How were you raised?

Where to start. My dad is an ex marine so he has that up tight personallity, he drove my mom into drugs when I was four, she walked out of my life and I havnt seen her since. Dad kicked the #&%@ out of me and my brother every day till I was 11. Then the state of kansas stepped in, asked my family if anyone would take care of us kids. No one stepped up so we all got placed in foster care. My dad went through an ATV program for agravated assault and changed his ways, When I was 15 I was moved back home and lifes been pretty cool since. Mom still does drugs, my brother and I are the only two people out of 7 to graduate Highschool and I am the only kid that has gone to college. My car is all I have, Its my golden ticket out of this hell hole I call home.