im 15 years old and i have to take care of a baby. my 40 year old mom conceived while she was going through a fit of drinking and doing drugs. she has a long history of doing these types of things you know, drug abuse and alcoholism. she was being very stupid and fucked multiple guys a week. at the time i was living with my dad but after she confessed to me about it, i decided to come back and live with her. she did drink or do drugs during the pregnancy thank god but afterwards, she spiraled. she’s taking opiates and drinking a lot. 90% of my time is spent taking care of my baby brother. shes to drunk to properly take care of him. it’s up to me to feed him, clothe him, bathe him ect. im taking care of him like he’s my own. i switched to online school for him. i dropped my friends and now i barely see my father. i feel so so sorry for my brother. he deserves a mom who’s stable and can take care of him. he’s somewhat lucky that i’m here. but it’s my moral obligation. my father has tried to get me back to living with him. i can tell he misses me so much. but the thing is that id feel tremendous guilt for leaving him alone with this f****** monster.