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Alessia fragte in Family & RelationshipsFamily · vor 1 Jahrzehnt

What should I do? I need advice from mature people, please.?

Okay...this situation might be a little long to read, but please see it through and help me out, I'm at a loss for what to do. I'm only 16, and I have no trusted adult to talk to so I'm turning to the general public on Yahoo. Please read, and please answer. Thanks :)

Okay, so last night my mom found out my stepdad does marijuana. She'd suspected it for a while, because she'd smelled it on him before but he lied to her and said it was a weird sleeping pill the doctor prescribed him. She found out he lied to her by finding his stash. It wasn't much, and I know pot is illegal for the stupidest reasons, but he still lied to her. His marijuana use proved his double standard, his hypocrisy. My stepdad has called me a drug addict when I take ibuprofen for headaches or cramps, and calls my mom an alcoholic for the glass or two of wine she has every once in a while. My stepdad drinks so much more than her, and he drinks the hard stuff, like vodka and everclear. Though my stepdad drinks and smokes, he's given so much to my family. When my biological father and my mom divorced, I was maybe 5 and my sister 1. He's practically raised us, making sure we got good grades and provided a great private school education for me for a couple years. He's given more to my sister and I than my biological father has. His parenting styles are not much to my liking, I must admit, as he is the epitome of the "authoritarian" parent and often enforces his (frequently insane) rules with screaming, intimidation, and physical violence. I'm not saying I'm beaten to a pulp, but I believe that it's uncalled for and the punishment does not fit the crime. I do love my stepdad, but I don't know what to do. Last night, my mom was crying really hard, and yelled at my stepdad that she doesn't love him anymore and she wished he was dead, she wants a divorce, and we're moving to an apartment ASAP. After their big argument, I went and comforted my little sister, and then went and comforted my mom. My sister fell asleep and then my mom went to take a shower. Right then, I was so out of my mind and I really couldn't stand it, so I got drunk. I'm not proud of it, but I believe some of the things I said to my parents when I was drunk were definitely for the better, and I wouldn't have said them sober. I definitely overdid the alcohol, and began throwing up a few hours later, so I went in the kitchen to get something to eat when I hear strange noises coming from my mom's room. I went to go see what it was and it was my piss-drunk mom, curled up in a fetal position in the tub and attempting to "take a shower" fully clothed when she had taken one about an hour before. I think, that if I'd left her there in the tub, she would have drowned. She was so drunk she couldn't walk or talk. I carried my mom out of the tub, drunk myself, to her bed and laid her there. She passed out immediately, and I figured she'd fell asleep, so I went back out in the kitchen. As soon as I went out, I heard a huge crash and ran back in to find that she rolled off her bed onto the floor and her iron fell on her face. I moved the iron and all other dangers from her area, and tried to move her back on the bed but my stepdad (who I'd been begging to watch over my mom, as he is 46 and I'm 16) finally came in and told me to leave her there, that apparently this is common for her to do. So I left the room, went to my bed and promptly passed out, from a combination of alcohol, shock, fear, and utter exhaustion. This morning, I woke up to my mom coming in my room and asking me what happened to her, that she didn't remember anything and why does she have huge bruises all over her. I explained to her what happened, and she told me the last thing that she remembered was knocking back a couple sleeping pills with a huge glass of alcohol. I froze and then told her that she could have died, that narcotics and alcohol are deadly. I'm scared and I don't know what to do. My mom values my opinion, and she's asked me whether they should divorce and we should move out. I have no clue what to do and I have no adult to ask. Please do not lecture me for drinking, I understand it was wrong. I'm a good kid, with good grades and grandiose plans for my college, my career, and my future. I just need to know what to advise my mom, and what to do in situations like these. If you read all that, thank you so much, I just needed to get my story out, and I need advice badly. Thank you in advance.

Update:

My mom is not suicidal...she's very depressed but I know for a fact she wouldn't kill herself because she told me that we're her number one priority and that without us she might have already. We're very open with each other, so I know this for a fact. The main reason she is so adamant about the divorce is because she does not want us around that sort of influence. She's done the best she could her entire life to make sure my sister and I succeed. I love her so much.

8 Antworten

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  • vor 1 Jahrzehnt
    Beste Antwort

    I think something other than the marijuana is bothering your mom about your step dad.

    Talk to her about it.

  • vor 1 Jahrzehnt

    Wow, that is a lot to deal with at your age. Since you already know that the alcohol was not the way to deal with things - I will leave that alone. The answer to should they divorce is absolutely yes. Finding your step-dad's stash did not cause all this to happen. He may be a good provider for the family but this sounds like a really toxic relationship all around. If your mom is so unhappy that she is trying to escape with narcotics and alcohol that is a very dangerous situation. What if the next time it happens you are not around? Please find an adult relative you can confide in. This is much more than you are capable of dealing with. Ask to talk to your counselor at school. They are bound by confidentiality so you can pretty much tell them anything. They also know of community resources that can be of assistance. Please do this ASAP because this sounds like a potentially life threatening situation that you and your sister need to get help with. This is much more than a simple one night fight between a married couple. God bless.

  • vor 1 Jahrzehnt

    I am sorry for your troubles. It's, like, way too much for a young woman of 16 to deal with.

    My only advice is to tell your mother it isn't your place to advise her - does she have good medical insurance? She needs to get with a therapist, pronto - I'm not going to get into the drinking, people need a release when times get so stressful, and unless she's an alcohlic, I don't feel this is on point.

    Your mother needs help, and you are absolutely the wrong person to get it from. You are far too close to the situation - hell, you're IN the situation with her - to properly advise, not to mention you are fairly young and have never been married. She needs to talk this problem out with someone qualified and eager to help her.

    Finda quiet time to talk to her about what happened. Let her know you are frightened about what happened the other night, the mixing of the pills and booze. You are right to be concerned, as badly as your mother is feeling, she doesn't really want to die, does she? If she keeps it up, the odds get better that she might. Tell her you need her to get help, she needs to get help, your sister needs her to get help - do whatever you can to convince her to work this question out with someone who can actually give her sound advice.

    Wish I could help more. Talk to your mother - make her talk to someone else. Best of luck to you, Honey - hang in there. Everything is temporary.

  • vor 1 Jahrzehnt

    Your family needs help.....counseling will help in the long run but you all need some help right now.

    Do you have grandparents or aunt/uncles that can help? I'm sorry, but your mother should NOT be asking you for advise...your the child, she is the adult! Also your step dad should not be verbal or physically abusing you. Maybe moving out to your own place with mom might be the best right now. Mom ( and you) need to realize that alcohol is NOT going to fix anything...it just makes things worse. You can always go to your pastor or school counselor for help and guidance.

    Good Luck

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    vor 1 Jahrzehnt

    everyone has diferent opinions in every deep cas in family i have don e i am telling to you you can not let the world choose for you you must choose which path to take tell your mom to divorce or you should move out our choices are what make us different look at the ups and downs of both paths choose which one will suit you and your family

  • vor 1 Jahrzehnt

    Last measure is to tell her to talk to your dad about this. Tell him that if he loves the family, he's got to change or you'll go to child abuse department or get a divorce. that's it. Sad story you have here, I'm so sorry for you.

  • vor 1 Jahrzehnt

    your family needs to get into family counseling

    use the money from the drinking and drugs. the family is more important.

  • vor 1 Jahrzehnt

    try smokelegalbudz.com much better for you and gets your High! and is way cheaper

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