My friend. Her grandma adopted her, cause her mom was a crack addict, and she couldn't take care of her. She's been with her grandma since birth, and she calls her mom. She has 2 sisters, her little sister doesn't live with them, but her older sister does. My friend is 15, and the sister that lives with her is 16. My friend is grounded for 'telling her mom to take her to my house and not asking' but her mom was the one who drove her to my house. Dumb I know but whatever. Her sister, brought home alcohol and smokes, and shared some with they're mom, and she didn't get in trouble at all. My friend and her mom don't get along at ALL, and it makes me angry, because when I'm there I can't help but take her away to stay with me for a week, all her mom does is yell at her and fight with her and put her down and call her names.

I was adopted, by my grandma, for the same reasons my friend was. My real mom was addicted to drugs and couldn't take care of me. I've been with my grandma my whole life also, and I call her mom. My mom and I fight on a daily basis, she screams at me and I scream back, she curses me out and I curse back. I usually storm off to my room, and when I come back 10-15 minutes later to explain that I'm sorry for yelling and cursing, but she yelled and cursed and it made me defensive, she tells me 'I don't know what your talking about I've never raised my voice at you, nor have I cursed ever in my life.' which is a freakin lie. Usually I just forgive her anyways, but then it happens again that day or the next. I cut myself and I've lately been trying not to, but it seems I can't go a month without cutting my arms up.

Both of us have tried talking to our parents, and working it out with them, and trying to reason, but they always turn it on us.
My mom recently hurt her leg pretty bad, but not like broken or sprained, just hurting. She said it's my fault, that I cause her to much stress that it's physically killing her, how am I not supposed to cry at that? The fact that she tells me shes dying and it's MY fault. I don't like my mom but I wouldn't wish her anything less then happiness. It's so unfair.

We don't want to call cps because we want to be together, we don't want to be away from each other and put in foster care. I'm 16 (aug 17th.) shes 15 (oct. 2nd).

Help? How do we fix our broken families >:{