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Well with the parents I had as a kid I had to grow up fast. My parents were always drunk or stoned. They always had there friends over and all I remember was how the apartment I lived in always smelt of beer and smoke. I remember going to the hospital in the middle of the night after stepping on broken glass from a beer bottle, afraid that I would be taken from my parents. I remember going to the hospital after my parents got into a fight because I got in the way. I remember all the lies I had to tell to keep my family together. But my parents have changed. They still have problems with drinking and doing drugs but it is not a constant part of there life anymore. I just wish things could have changed sooner. I left when I was 16 and I am glad that my kids will never know how there grandparents used to be. My parents love being grandparents. This is what I dealt with as a kid.
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