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Christine Lewry
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Thin Wire: A Mother's Journey Through Her Daughter's Heroin Addiction
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KDP Select Program
I’m always questioning whether it’s a good thing to give your book away? But hey – at least it’s getting out there and people are reading it, right? So I used 2 of my 5 free days from the KDP Select Program over the weekend 12-13th January 2013. Here are my stats:
US – 10,403 Wow! So many people chose to download my free book! This took me to #1 Biographies & Memoirs #1 Dysfunctional Relationships Read more of this blog post »
US – 10,403 Wow! So many people chose to download my free book! This took me to #1 Biographies & Memoirs #1 Dysfunctional Relationships Read more of this blog post »
“Sitting on the train I watch the scenery speeding by, notice a cobweb in the top corner of the window, undulating with a gentle breeze I can’t feel. I lean back in my seat and take my book out of the carrier bag. Turning it over in my hand, it feels warm. It feels how I want to feel; full of knowledge, full of the future.
The time I’ve spent staying in bed smoking dope I’ve been hibernating, recuperating and gaining strength. I’m weak socially, but being away from other drug users has made me resilient. It’s allowed my mind and body to heal and mend. As if the winter is over, I’ve come out stronger now. I’m on my own. I have the choice of what to do with my life.
I’m going to stay clean. I’m going to be the woman I can be.”
― Thin Wire: A Mother's Journey Through Her Daughter's Heroin Addiction
The time I’ve spent staying in bed smoking dope I’ve been hibernating, recuperating and gaining strength. I’m weak socially, but being away from other drug users has made me resilient. It’s allowed my mind and body to heal and mend. As if the winter is over, I’ve come out stronger now. I’m on my own. I have the choice of what to do with my life.
I’m going to stay clean. I’m going to be the woman I can be.”
― Thin Wire: A Mother's Journey Through Her Daughter's Heroin Addiction
“That night I slept like a baby. When I woke the next morning I knew I was going to smoke heroin again. Everything that day was enjoyable: sitting on the bus, working all day – it all felt good. It was the best day of my life.”
― Thin Wire: A Mother's Journey Through Her Daughter's Heroin Addiction
― Thin Wire: A Mother's Journey Through Her Daughter's Heroin Addiction
“Sitting cross-legged on her bed, I watch her take out her gear. She’s been smoking so much the room stinks of it. Over the last few weeks, I’ve seen her do it so often I’ve resisted the urge. It’s surreal, like I’m watching me from outside my body. My willpower is fragile at the best of times, but my resolve is always weaker in the evening.
I feel a dread and a revulsion for what I’m about to do, but there’s a stronger feeling, an unutterable longing. I crack.
‘Give us a line,’ I say.”
― Thin Wire: A Mother's Journey Through Her Daughter's Heroin Addiction
I feel a dread and a revulsion for what I’m about to do, but there’s a stronger feeling, an unutterable longing. I crack.
‘Give us a line,’ I say.”
― Thin Wire: A Mother's Journey Through Her Daughter's Heroin Addiction
“For a moment, I believe, there was a stillness. A shocking realization by all things - beetles, dormice, the spiders spinning their webs in the moonlight, even the hot metal of the tracks and the wind in the trees - that Death had just shrieked past like a stinking black eagle and made off with a remarkable man.”
― Stuart: A Life Backwards
― Stuart: A Life Backwards
“That night I slept like a baby. When I woke the next morning I knew I was going to smoke heroin again. Everything that day was enjoyable: sitting on the bus, working all day – it all felt good. It was the best day of my life.”
― Thin Wire: A Mother's Journey Through Her Daughter's Heroin Addiction
― Thin Wire: A Mother's Journey Through Her Daughter's Heroin Addiction
“Sitting cross-legged on her bed, I watch her take out her gear. She’s been smoking so much the room stinks of it. Over the last few weeks, I’ve seen her do it so often I’ve resisted the urge. It’s surreal, like I’m watching me from outside my body. My willpower is fragile at the best of times, but my resolve is always weaker in the evening.
I feel a dread and a revulsion for what I’m about to do, but there’s a stronger feeling, an unutterable longing. I crack.
‘Give us a line,’ I say.”
― Thin Wire: A Mother's Journey Through Her Daughter's Heroin Addiction
I feel a dread and a revulsion for what I’m about to do, but there’s a stronger feeling, an unutterable longing. I crack.
‘Give us a line,’ I say.”
― Thin Wire: A Mother's Journey Through Her Daughter's Heroin Addiction
“Sitting on the train I watch the scenery speeding by, notice a cobweb in the top corner of the window, undulating with a gentle breeze I can’t feel. I lean back in my seat and take my book out of the carrier bag. Turning it over in my hand, it feels warm. It feels how I want to feel; full of knowledge, full of the future.
The time I’ve spent staying in bed smoking dope I’ve been hibernating, recuperating and gaining strength. I’m weak socially, but being away from other drug users has made me resilient. It’s allowed my mind and body to heal and mend. As if the winter is over, I’ve come out stronger now. I’m on my own. I have the choice of what to do with my life.
I’m going to stay clean. I’m going to be the woman I can be.”
― Thin Wire: A Mother's Journey Through Her Daughter's Heroin Addiction
The time I’ve spent staying in bed smoking dope I’ve been hibernating, recuperating and gaining strength. I’m weak socially, but being away from other drug users has made me resilient. It’s allowed my mind and body to heal and mend. As if the winter is over, I’ve come out stronger now. I’m on my own. I have the choice of what to do with my life.
I’m going to stay clean. I’m going to be the woman I can be.”
― Thin Wire: A Mother's Journey Through Her Daughter's Heroin Addiction
“Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. ”
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Mar 09, 2013 10:04AM
You're very welcome! Can't have too many friends:)
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Hi Christine, thanks for your friendship. Have a great 2013
