I awoke on a hot summer morning in a house lurking with silence only to find that my family was gone. Little did I know I would be left alone for three days. All my life my dad has had a terrible drug problem. He wasn’t always on a binge but he always failed to be the father figure I needed. The feeling of tension built up and was too strong for my mom to handle. She had to get out, and as usual my dad was no where to be found. At eleven, I was on my own and felt deprived for the first time. Although this was the