How can I stop being so miserable?

Question by KeLLoG: How can I stop being so miserable?
I’m 21 no one ever told me how to “live”. I was given pot and drugs and alcohol since I was 12 and thought this was normal. I now know its not. My dad died from cancer and was a meth head when I was young. I live with my mom and brother there he’s 29 and don’t drive or work. My moms miserably depressed. I try to help her and be nice to everyone. I give up. My brother is annoying and mean and all they do is bicker. I can never watch T.V. alone I have no job I’m getting a car soon. I keep thinking I might be Bi-Polar but I don’t think u can be Bi-Polar is u abuse drugs and never been sober (including pot). I became a Alcoholic to deal with my OCD on accident and I now am in AA but want to quit cuz I think I can do it on my own I’m not stupid. I have so much to do I am very very depressed I am grateful to have a roof over my head and all that jazz. My boyfriend is a alcoholic and drug addict and he won’t stop I have nobody. I just want to dispear. I am trying my best I am scared to drive I don’t wanna wreck I am tired of being scared of life and I’m pissed at the way I was raised and I have alot of bottled up aggression. I don’t wanna take medication thats stupid I know I just need structure. What can I do to stop being so depressed and getting mad because my household is annoying!! I hate Akron, Ohio I just wanna live by myself. Could I feel this way because I quit drugs and alcohol? I don’t ever want to do them again I want a job and someday go to college to be a court reporter. Ugh theres much more but w/e I wish my mom cared about me its like my AA sponser gives me more guidance than my mother ever did. What do I do!? 🙁

Best answer:

Answer by Da Da Da D
Man is always the master, even in his weakest and most abandoned state; but in his weakness and degradation he is the foolish master who misgoverns his “household.” When he begins to reflect upon his condition, and to search diligently for the Law upon which his being is established, he then becomes the wise master, direction his energies with intelligence, and fashioning his thoughts to fruitful issues. Such is the conscious master, and man can only thus become by discovering within himself the laws of thought; which discovery is totally a matter of application, self-analyses, and experience.
Only by much searching and mining are gold and diamonds obtained, and man can find every truth connected with his being, if he will dig deep into the mine of his soul; and that he is the maker of his character, the molder of his life, and the builder of his destiny, he may unerringly prove, if he will watch, control, and alter his thoughts, tracing their effects upon himself, upon others, and upon his life and circumstances, linking cause and effect by patient practice and investigation, and utilizing his every experience, even to the most trivial, everyday occurrence, as a means of obtaining that knowledge of himself which is Understanding, Wisdom, Power. In this direction, as in no other, is the law absolute that “He that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened;” for only by patience, practice, and ceaseless importunity can a man enter the Door of the Temple of Knowledge.

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