I think Christie's anger has something to do with her being so similar to her mother. The drinking, drugging, lack of self-confidence, etc. In fact, she alluded to that on yesterday's show and I give her a lot of credit for it. When she can forgive herself and recognize herself in her mother, she can then forgive her mother. But that is probably a long way down the road.

On the other hand, Kim's mother really does have a lot to answer for. She left an eight-year-old child (HER child) with a man she knew to be violent and unstable, just so she could start a new relationship. That is like Susan Smith, that woman who drowned her two little boys because her boyfriend didn't want kids around.

I question whether some people can ever be forgiven, like Kim's dad. What he did, in my opinion, is unforgivable. I have a book called, "Toxic Parents," written by a therapist, that says it can be counterproductive to a patient's progress to forgive a parent guilty of horrendous physical or sexual abuse. You SHOULD blame them for what they did to you; you were just a child and had NO responsibility for it.

The effect of being alone with that madman for 8-10 years, never knowing when he would put a gun to your or his head or beat the stuffing out of you, can not be underestimated. Lots of people never really "get over" an experience like that.