So both my sisters are heroin addicts. Me and my mom has been raising my niece and nephew (they are one and two), for over a year now... Anyways, my sister has been on the road to recovery for less than a year and had her fourth relapse. She has been clean for less than a day and my mom has let her back in the house again. Now she's back to being a "Facebook mom" and it is killing me. I've been raising these kids, they call me mom, (I tell them I am their aunt but it doesn't work). I was there when they were both in the hospital, I take them to the doctors, the therapy, the hospital, the daycare, everywhere. I do all the work and get no acknowledgement. Between watching how hard they both keep hurting my mom, I don't know what to do. I want to scream and tell her to leave, leave my family alone. Anytime I look at her face, or see a picture it feels like someone is stabbing me in the stomach. I want her gone. I don't think she deserves another chance. Feels like she keeps getting too many chances. I just want to raise the kids on my own, and never see her again. Any time I try to talk to family or friends they say I am being to harsh. I guess I want someone to talk to that understands and someone that can help support me. I feel like everything is going to explode if I don't find someone to talk to soon...
Have you thought about talking to a lawyer about getting custody?
@CKBlossom I’ve thought about it. I’m just afraid that because I am so young, and I am not married, not even in a serious relationship that they won’t take me serious. I’m 20.