it would be MUCH more effective.

Ok so to start this. I have 3 kids 7, 4, & 2. I left their dad a year ago for cheating on me. He has had very little to do with the kids since then. (His choice not mine). My 4 year old seemed to be ok at first but now is demanding attention all the time. She threw a fit over tap water, she wanted the britta water. She demands to go potty right as we are going some were. I have her go before but it still happens. she pulls the 2 year old off me, throws her food around. makes a bigger mess than the 2 year old. I am at my wits end with her. Ive triied counceling but they say shes fine. I dont know if I should start ignoring the behaviors or if I should give her even more attention. My ex wants to take her but only if Im not involved. I will not do that!! He has done drugs and at the moment is in jail for a DUI. What should I do with her??

*Why Parents Drink**

A father passing by his son’s bedroom was astonished to see that his bed was nicely made and everything was picked up.

Then he saw an envelope, propped up prominently on the pillow that was addressed to “Dad.”

With the worst premonition he opened the envelope with trembling hands and read the letter.

Dear Dad:

It is with great regret and sorrow that I’m writing you. I had to elope with my new girlfriend because I wanted to avoid a scene with Mom and you. I have been finding real passion with Stacy and she is so nice.

But I knew you would not approve of her because of all her piercing, tattoos, tight motorcycle clothes and the fact that she is much older than I am.

But it’s not only the passion…Dad she’s pregnant.

Stacy said that we will be very happy. She owns a trailer in the woods and has a stack of firewood for the whole winter. We share a dream of having many more children.

Stacy has opened my eyes to the fact that marijuana doesn’t really hurt anyone. We’ll be growing it for ourselves and trading it with the other people that live nearby for cocaine and ecstasy. In the meantime we will pray that science will find a cure for AIDS so Stacy can get better.

She deserves it.

Don’t worry Dad. I’m 15 and I know how to take care of myself.

Someday I’m sure that we will be back to visit so that you can get to know your grandchildren.

Love, Your Son John, P.S. Dad, none of the above is true. I’m over at Tommy’s house. I just wanted to remind you that there are worse things in life than the report card that’s in my center desk drawer.

I love you.

Call me when it’s safe to come home.

Drugs and the effects they have on pregnancy. 1996? 97?

My family and I were watching television and a commercial came on about crackdowns on texting while driving.

We all agree that it should be illegal and get punished, but I took it a little further

If I was “In Charge” my rule for texting while driving would be…

You Lose Your License to Drive Forever, no chances to renew it, and it would be a federal statute, so you can’t move to another state and do it. (if you are under 18 you loose it until your 21, because Minors get there records sealed)

Of course my dad agreed with me and laughed, but my sister said “your joking right” (i do joke alot about this kind of stuff,) but in this case I’m not, I looked at her completely seriously. LOSE YOUR LICENSE FOREVER

“Thats way to mean, thats a big punishment for a little crime”

“Why do you have to text so badly, what vital information can only be passed though text that cant be passed though talking on the phone”

“But its just texting while driving its not big deal”

“Oh its just drinking before you drive its no big deal…until you hit a kid”

I truly believe that if you text while you drive, you lose your license forever. The End.

Texting is more dangerous then driving drunk, the ranking goes

Texting
Drinking
Cellphones
Marijuana

Since Texting is statistically more likely to cause an accident then drinking, the punishment should at least be harder.

also, not to defend them, but if your drunk half the time you don’t know any better when you get behind the wheel, same for pot, and when you do you (unless your just completely gone) your still trying to focus on the road (if you get into a car buzzed but coherent a drunk will atleast try to focus on the road) and if your on a cell your still actually looking at the road (not that it isn’t dangerous)

But with texting you are, as a sober adult, actively taking at least one hand of the wheel and looking away from the road, that is worse then being drunk, that is just naturally dumb.

Lose License Forever.

If your going to try and pull 8th amendment (cruel and unusual punishment) then how about just a punishment that is harder then what we give for DUI cases.
Of course Drunk driving should be punished, and hard, harder then it is right now.

What I’m saying is that if your drunk and you drive your not thinking right.

but if you text while you drive you are actively making a decision right there in the moment.

