123 School Work

GROWING UP ALONE

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  BEFORE I WAS EVEN BORN MY MOTHER, ANDREA, HAD SEVERAL SERIOUS PERSONAL PROBLEMS BREWING AS A YOUNG TEENAGER. ANDREA GREW UP IN THE HIPPY ERA AND EXPERIMENTED OR SHOULD I SAY USED DRUGS AND WAS REBELOUS. ANDREA'S MOTHER, MY GRANDMOTHER, WORKED IN NYC AND HAD A LONG COMMUTE FROM LONG ISLAND WHERE MY MOM GREW UP. THIS LEFT MY MOTHER AND HER SIBILINGS ALONE DURING SOME VERY CRUCIAL TEENAGE YEARS UNDER SUPERVISED, IN MY ADULT OPINION. THIS ENABLED MY MOTHER AND HER BROTHER BRIAN TO PARTY LIKE CRAZY AND DO ALOT OF THINGS THAT COULD LEAD TO THEIR DEMISE. IN MY MOTHERS CASE, UNFORTUNATELY IT DID BUT THAT IS LATER IN THE STORY. ANYWAY SHE TOOK TOO MUCH DRUGS AT A PARTY AND IT PERMANTLEY AFFECTED HER BRAIN. SHE HAD A PERMANENT EMBALANCE CALLED SCHITZOPHRENIA. THE DOCTORS SAY THE SHE WAS DESITINE TO HAVE IT BUT IT IS COMMON SENSE THAT TELLS ME THE DRUGS ALTERED HER CHEMICAL BALANCE THEREFORE CAUSING IT PERMANENT IRREPRIPABLE DAMAGE - DEPENDING ON WHAT YOUR ORIGINAL CHEMICAL MAKE-UP (WHICH NO ONE KNOWS) THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU. MY GRANDMOTHER STRUGGLED WITH MY MOTHER ANDREA TRYING TO HELP HER THROUGH THIS DEPRESSING HALLUCINAGENIC DISEASE THAT IS UN-CURABLE...