Kelly, I hope you can stop allowing your parents to make you feel 'less than'. That is not good for you as a person and especially as a person in recovery. I did not tell my parents what was going on with me because I was very low and I knew that I could not deal with their judgement at that time. I distanced myself emotionally and it saved the day. I learned that I was stronger than I ever believed and I learned for certain that my parents were wrong to make me feel 'less than'.