How We Got Here...

Hi. I'm Veronica. 21, only child. I am an (unpaid) caretaker of my parents Mom (60), Dad, Veteran (55). It all started in 2019, my senior year of high school, my dad had a mild diabetic stroke. Since then my dad has been hospitilized countless times, triple bypass open heart surgery, has fainted at home, nuropothay, and now amputation of all his toes on the right side. My mom, who has been a functioning alcoholic for pretty much as long as I can remember, has always held up the house hold. Over the past year my family has been in shambles and both my parents health has been on a fast decline. My mom refused help, in home , out of the house, etc.. At the end of December me and My mom conttacted covid, and she now has blood clots in her lungs and stress from my dad, who is now unemployed and has been in a rehab/care home Since late Novemver of 2021... It has been affecting my mental and physhical health, my relationship with my boyfriend, my other family members, friends etc...I was reffered to this site by a wonderful social worker. I'm kind of rammbling but this story has no straight lines and millions of paths. I feel like I can't break chains and I'm too scared to not be on stand-by for my parents, but as everyone tells me and I know that I need to have my own life. I don't know I guess I'm just looking for a similar case and light at the end.