My Mother was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Her brother, my uncle, was diagnosed with schizophrenia and committed suicide at 17 years old (he wasn’t taking his medication).

At times I wonder if I have bipolar disorder. There was a point a month ago where I couldn’t stop crying, I felt very low, I even contemplated ODing. I told my Father and he wanted me admitted to an inpatient program.

Signs:
-I’ve felt severely depressed on-and-off ever since I was in eighth grade. I could 2-3 days without sleeping. All the while I wasn’t sleeping I’d be crying.

-As I got older I dabbled into heavy drugs (pot, cocaine, opiates). Thank god I’ve cleaned myself up, I’ve been sober for three months.

-I can either become very violent or very sad. I’ve gone off (screaming, yelling) on people I call friends. When I come down from these violent spells I sometimes wonder how I ever got to that point.

-My Father says he notices sometimes I don’t eat for days on end. It’s not that I purposely starve myself, I just am not hungry. I drink a lot of coffee. I’m 5’5 and 104lbs.

-Sometimes I have the inability to even get out of bed. I can sleep until 5-7pm. I usually can’t sleep until 6-7am. During school days I sleep around 3-4am.

-Once,during a school day, I couldn’t sleep until 5am and I came into school with blood shot eyes.

-My Father doesn’t believe in medication because of what he has seen it does to people. My Mother has heavily self medicated herself since I was young. Currently I’m taking St.John’s Wart. He tries to make it into a tea form for me but it doesn’t work. I usually sneak the pills when he’s at work and I’ll take about 3-4 of them. It calms me down and helps me stop thinking for 4-5 hours.

Team Madness Drug PSA

I love my boyfriend a lot and we have been together for a year and he is taking me out for our first anniversary and I get the feeling he’s going to propose because my mom told me that he asked my dad’s permission to marry me and we are going to this nice restaurant that lots of guys pop the question to their girlfriends in but the thing is I think I still love my ex even though he’s all wrong for me. I mean he’s in and out of jail for different reasons and he kind of lives on the edge. I recently bailed him out for a DUI he got because I didn’t think he deserved to be there but anyway, I’m not sure if I should say yes but I don’t want to humiliate him in public by saying no. I’m not even sure if he’s going to propose there or not and plus I’m not supposed to know about it. What do I do?

Ive been with the father) of my daughter for over 4 years.We were broken up when I found out I was pregnant because he was claiming he was following me.I tried to work it out.While he has been faithful about doctors visits and now faithful about visiting her in the NICU,he is not being responsible for her financially.My mom and I have spent hundreds of dollars on all the things she needs.Dad,maybe $100.We had decided to find a place together and had been looking for months but due to his bad rental history it has been exteremly hard.I finally found a place that I could get soley in my name,all he had to do was pay half the bills.My parents even agreed to pay part of the rent because it was more expensive that we had agreed upon.My parents even went out and bought us furniture.Then the day before we were going to move,he decides hes not ready.So Im tired of having the father of my child refuse to be finacially responsible.Ive decided I want to move 2 1/2 hours away to be with my parents.I can go to school and have a better life for me and my daughter.My ex signed the birth certificate.At the time I was thinking,well just in case I ever need to get child support.What I didnt think about was Im giving him power over the future of her.I know he will try to get custody,partly because he loves her but mostly out of controll.Hes already imposing on my time in the NICU,an excuse he uses as to why he can no longer work overtime to prepare for her homecoming.Hes even planning to take advantage of the overnight family room so that he can stay in the NICU all night.My biggest fear is that he will try to take her home from the NICU.Can he do that? My Mom says she can only be discharged to me,but he is the father.Reasons why he shouldnt get custody:Hes 43(almost 44),lives with his mom along with his other 3 brothers who my ex admit all actively do drugs.My ex is an ex cocaine user,clean for over a decade but still.Ive had to call the police myself on him in the past due to threats.He also has a record of communicating threats/intimidation.Also assualt on a female 20 years ago.He cant seem to find a place to live himself.Though I might also be living with my parents soon while Im out of work taking care of her upon discharge.Im also breastfeeding.Im NC,any advice?
Actually it was a cut and paste thus no paragraphs…I care less about support than I do her well being,so I am thinking of her.I have enough savings to sustain us for awhile,Im the responsible parent! I dont want her with an unfit father.I didnt try to force him to move in with me! He didnt want me and his child 2 hours away,so he wanted us to be together here in a place of our own.I have roomates at the moment so I dont want to raise her in this house.He changed his mind at this last minute when everyone has been trying to help us.Also aggrivating but not the issue!
Thanks for the advice,tough or not.He really had me fooled for while,telling me his Mom was living with him,etc.Treated me nice,blah blah blah. I knew it wasnt a healthy relationship which is why we had broken up…then I found out I was pregnant right after.Never expected that as stupid as it sounds because I had been unable to get pregnant for over a decade…This is what I get for being an overly forgiving and optimistic person!

