I'm just feeling really fed up and miserable, and I've got no-one nearby to talk to. To cut a long story short, my mum is currently separating from her drug addict husband, having tried to help him get clean to no avail. He still lives in the house with my mum and little brother for financial reasons, and imo to make things difficult for my mum. Anyway, my mum went out for her college course last night and my brother had dinner with husband and his son. Apparently all was fine then when they finished husband said to db to scrape his plate, and db went "yeah i will" in normal teenage boy style. Db wetn upstairs to his bedroom and husband followed him up, poked him in the arm and said something like "You do as I tell you to do, I'm going to be around for a long time and if you don't I'll thump you". Then he put his fist to db's chin, didn't actually hit iyswim? Mum is talking to a solicitor today about getting an injunction? (not sure) and db has a mentor at school he's seeing today. Mum has told him to tell mentor everything and if the school want to get police or social services involved then fine and she said to me that husband has to go now. So it's all probably going to be fine, db is not going back to the house until husband has left but I'm just so upset and feel really helpless because I can't do anything for any of them. I hate this man so much for everything he's put my family through, he's a horrible horrible man. If you've read all of this you probably deserve a medal - I am not at my most eloquent when I feel like this. I know there's also not a lot anyone can say, and I'd be surprised if anyone could give me any constructive advice, but I really needed to get it off my chest. Thanks