Sebrina,

15 years old my parents were normal! They drank alot but they kicked the habbit and were at a year clean!

Life was all it should be, I had ascholarship for school, my little brother was never in trouble, and my big brother wasnt crazy! That is still hard to say it's the hardest loosing him.He's my best friend.

16, Mom passed away suddenly of a brain anerism. Dad just left!!! My oldest brother did great and we were making it. It hurt but we had each other and knowing mom would never have us give up, we didnt. During this time we know this was our last days of peace, like awful feeling that at sometime we'd have to let the rest of the world in.

Dad came back a couple months into our peace and insited we go with him he said he needed us. So leaving my oldest brother behind we whent. Little did we know dad had developed a new habbit, meth.

He didnt come home much,no food,no money and by 17 I had made the choise to get us out  I got a job and bought the first trashy little trailor I could but my baby brother wouldnt come. He thought mom would want him to take care of dad.

When my older brother moved to where we were he spent everyday tracking dad down, bagging him,tricking him, anything to stop him from the drugs. I  believe this is when I lost my brothers. I quickly learned that I couldnt trust dad. As much as I loved him I know he wasnt the same person any more. He stoled money from me,lied and caused trouble. My little brother was in and out of trouble and I only seen him when he was hungry. I hardly ever saw my big brother he  had become obseessed with helping dad. As time whent by dad got further and further away.

My little brother got into the drugs and dispite all my pleas he didnt stop untel he was force to. He had ruined his life and thank god he was on probation. My older brother was diagnois with bypolar, wich quickly turned into scitafrinick, he now scruggles very hard with his disorder. sometimes he's ok and sometimes he's not. My dad never got clean, my brothers I think are ok, My little brother doesnt talk to me much and my oldest is lost. Drugs took my family at it;s weakest moment and distoryed it. Had we had the money to help dad I'm not sure we could have but I would given everything I had to have saved my family for more then just a memory.