Whew, we're sounding more like twins every post...lol. I understand about your children's friends thinking you're cool. My daughters would get mad cause they thought their friends liked me more than them and came over just to see me! Me thinks DID played a HUGE role in that. lol. There are some benefits to having internal children and teens...hehe.

I'm sorry that your mother abuses alcohol and meds. I so understand as well about the long history of mental/emotional illness. I've told t so many times, "it's amazing how two ppls so sick found each other...out of all the ppls in the world, let alone rural West Virginia". I'm referring to the mother and father. I have two brothers (one younger and one older) who are extremely disturbed and users. In fact, they don't function well at all in this world. I guess if it weren't for DID, I'd be the same maybe?

Thank you for the extreme compliment on my daughters. That's one thing I feel really, really good about.

Take care and keep up the good work of taking care of you and yours

Kimmydawn