Step Father Research Paper

One out of ten Americans over twelve are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol and only eleven percent of those people get treated. Growing up with a step father who was an addict to a few different drugs had many negative influences to my life.

First of all, I was being abused both physically and mentally since my mother got with him. My step father would constantly talk down to me, making me feel worthless about myself by calling me names, judging me on my looks, and laughing or yelling at me for any mistake I made. He would make me feel like no matter what I did, I still wasn’t good enough. He would come up behind me and smack me in the back of the head as hard as he could. Sometimes he would ask me if he could punch me, I would tell him no, not that it stopped him from doing so. I never felt like I was ever a part of his family or the family he made with my mom.

Another negative impact was that money was scarce in the house for food, clothes and other household necessities so my step father could buy his drugs. My mother …show more content…
I started help taking care of my brother and sister when I was twelve. My step father got sent away to prison so I help took care of them after school until around seven. I had to babysit after school while my mother worked and while getting my homework done. I did most of the cooking, only because my mother can’t cook to save a life, and also did most of the cleaning. My brother was still in diapers because of his disability, so I had to make sure his diaper was clean. I also had to give my sister a bath, who was five at the time, and had to put both of them to bed if my mom decided to go out, which was all the time. I had to help raise them all the way until I graduated from high school. Because of this I never got to do sports or any other school activities, never got to hang out with friends, also I have never been on a date or gone to a