Oh Mandy I hope you feel better. I am new here so I dont really know too much about whats going on. But I do understand how you feel. I get sad sometimes and feel like I dont have any friends... If you ever want to talk, please pm me!

Thanks KikiLane, that's very sweet of you :)

Mandy,

I think quite a few of us feel like you do on other forums. Due to busy work schedules and home life, I can't seem to get on the sites I visit for more than a few minutes at a time. I spend that time reading and catching up, maybe making a post or two here or there (seems a lot of times when I post a reply, no one else posts after that so I guess I am the "thread killer - lol!!). I have several forums I belong too and just can't spend all my time reading and posting. This is one forum that it doesn't matter how often you post, how long you've been gone (I, myself, have been gone for a few months), one's opinion and self is always welcome here - that's what makes this place so great!!

Glad to read you are feeling better!

Mandy, you are by far one of my all-time favorite people here!!!!!!! It HAS been slow lately and I will admit I have not been around as much as I would like to have been, but I'm back now and I cannot wait to chat with you more! If the forum you are talking about us YT, don't even worry. With over 16,000 members there now, it can often be overwhelming. I have about 5,000 posts there now and a LOT of times I have to bump my threads up a time or two in order to get anyone to respond. If that has happened to you, don't take it personally. Threads there often just get buried in the mix. Just bump them up and your threads will get seen. Chin up. You are so kind and lovely and I would hate it if you quit posting here.

Suzi, and Rebecca, you are both so sweet! It's not only the forums, i felt this around me too, ide be walking thru town, see odd people, things, teens doing stuff, and say hurtful things to each other, and i wonder "what am i doing here" i still feel the same about that part, what is becoming of our society :confused:

To crown it all, i have a dear friend thats lost the "trails" a bit, has been on the wrong track for quite some time now, i have tried so hard to help, but felt my help was not what she wanted, so i backed off, i quit talking about her problem, and so did she.
Now she has met this older guy, i thought he would get her straight/sober, boy how wrong i was.
She called last week, wanting to come visit because they had to "pick up some stuff" in the neighborhood, and wanted to drop in. As much as i hate myself for doing it, i had to say no.
Sorry, but i dont want that stuff in my house! I have a teen to think about, and besides that, i just hate any of it, i want nothing nada to do with it!

Sorry... i got blabbering, and just kept typing lol :D

Mandy ~ You standing up for your beliefs is a HUGE deal. I am so proud of you. Your family means a lot to you and don't say "as much as I hate myself I had to say no". You and your family comes first for goodness sake. And when there are inmoral substances that might show up in your home then it's up to you (and the family) to protect it.

You did the right thing and kudos to you!! :thumbup:

Your friend who might not be able to see it now should thank you for telling her no. She obviously isn't strong enough to make the right choices and you are a true friend for helping her do it.

Thanks Sheryl, you know it's hard for me to say "no" she is about 8 years younger then i am, i have know this girl all her life, her mothers sister is a very good friend of mine, and i have told her what she comes and buys here, she was aware of the fact that she was using, but her own mother was in denial. I promised to do what i can to help her, but she doesnt want help. I love this girl, and i know she would move heaven, and earth for me. I would love to scoop her up, and carry her under my wing, and care for her, but shes a grown up young lady with her own life, she knows she can talk to me anytime, and come here without any of that "stuff"