Introduction

Have you ever wondered about the women wrapped in a wool jacket sleeping next to you on the subway, in the middle of July? Maybe the kid buying gum at the drugstore with a hand full of pennies. What were their lives like as a child, or what are their lives like now, when they go home. But have you ever thought about this...What is your lunch buddy, your chem partner, your gym pal, and even your best friend's life like, when they go home? Maybe you don't see them with broken bones, and bruises, maybe they've never been abused in the normal sense of the word, but what if there is something you don't know about them. What if they have parents that are addicted to drugs or alcohol, and they never told you? That is what this blog is about. The unspoken "What ifs" of life.

I know little about this topic other than what I've seen in the lives of those around me, which is the reason why I'm so interested in this topic. This project will be about something that we've all seen a piece of, and know exist, but don't really think about because it's not as threatening as other personal issues. I hope to take away from this knowledge of how and why people just put up with living in homes with addicted parents, and how living in these conditions affect their personality.