Your Life Line

My name is Robert Joy, I am 28 years old and I have lived a very bad life up until 2 years ago. I grew up on a rough council estate and I lived with my Mum, Dad and 2 sisters. My Dad was a recovering alcoholic and a very angry man, he was a good provider, but he found it very hard to show love, this resulted in me growing up with a feeling of rejection and approval addiction. I would do anything to try and get his approval. My mum was a bit of a drinker as well and a shoplifter, so as you can probably tell I never had the best start in life. Homelife was very, very bad, although as kids we were lucky to have a holiday most years.  The rows my parents would have nearly all of the time left me very frustrated and angry myself. I used to sit at the top of the stairs night after night listening to the terrible rows between my parents and I would regulary cry myself to sleep. I am sure this has a lot to do with the way my life turned out. I am not trying to pass the blame, but hopefully make others aware of how important it is that children get the right love in their lives.