Drug PSA Liam & Daniel

First of all: I already have depression. My doctor told me at my last check up. Now everything is just worse.
I’m a fifteen year old sophomore at an all girls parochial high school which I hate. I tried so hard over the summer for my mom to let me transfer but I’m not allowed.
I have few friends. All the ones I made last year turned out to be really just mean. I made friends with a girl over the summer but we don’t have any classes or lunch together.
My best friend lives an hour away and doesn’t understand because she goes to a normal high school and has tons of friends.
I was really stressed out just to have to go back.
Back to 3 to 6 hours of homework, back to eating lunch alone, and back to being totally drained and depressed.
Then my brother gets arrested for DUI and my mom has been totally focused on him and forgot about me totally. Oh and he’s being shipped off to the Navy which makes me more sad.
My step dad doesn’t care about me or my brother.
And my daddy has been out of town all week for work.
i already forgot my homework for today because i had it sitting on my desk but woke up late. I slept through my alarm because I was tired. I was tired because my mom didnt get home until eleven thirty last night (she was drunk when she did finally get home) and I needed her to sign a paper.
Ive started noticing my boyfriend doesn’t talk to me when I have problems, only when we talk about sex.
my best friend blames all my problems on myself.
and last night I got all emo and started poking my arms with tweezers.
I have no one to talk to… I’m already having trouble in school… and everything is just going wrong.
I don’t know what to do.. I need some one to talk to, or to reassure me everything will be okay or to give me advice.
Thanks!

A father passing by his son’s bedroom was astonished to see that his bed was nicely made and everything was picked up. Then he saw an envelope, propped up on the pillow that was addressed to ‘Dad.’ With the worst premonition he opened the envelope with trembling hands and read the letter.

Dear Dad:
It is with great regret and sorrow that I’m writing you. I had to elope with my new girlfriend because I wanted to avoid a scene with mom and you. I have been finding real passion with Stacy and she is so nice.
But I knew you would not approve of her because of all her piercing, tattoos, tight motorcycle clothes and the fact that she is much older than I am. But it’s not only the passion…Dad she’s pregnant. Stacy said that we will be very happy. She owns a trailer in the woods and has a stack of firewood for the whole winter. We share a dream of having many more children. Stacy has opened my eyes to the fact that marijuana doesn’t really hurt anyone. We’ll be growing it for ourselves and trading it with the other people that live nearby for cocaine and ecstasy. In the meantime we will pray that science will find a cure for AIDS so Stacy can get better. She deserves it.
Don’t worry Dad. I’m 15 and I know how to take care of myself. Someday I’m sure that at we will be back to visit so that you can get to know your grandchildren.
Love, Your Son John

PS. Dad, none of the above is true. I’m over at Tommy’s house. I just wanted to remind you that there are worse things in life than the report card that’s in my center desk drawer.

I love you. Call me when it’s safe to come home

OK i am going to try to be as detailed as possible so that i can hopefully finally make a decision not based on selfishness.

