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Been there and done that. 42 year old daughter here and very similar feelings of her abandoning me...no calls, texts, history of drug addiction, etc. i'm tired of being a doormat. I'm tired of being screamed out. I'm tired of being ignored. I just started al-Anon and there was a room full of...

Thank you. I'm going to continue with the Al-Anon meeting. I'm so sorry about your situation also. It is just heartbreaking what they do to us, after all of our years of giving and giving and giving. You stay strong also!

Thank you for the kind words. I'm so sick of crying and not sleeping over this. I need to put myself first for a change.

Thank you for saying that. Yes, I do have friends, who have known me from childhood. I rescue animals and trap neuter release animals. I help homeless people, etc. I never try to hurt anyone. I don't deserve to be treated like trash that can be thrown away at their whim!

I just talked to my therapist, who treats me for PTSD and she agreed that I should not try to contact her. She said I just keep getting abused and come back for more and that's not healthy. Thank you for the reply.

I think you're right. I can't change her. It's funny that people like me and I mean people who have known me since third grade. Just not my three addicted children. Sad because I care more about them than anything in the world. I do have to change myself and stop being A whipping post!

Thank you for yor kind and encouraging words. She has twin brothers and they are both addicts and abusers. Their father had serious mental issues. It's so heartbreaking. My stomach is just knotted up from this. Not too many things feel worse than being unloved!

I am brand new on here. My daughter is 42 years old. It seems like every time I am with her, her 16-year-old son starts trouble. He seems to like it when we argue, because then he has her all to himself. When she was on drugs, she would rage and I was called every name in the book. She has...