I just need to forget about everything and clear my mind for a little bit.

I’m in this fight with a few of my friends and I can’t stand it! They have always been there for me, for everything, and now we are in this fight. I have tried desperately to solve it, but it has spun out of control and people are taking sides. Something that originally was between me and one other girl turned into something between my school and our brother-school. It no longer involves me and the other girl, but it still affects us daily.

My father is in prison and for the last year, it has been terribly hard on us! He has been my role model since I was little and it’s so hard not having him around. My mother is an alcoholic and her alcoholism has been getting progressively worse. Last night she was passed out by 6pm and I spent an hour crying to me friends about how I didn’t know what to do with her, but I was concerned for her safety.

I just need to escape from all of this and clear my mind. I need a moment to breathe and think. So what do you all do when your going through something challenging?