Life is beautiful, but not aways a bed of roses.  Life is challenging and not all of us are born with siver or golden spoon.  So you were born into a dysfunctional family, father was a drunk, mother drug addict.  May be your story is not this, may your teenage mom was busy finding self or parents were busy chasing the American dream.  Or may be someone in your childhood lets you know that you  are not worth the effort or tells you that you will not amount to anything.  Yes, this is your true story but it is time to own your own story.  It probably will not be easy.  It will not be easy, but it is time to accept  and acknowledge your past.  Appreciate your past - yes!   Appreciate your past and use it as the fuel that propells you forward.  You have lived the hard life, do not let that resilence go to waste, own it and consciously use its strength to make a difference in your life and the life of others.