Hello Tyra, My name is Karly and im 15. I have seen my father for 12 hours of my life..He is an alchaholic. I have two sisters. My older sisters father was an alchaholic, and has recently passed away because of it. My younger sisters father is a crack addict for about 6 years now. He has come in and out of my life cause me mom lets him in again and again even though he has stolen thousands from us. His problem has forced us to move 3 times, and has made me lose 2 of my animals because we couldnt afford a place big enough. My mom is an alchaholic too i guess, and she usually refuses to admit it. Two of my aunties, one from each sides are also addicted to crack. Drugs and alchahol are ruining my life. My sister is only 9 years old and her loves her father dearly. My mom can only stay strong for a year or so, then he is let back into our lives. I cannot stand to see my little sisters hopes up, then crushed constantly. If you have any advice on what i can possibly do Tyra, please help. If you read this, i want you to know that i think your an inspirational person despite some of the comments below. Thankyou for everything. -Karly

Dear Tyra,
I'm 17 years old and both of my parents are alcohlics. I had to force my mom to go to AA meetings by threatening her that I would move out if she didn't get help because I couldn't live like this anymore; not having a responsible parent to lean on is really stressful because I felt as if I had no foundation. She would always drink on the weekends and sometimes she would drink so much that she would miss some days of work. I didn't know who to turn to; I had hit rock bottom when I realized that I needed help myself because I was always blaming myself when she would drink thinking that I'm not good enough so she consoles herself by drinking. I can't tell you how many nights and days I spent crying because I felt like I had nobody; sure there were friends and family members, yet they never seemed to truly understand how all this was affecting me. I began to cut myself because I would always feel the pain on the inside and I needed to feel outer pain. Of course, I stopped cutting myself after a long process of self-realization that cutting is only making my life worse. So after I talked to a few counselors at my school, I decided that something needed to be done in order to help my mom. So I took matters into my own hands and I told her that I'm not going to reside in our house anymore because it's too painful to come home to this everyday. So she's been sober for about 9-10 months.
Now there is also my dad; he believes himself to be a social drinker however I beg to differ. He has a problem and he doesn't understand that he needs help (partly because he doesn't believe in counseling). I come from a society where men play the dominant roles and women play their followers (I am an Indian who follows the Sikh religion). So unfortunately, I don't see hope for him because you can't help someone with their problems unless they are aware of their problems. And our relationship has been sinking deeper and deeper because of the fact that I'm not like my older sister because she would listen to his every word and she would never argue with her. I do argue with him because if he says something or does something that I think is wrong, then I'll challenge him. And he really doesn't like me for that.
Living a life with alcoholics for parents who were hardly there was hard. Aside from the fact that they were alcoholics, my parents had an abusive marriage, as well. My dad would batter up my mother as if she were garbage right in front of my eyes. The abuse was simply horrid to witness; he doesn't physically abuse her anymore, however the verbal, emotional and mental abuse still exists. He even verbally abuses me. This is why I hate living in my house; every corner of my house has some type of memory that sends chills down my spine. I walk about the house and I remember the various places my mother would keep her bottles or places where I would find my mother drunk or places where my mom was beaten up; even in my room. I would love to move out right after high school but considering the fact that I don't have money and I'm still looking for a decent job, that dream feels further and further away from me. I can't live here because it's the same routine every night; parents screaming, me getting a migraine, stressing out so much I'm losing hair, parents fighting about random things, etc.
I'm trying very hard to cope with life right now but I need to give my parents a little wake-up call...any suggestions?
Sincerely,
Sharon Singh

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i saw the episode on drug addicted parents and saw the segment on the two girls who mother is an "alcoholic" and i became angry. their mother only drinks on the weekends and they party with her. my father is an alcoholic and a crack addict. they have absolutely no idea what its like. he lost his job, lives away from us, i have to work full time to help my mom with the bills. i also go to college full time. i would have loved to be on the show to tell what its really like to have an alcoholic parent who drinks everyday. it had torn our family apart.

