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Name: momma0f_two

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I am 22 years old. I have a 2 year old and a 5 month old. I am technically married, although i consider myself a single parent. My "husband" is a iv drug user and has been in and out of jail, rehab, and our lives. I met him when i was19 and was in a rebelious stage. I had my taste of drug use but once i got pregnant the first time i never touched anything again. My husband had been clean of heroin at the time and i was young and nieve and.had no idea what a heroin addict could be like. We married a month after finding out about the pregnancy and 3 days later he fell back into his addiction.

I take care of my two boys and give thrm everything i can. I never put them in danger and remove them from the house when.there father is on a binge. I am holding to the hopes that he will finally get the courage to get clean. He has taken and sold anything that had any value.. computer, coach purses, jewlery, sound systems, cameras, and even my wedding.band. i have caught him talking to girls on facebook and text messages. And he has even created dating profiles. I dont know whats wrong with me that i cant just leave him for good.

I have lost all self confindence in myself. I dont talk to any friends from high school and avoid going anywhere where i might see someone i know. I am so embarassed of my situation but dont have the courage to get out. I feel like i am the only one out there like this .. even though im sure im not.

I cant get a job bc i cant afford day care. I am on food stamps and prety much have to ask my inlaws for help and my parents for help. I tried going back to s hool and child care was an issue. I cant go online bc my computer is gone. I feel so stuck and alone. I need to know there is someone out there like me and that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. ↓

Name: Wildwood_john | Date: Feb 4th, 2013 3:11 AM

Hey kid u hang in there. I am a 41 year old man with 5 kids between 5 and 11. Mommy decided that VODKA us more important than parenting, so when the end of drinking came here, she found a loser of equal magnitude on the internet and now lives with him so she can spend all of her days and nights hammered out. I try to work but with the 6 and a half hrs a day the kids are in school i have found myself needing assistance from the government. I am a man who 2 years ago was making 60 to 70k and last year opened my own business, it absolutely kills me to be dependant on food stamps, but its a temporary situation for me. You shouldn't beat yourself up because u picked an unfaitful loser addict, we really never see peoples true colors until it is too late.... My advice is hold your heas high and be the best parent that u can be and everything else is just gravy....gl ↑