybe it’s delusional, maybe it’s not. But what’s the harm in truly hoping for some kind of blessing or healing.

Big hugs to anyone who may be hurting out there ā¤ļøā€šŸ©¹šŸ’œā¤ļøā€šŸ©¹šŸ’œ
Big hugs, blessings and healing to you! šŸ™ā¤ļøā€šŸ©¹šŸ™... The extra self-medicate is so felt...
 
Longtime lurker. Don't want to post my own thread but feeling down and defeated and like sharing.

First time I ever tried cocaine or heroin I was 19, and it was an IV speedball with some kids I had met in jail. Everyone that was in that car or that I hung with in that point of my life is dead now. 10+ people. They were all mostly heroin addicts that would enjoy the occasional zoot from a coke shot. I took straight to the the cocaine and ran with it hard for over 10 years now. I've been to prison because of it, have absolutely wrecked many familial and romantic relationships. Whether immediately, or within a few days, every cent I make is spent on fentanyl and crack. Neither of which I particularly enjoy anymore, after 10 years of heavy cocaine abuse, I'm lucky if I don't nose dive deep into psychosis after just my first hit. I do the fentanyl to try to combat the overstim but nothing really can.

Have been to 8 rehabs and countless detoxes. Had a period of sobriety once for about 6 months but wasn't really able to achieve any longterm happiness. My ex wants to be with me but is sick of watching me kill myself and make genuine promises that I truly believe and the time but am quickly unable to keep.

It's always fun to think that if you had enough money, then drug addiction wouldn't actually be an issue. It's only an issue if ur broke, right? Not even close. Even when I ran a successful business, it still means waking up sick every morning, but somehow that's tolerable when you know you have a shot waiting. And in some sick way, maybe even a little enjoyable because the contrast from sick to faded is way better than sober to faded. But inevitably, even with all the money, you find yourself sick and squirming and cursing yourself.

Reflecting on the past ten years is a painful experience. I'll turn 30 this year and have nothing to show for myself. I'm back in my mother's basement, no job, no prospects. All my friends online are tying the knot and having kids and here I am about to take an Uber to the city and spend my last 100 bucks on crack and dope. Just so sick of it
Damn, that's a rough ass struggle... wishing the best for you and hoping you come out the other side. I was 100% in a similar boat for a while... took a lot of pain to decide I was done with that life... it can't hurt to try detox again, I went tons of times. whatever you do, just don't give up. even if things are bleak and you're not where you want to be, it's not over and you can always make changes.
 
Thank you for always being so kind @Mushoku_Sensei šŸ’œ
I hope you’re doing well yourself today
Sending blessings and hugs right back to you šŸ’•šŸŒŗ
Thank you 🄰 šŸ«‚ šŸ’•
Today is a calmer day finally... Days like these allow me to recover a little - and reading what you're going through makes me grateful for the family I was born in... There's really nothing that can be taken for granted in this world. But there's always a chance for change, however tiny. I hope that you can find it. Your way. A place that's good for you. šŸ™
 
They are on like cartel levels of heartlessness, complete indifference to human suffering and propensity to cause barbaric levels of harm to others.
Its like how everyone was scared after the Russian was on Ukraine as it happened on Europe and "oh no (we, the actual people, might actually be in danger too)" after Usa had started a war after war in other places.
 
holy shit, i landed a job interview tomorrow at a nice restuarant.

i haven't had a job or a job interview since i quit my last kitchen job almost 2 years ago.

it would be so ace to not have financial insecurity looming over me as always.
 
holy shit, i landed a job interview tomorrow at a nice restuarant.

i haven't had a job or a job interview since i quit my last kitchen job almost 2 years ago.

it would be so ace to not have financial insecurity looming over me as always.
How did your job interview go?
 
a person that used to work there wanted their job back ..

it felt close to happening , tho, definitely possible if i want it enough.
Ah I see. That's happened to me before, although it wasn't even any kind of good or desirable job, so I felt all the more awful about it.

But yeah hopefully you don't get discouraged, there's definitely other opportunities it's good you're making moves on it
 
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