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Hi Tyra my name is Lori im 14 years old and I was planning in the future to go on ANTM because I would love to one day become a model for everyone to no my name but I was looking up requirements and it says you have to be 5'7 well I find that a problem because my mom is 5'3 and my dad is 5'4 and i'm 5'0. So i guess wut i'm asking is what about the short people? I have friends alot of friends who want to go on your show but they're not much taller than me and i think that your giving all these tall people a shot at being models but there are a lot of short people too. I'm just wondering if you can think about changing your rule not just for me but for everyone who does'nt meet that 5'7 height.

Dear Tyra,

I am 19 years old and still living at home. After watching your show about drug addicted parents it made relate very scaringly to my father. He is an alcoholic, and even though many fmaily members have approached him with his problem, he never seems to get it, he is totally indenial with his problem. One thing that scares me is that he drinks everyday, and alot everyday! He has been to the hospital several times for Ulsers and even the doctors have pleaded with him to stop drinking and yet he is still drinking at I am writting this to you. He becomes a completely different person when he is drunk, he becomes very degrading, negative, verbally abusive and sometimes even tries to be physically abusive. The police have been to our several times. Its so embarrassing to have friends over when he is drinking. However, lately I have noticed a change in me as well. I hate his drinking and what he becomes that I have now started to drink to cover up what I am truly feeling. Its a very hypocritical situation. I feel like I have somehow been influenced by his behavior, and have even started going to AA meetings because I really dont want to become the thing Ive hated since I was little. Your show totally moved and gave me and my family hope, that no matter how hard the situation, there can always be a light at the end of the tunnel, if you want there one to be. Thank you so much for all your insipration.

-Danny

My comment is about todays show with Mario and his mom, I was touched by how much he fought for his mom's life,the amount of
respect he gave her even in her darkest hours was remarkable, The men
in this world really should take a good look at this young man and take a true lesson, I could see the love he has for his mom and I would hope to see the same in my children, I am a single mother of 2 children 13 & 7, it can be very hard at times I never done any type of drugs but every good mother would want their children to have love in their hearts for their moms,
the way Mario has for his, She is one very lucky lady and she beautiful too! May God bless her with the ablilty to keep fighting for her life, She is so Blessed to have Mario, I can only Pray that my son become a man like him, It is so wonderful to see such a fine example of a young black man, Thank you Tyra for giving Mario the chance to show another side of himself, He is someone to be admired because in going through his storms he was able to rise above it all and make some amazing things happen in his own life which blessed him to be
able to really do great justice for his mom , not to mention,continue to help other with his Do Right foundation. Thanks Again Mario,Mom and Tyra LUV YA!

Dear Tyra,

My name is Taylor and I'm 13 years old. I just wanted to thank-you for the show you did on drug addicted parents. I found it easy to relate to because my father is an achoholic. And although I haven't been with him when he's drunk, I have had to talk to him over the phone(we travels the globe for his job, and telephone is the only form of communication that we have), and it's the hardest thing I have ever had to do. And although I have a very strained relationship with my father, I cry every night because I don't know where he is or what he's doing. And for the first time in my life I realize that there are other kids that go through the same thing I do. Thank you sooo much, I think this show will finally give me the courage to stand up and talk about my problems. Once again, I would just like to thank you for doing this show.

Hey Tyra,

My name is Amber and I have had to deal with an addicted parent. My father for a long time was an alcoholic and as well was on drugs. I did not know because I was smaller at the time, but now I know that when you have someone you love addicted to something that is hurting them, you must tell that person. You have to make sure that the person who is addicted knows where you stand. If you don't say anything then it may never change. Dealing with an addicted parent will most likely be the hardest thing in your life. It was for me at least. It's hard but in the end what doesn't kill you makes you a heck of a lot stronger. I am living proof.

I am a huge fan of you Tyra. I followed you're modelling career, America's Next Top Model, and as well, your show now. You are an amazing person and you are such a role model for me. Keep on keeping on!!

