'My mom struggled with alcoholism which she turned to as a coping mechanism after falling in love with a man/husband who became

a heroin addict and spent many years incarcerated. Raising 4 daughters, often alone because of her husbands repeated incarceration. The struggle for her was real! The battle was real! But she too overcame alcoholism'

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'My mother was addicted to drugs when I was younger. She was verbally and mentally abusive to me. She hated me when I got older due to the relationship I had with my dad. Growing up with her was like growing

up with frenemies (friend/enemy) and not a mother.'

'I have struggled with rejection most of my life.

It has spilled over to most

of my relationships. Recently I have acknowledged and accepted that this root of rejection stemmed from my parents separating when I was 12 years old. My Mom and I have lived a functional dysfunctional life.'

Both parents were incarcerated all of my life.  My mom gave my great aunt custody of me at the age of two. I DO NOT have a relationship with her now and still consider my great aunt, my mother.

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