Starting fresh

So here I am back at square one. I feel like everything that's happened over the past 16 years hasn't made a difference between where I was then and where I find myself now I'm starting this journal to help me cope with all the trauma that's happened in the last five years, and the resulting family drama that seems to be getting worse and worse. My immediate family is shredded with my sister and her family on one side and my Mother, daughter and me on the other. Too many battles with my sister and her need to manipulate and control all those around her. I've gotten to the point where I've isolated myself to the hhouse I share with my Mother. Since I work from home, this has been too easy for me to fall into the mode of rarely leaving home. Maybe through all of this writing I can put some things into perspective, learn about myself, and figure out where to go from here.