"These are people who should love and protect ME!!! " ITA! However, w/their past, now present & more-than-likely their future, this is NOT going to happen. This isn't your job to bail them out adinfinitum! Though your parents don't seem to have addictions(though I may have missed it) the
12 Step program Christina mentioned will still work. In fact, it works well for those who have to face ...