Being a child of seven kids, boring into a family of drug addicts.. it's hard to believe that I'm still here today. I was adopted and it was such a miracle that I was. I was adopted with my two sisters. I wasn't allowed to see my other siblings because no one knew what had happened to them after my adoption. At the age of 13, I started making terrible mistakes. I would steal, smoke marijuana and I had sex for the first time. My life was going downhill from there. My father got very angry with my behavior and actions. One day we got into a physical fight and he had left bruies on my arm. I called my aunt the next day and moved in with them. CPS was called, but I had told them nothing happened. For months I didn't speak to my father. He had then writen me a letter of appology and I had finally decided to accept it. My relationship with my parents are so much stronger now that I had moved and gotten my life straightened out. Smoking marijuana, steal and having sex is no longer a part of my life. And I am thankful for it. It's hard to choose wether to continue doing illegal things or not because it gives you a rush. Moving away from all of that and away from my "friends" was the best thing that has happened to me. It changed my life. Maybe it could change others too?