Hey tyra. I really enjoied your show today i just wish i could have had all my siblings here today to watch it. this kind of stuff is really hard to deal with. both of my parents are addicts. My mother is a drug addict and my father is a what i call a beer and wiskey addict. I'm 21 years old and I lived with my dad for alot of my life and he was very abusive not just beating me and my sister right under me but really hurting us emotionally. when i graduated high school I let my home state and moved to missouri where i live now. my mother was just recently out of a divorce and had cusdity of 3 of her kids. i no more than got moved in and she was gone. she went out every night and almost all day every day. I was left to watch my sister at the time where 10, 7 and 5. well my mother ended up going to prison and my grandmother moved up here to take coustidy over the oldest of the 3 and then the other 2 ended up going with their father in Iowa. come to find out my mother was pregnante with her 7th child and no clue who the father was thanks to the drugs and boose. my grandmother ened up that baby. now my mother is back in prison of the same old things. drugs and boose. this is her second time in prison and i dont know how many times in treatment and nothing is working because she doesnt go for a very long stay. like this time in prison they say she'll only he in their til jun and shes only been in there since her youngest childs birthday in september. mom cant seen to take responsiblity for her mistakes its very one elses fault where she is at. I dont know wat to do anymore. she have got 7 kids and the youngest in 1 and she hasnt been able to see her own kids grow up. I also have a son and she hasnt been able to see him grow and see all them cute little things hes doing and my sister right under me whos almost 19 is going to have a baby and she aint going to be able to see that grandbaby grow up either...I need help i have no clue what to do. I want my mother is watch everyone grow but at the rate shes going i have a feeling she might now be around for too much longer...HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!1

I love that you're dealing with this very real issue of parental addiction. It's so hard as a child with an addicted parent to know what to do, what "your place" in the situation is. I do wish you would have touched a little more on "prescribed addictions" did you know that opioids are the "hottest" illicit drug on the market right now. Something doctors prescribe is bigger than heroin, cocain or any of the many illegal addictive drugs out there.
My mother has been addicted for many years now, and she was literally prescribed her addiction by irresponsible physicians. I am 25 years old now, and have been dealing with the grief process of losing a parent (even though she's still alive) for 10 years now.

My mother is an alcoholic and me being 16 and trying to cope with that is very hard. It seems like when she is intoxicated her whole world and my whole world change. I really really hate that and I hope that one day I able to help her change but it seems like it's no luck. I loved the show with Mario.

Hey Tyra This show you did with Mario was the best because I related to him so well because i have experienced the same thing with my mom except i wasnt fortune enough to keep her she past away in 1996. Untilthis day i ask myself why wasnt she able to overcome her cocane addiction but this show lets me know that i wasnt the only one. THANK YOU TYRA ALOT!!

Dear Tyra,

You had a young lady on your show today by the name of Sharnay. Well, I have a nephew from NYC who has been looking for his half sister, her name is Sharnay. I am wondering if this is the same young lady. Although I do not know her last name I know that her fathers name is Glen and the mothers name is Lorraine. Could this be the same young lady?

Hi Tyra, I have been watching your show for a long time now and I always try to catch the new 1's. I am 18 years old and both of my parents are addicts. I know this whole story might sound made up, but its definetly 100% true.

growing up I guess you could say I had it all, great parents, nice house, pool, gocarts, golfcarts,computer, direct tv,lol. around the time I turned 12 my parents started cheating on each other and leaving home all the time, I just stayed out of it and was pretty much ignored.. I started having problems in school and began skipping. I started noticing BIG differences in my parents, it was like they went from being the all knowing great beings to.....The complete opposite...they were always yelling and threatening each other and most of the time I was dragged into it.Then they started tryin to use me to hurt the other by telling me all the bad things the other was doing to turn me againts em...
moving around with them, jumping back and forth from each parent, my schooling was something i cared nothing for..Lonesly and scared I didnt know wut to do, then my parents completely turned on me, they always thought crazy things,like I hated them and was doing all these untrue things to them.My mom began putting her hands on me..Tyra, I was literally in hell and didnt have any idea wut was wrong with them..
High School, not always there, hanging with the wrong croud, I opened from my shell and had No respect for my parents, I didnt listen to them, I stayyed wherever i wanted. I learned that they were addicted to Methamphetamines (crank, chrystal meth)and were cooking it in our used to be pleasant family home.
15 years old, they lost the house and i left to stay with friends,i dont have half the time in the world to type my adventure down but to make a long story short:
-my parents are each living at a different 1 of their friends house
-I am 18 living with my 27 year old cocaine recovering boyfriend in a shed behind his mommas house, there is electricity but no bathroom heating etc,
-I have no job, no way of getting to 1 (no car and nobody to drive me)
- I have no idea how to convince my mom to take me to get my birth certificate in savannah so i can get an I.D. and drivers liscence
-my dad wont have anything to do with me cause he is startin a new life with alcohol
I dont know wut to do about my rut of a life, and i wished i had time to tell you everything, you wouldnt BELIEVE the crazy life ive been forced into, then fell head first into.I just need some1 to talk to somehow...