I have a girlfriend(middle school sweetheart) and we have always had problems with our relationship. We come from very similar backgrounds. A major difference though is that she stems from a family that was very unstable(She always says it doesn’t mean anything). She was raised by her mom only with two half sisters. I come from a not picture perfect family, but i was raised by my dad and mom with my 2 brothers & 2 siters. I remember the first fight was because she wanted to be friends with a guy i really knew was a jerk(my nemisis in middle and high school). She said i was possesive and that she could have guy friends. Next fight was she cheated because he was romantic and i was too possesive. All the while i paid the rent, bought her a car(at age 19). I fought so hard to get her back with me. Then for some reason she came back very much into it(and we had our second baby). Then we got in a fight because we had to move to my parents at 20 years old both. She said no way was she gonna live with my mother. You see my mother is old school she wanted the room clean and for us to help with whatever. She got her things and left with her mom. Then later got an apartment. She started sending me pictures and texts about the kids and i would go over to see them sometimes, but every time i would go over she would give you know hints play around till i couldnt take it anymore and got back with her. A couple years passed and then we separated again because a guy gave her rides home from college, but she had said it was a girl. I found out from his cousin because he was my friend. So i left. Then we texted and same all same all, but at this point i was so hurt. I have always worked up until last year when i got a house, but she still had no problem exploding and telling me to leave her and break up. So i feel like i had giving everything a girl wants. Sure sometimes i was some what jealous, but i blame that on the fact that she has legitamtly cheated on me and not me. OK now the hard part. SHE IS WHEN DRESSED UP AND EVRYTHING NUMBER 8.7 out of ten MABY 9. 1= worse 10=best. ME i’m 6ish 7ish or 5.5. I just feel inside that she is so imature has a warrant 4 DUI. DRIVING A CAR I bougth right now 2009. Oh yea she tells me all the time i dont help her. You see i stopped working for the past 2 months to start off school and started working just last week and she is making these past 50 or so says count for the whole time we have been together. Now i know you might be saying he is just painting his pretty picture, but honestly the only thing i do wrong is tell her that the things she does are not right then she yells at me and i dont leave.(Right now we fought because she is going to a cousins party me and kids are her just pondering). She is going to the party because according to her she was not invited and she is going to show up and tell them they are messed up for not inviting her. I think she is going because she has another friend that persuaded her. Now another thing i do wrong is a snoop. like her texts(dont even wana get into that) and stuff but its just insecurity. I dont know what to do. I like yahoo answers i use it alot, but usually for more common questions unlike this one. I mean i should just leave she has been with other guys(bed – during the times we separated). Whats the worst for me to know mow(this hunts me).
Response to writing quality,

I apologize to the person that inquired about my jumble up writing. It is just that i wrote the questions fast and let it all out with out regard for proper paragraph structure or gramatically correct structure. Al-though my GPA for my writing and composition classes where specifically 3.7

I suppose this could happen to one who writes a serious question and who wishes for a rapid response.

I do hope that my poor writing skills are considered and wont effect the responses i get.
I did it again,

I meant to say, “poor writing skills RE considered”.

It is no wonder i did not receive a 4.0 GPA.

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My husband sadly informed me this past Saturday that he has been smoking crack cocaine. He also stole checks from his own mother to obtain the crack, signing her name to them. Then, early Sunday morning, he lied to me about where he was going and went and borrowed money from people so he could get a couple of “dubs” as he told me they are called.
I’m scared, I’m angry, I’m confused, I’m sad, I’m hurt, and just do not understand how he could do this to me and to his mother who is in poor health (she lives with us). He is 30 years old and has lost his biological father (due to a massive heart attack) when he was only 8 years old, and he lost his step father (due to a massive heart attack) in 2006. He has always had anger issues and have held in a lot of his pain and really has not grieved properly. I am not making excuses for him, but I am just trying to get a bit of insight. This is totally unlike him. We have been married for 10 years and have been together since we were both 17. He also has a history of prescription drug abuse that started right after his step father passed away, and then, when he stopped taking them he started smoking marijuana. He has been told that he is bipolar, but he did not seek treatment for it. I just am at a loss. I’m worried and can’t sleep. He wants help, and so I am calling around first thing this morning at a few drug treatment facilities to see what can be done. Does anyone know what I can expect? Meaning, how great of a risk is there of relapse since he has been using crack for only 2 weeks? Also, is it normal for me to want to go and kick the man’s aZZ who got him started on crack? Also, I want to turn the man who sold it to him in..is that safe? I’m so worried
Nicholas, I pray to God that you never have to deal with a loved one addicted to Crack or any other drug. You are a sorry individual for telling me that. He is my husband, I married him for better or for worse. God be with you. Your answer was quite uncalled for.

