Father was abusive, mom was an addict. I was living in a car at 16. Nobody would rent to me and I was afraid to ask for help because of my dads threats. I spent to very cold winters, and terribly hot summers in that car. I got put into a self paced program and finished two years of school in two months thinking it would help. All it did was give me more time to feel miserable alone by myself. Was working full time after that, had no rent to pay, bunch of extra money, so I turned to drugs. Bottom line, my life is much better now, things can get better, if you want them to. It's not easy, it takes time, but things will get better