~*~Jessica~*~

Brooklet GA

Hi Tyra,
Concerning the show aired on 01/22/08, featuring a 13yr old girl. For the first time I have been disappointed to the point of disgust because you and the counselor you invited portrayed to a 13yr old that her mother's love and inclinations towards her were wrong. Tyra, you do not have a child of your own, and if you had, I do not think you would like me to impose my beliefs on him/her. I expected you to encourage the girl to follow her mother's concerns, which are underlined with motherly love. This is an issue that matters so much to me and many others with who we line up to watch your show. I am a youth counselor and I do encourage teenagers to follow their parents' advice and concerns because such advice is aligned with so much selfless love, regardless of the parent's age. I expect that this girl's mother had made some mistakes in her life, which she would not like her daughter to make. But both your counselor and you pressurized the mother to admit that her motherly advice to her daughter was wrong and that the 'Tyra' advice was correct, yet this is not your child. This show has opened my eyes to the kind of person that you are and the kind of encouragement that you would give, that you would do what pleases you than doing what is right. This is a lesson that I would never want my daughter to listen to. I am glad that, when I was a teenager, I did not do what I wanted to do but did what my parents wanted me to do. Due to this, my wife was my first girlfriend and it is only with her that I have had sex. I withhend it for her to make her feel special. And, oh my, it has paid big. And only with her I have pledged to have it with. This has build so much security in our marriage, something that I know is rare in the American families. I am glad your show did not exist when my wife was a teenager for her to watch or her you say what you encouraged a girl to do, indulge in sex before marriage. I hope you would encourage hope in homes instead of ... Tyra, if you have messed up your life, please do not encourage other teenagers to get down to your level. Instead encourage them to get up above your level. The your failure will save others from failing.
Tyra, I love your show, but I have had to make a decision with my family not to watch it. Tyra, due to the hope I would like to see in the teenagers that I mentor and counsel, I will have to further discourage them and their parents not to watch your show. Further, I will have to discourage anyone who I love not to watch your show. Tyra, honor is more precious than wealth. I believe my wife and children better receive honor and love from me than money. Further, God is alive, and He brings rises up and He brings down.
I am one in probably 30 million people who watch your show, amongst them, at least 5 million teenage girls. I am worried about them. Will you do anything about this?

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This is my experience of being on The Tyra Show.It was a huge mistake!

I was on the one that just aired about plastic surgery nightmares!! I agree...the WHOLE thing was scripted! My story was NOT told!!! I was BARELY shown on the show as well because of the "nice" factor!! People BELIEVE Tyra is all sweet and bubbley..friendly..caring..she is NONE OF THE ABOVE!!! She acted liked she HATED being there!! What a mistake it was to go on that show and look like a fool!!!

Barbara

HEY, MY NAME IS TYCARRA HUDSON IM 24 YEARS OLD. I HAVE 2 KIDS. DARIEN-4,ZYKIARA-1. I NEED SOOM HELP BECAUSE I CAN SING AND I NEED TO GET PUT ON. I WOULD LOVE TO MEET MARY J. BLIGE ONE DAY. SHES MY ILDO I LOOK UP TO HER BECAUSE SHE PUTS HER ALL IN TO IT. TYRA I LOVE YOUR SHOW BECAUSE YOU ASK PEPOLE ANY THING SOMEING LIKE ME.IF YOU CAN DO THAT FOR ME I WOULD NOT NO WHAT TO DO I THINK I WOULD CRY. THE LORD SAID YOU HAVE NOT BECAUSE YOU ASK NOT. GOD BLESS. LOVE
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