Yes, I am aware at how bad Crack is. I am praying for him as well. He went to Church this past Sunday and re-dedicated his life to God, and I know that he does want help.

I am angry at the drug dealer, yes, but also am angry at my husband. I did want to kick his aZZ, but of course that wouldn’t solve anything. I just don’t know and was hoping for some answers from someone who might have possibly been through this with their husband or a loved one.

I am a single mom with a 2yr old and a 1yr old; as stupid as it sounds, I fell in love with a “bad boy” who had convinced me that he had changed. Once the boys were born, he fell back into his old ways and I left for 2 reasons….he wouldn’t stop sleeping around (I was afraid I’d get HIV) and got back involved with his criminal past (and I was worried about the safety of my kids). He now has a well paying job and will not accept the papers when they try to serve him-he says it’s not him or he won’t answer the door. In the past 22 mos., he has only spent 1 hours with the kids by his choice. I really want my kids to have a relationship with their father because I know they need that and I know all of the benefits a bond with him could provide. Due to what I have seen in the past and what I know for a fact he is involved in (selling women, selling cocaine, illegal guns, gangs, and possibly identity theft) I cannot allow my boys to go to his house. I am scared to turn him in to the police, however I could really use some financial help. Basically I want child support and I want the boys to have a very monitored relationship with their dad-as long as they don’t find out what he does for fun…I just don’t want them to be with him without my or a court appointed supervisor. (Oh, he also drinks hard alcohol the minute he gets off work and smokes weed until he passes out at night.) The only things he has on his record are 2 DUI’s….Please help…the little I speak to him he is alway wearing expensive clothes and taking vacations and bragging about all his good fortune–meanwhile, we’re living with my mom on welfare…please help-I’m so confused!! I don’t want the judge to give him visitation.

I’m writing a book, Its fiction based around the death of one of my best friends and his little brother, their part in the book and the accident is true. The other minor details.

I just need a title.
Its not finished but so far:
Chapter 1: I set up the narrator, the narrator isn’t a real person. He is just a made up character that is nameless and no one will ever know until i finish the series. he had an abusive home and killed himself.
Chapter 2: My friend joseph’s fictional story. He starts off as a neglected child from his mother and the women he loves doesn’t know and she dies. He is also a cocaine addict. He is found 4 days later coming down from a serious high. His father throws him in a looney bin, but no one knows. They woke up one morning to him gone, his father won’t tell what happened. He vanished, its been 5 months and no one knows if he is dead or alive or anything.

I REALLY NEED A DEEP TITLE.
thank you!!
Joseph’s being gone for a long amount of time isn’t the main point, its a detail, each chapter sets up a character.

yeah

i am 15 and for almost two years, my mom has drank every night. so i tried to live with my big sis until my mom straightened out her life; she tried to commint suicide.
i wake up my dad when she falls and gets hurt; he yells at me for waking him up.
I help her go to the bathroom (ie pull up her pants, help get her on/off the john), feed her, and help her when she falls, etc. she is the worst drunk. and my whole life, as soon as it was 5:00pm, my parents couldnt take me anywhere. so i get home from school at 3:00 and want to go to a friends house, but they cant take me (they dont want a DUI).
also, when she drinks she makes fun of me, calling me a puke-butt lesbian, and other horrid things.
my life sucks and i hate to see her like this. what do i do?!

He was my childhood sweetheart, my best friend, father of my two children and my soul mate. We were married for 13 years, but he got involved in cocaine, and so I left. It’s been 19 years, he remarried had two kids, but divorced three years later. I remarried five years ago, but never got over him (my ex). We’ve stayed in contact over the years, and he’s asked me to meet him (to talk) several times, but I always turned him down, because I didn’t want to hurt my husband (he’s extremely jealous of him). Anyway, for the past two weeks, my ex has called me, and he keeps telling me how much he loves me and misses me, and he says he can see through my soul, and knows I still love him. He’s not lying, but my present husband is not well, and needs my help to care for him. I’m confused, my heart wants to run back into my ex’s arms, but on the other hand, how can I leave the man that needs my help. I just turned 50, so I’m not getting any younger. I’m confused.