I started skipping school doing drugs and being completely uncontrollable. my father had no idea what to do with me so he would hit me thinking that that would change my ways. ... By the time my freshman year was over I was already doing hardcore drugs. ... I didn't know what to do so I kept my secret to myself until I could no longer handle it by myself. ... I was working on my homework so that he couldn't yell at me for that. ... He looked at me and told me to go away thankfully I wasn't going to get the brunt of his anger I walked out of his room and went back to my homewor...

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The divorce rate in the year 2010 was 10.2% and I just so happen to have been included in that 10.2%. My parents were together for 13 years before coming to an uneasy end. Being an 11-year-old while all of this is happening was rather confusing, to say the least. I would hear my mom on the phone ...

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