They do not define the person I am.
My whole 16 years of living, being the "girl with addicted parents" is the name I have come to know. My friends, extended family, or teachers have looked down upon me, knowing my parents have made poor choices. Me, being the young girl that I am and have been believing those people, letting those people brainwash me into thinking I will be the same way.
But what most people don't understand is simply that nobody can control my life, besides myself. So when people tell me that I am going to be just like my mom or just like my dad, I kind of laugh at them. Why? Well, because why would I want to be like my parents after seeing them at their worst? Why would I want to be somebody who has no money to support their children, like them? Why would I want to almost experience death like them? And of all things why would I want to lose everybody I love in my life for drugs/alcohol? That is why I laugh. Because what people don't understand is I have went through the addiction just as much as my parents have. I have seen more than them because during their high they probably don't recall most of it. So just because I am not them, does not mean I haven't been dragged through it all.
Again I make my own decisions, and seeing what addiction has done to my parents.... The journey and the destinations they have been through, is why I will never make their poor decisions. So mark my words.
