A Leaf on the Wind
Viewing comments for Chapter 56 "Chasing the Dragon"Autobiography of abuse
10 total reviews
Comment from medicnate
This one was tough to read. Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse. Sheesh.
I hope that this is the turning point. I'll press on and find out. Great work.
~medicnate~
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2009
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This one was tough to read. Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse. Sheesh.
I hope that this is the turning point. I'll press on and find out. Great work.
~medicnate~
Comment Written 14-Apr-2009
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2009
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I give a whole new meaning to hitting bottom. Thanks for the high rating.
Comment from marion
Hi Smurphgirl
Tragic reading for me. Compelling but tragic. I will slip onto the next chapter now ... I am glad "Valerie" can go home for a few days to be with her mother. Marion.
reply by the author on 21-Mar-2009
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Hi Smurphgirl
Tragic reading for me. Compelling but tragic. I will slip onto the next chapter now ... I am glad "Valerie" can go home for a few days to be with her mother. Marion.
Comment Written 21-Mar-2009
reply by the author on 21-Mar-2009
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Thank you. Not my best time but shows how a person can slide downhill when not making the best of choices.
Comment from penelope
Your writing is excellent, Smurphgirl, and you tell your story so well. I found it to be very moving and wish I'd been following it. I did read a couple of earlier chapters, and if I get the time, I'll go back and catch up. I hope this, when it is published, will work to help people get off drugs, but I suspect it's incredibly hard to do. Very moving, especially when your mother accepted you back into the fold with such ease. They must have been very worried about you when you went missing. Penelope
reply by the author on 21-Mar-2009
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Your writing is excellent, Smurphgirl, and you tell your story so well. I found it to be very moving and wish I'd been following it. I did read a couple of earlier chapters, and if I get the time, I'll go back and catch up. I hope this, when it is published, will work to help people get off drugs, but I suspect it's incredibly hard to do. Very moving, especially when your mother accepted you back into the fold with such ease. They must have been very worried about you when you went missing. Penelope
Comment Written 21-Mar-2009
reply by the author on 21-Mar-2009
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Thank you for your kind review. I do hope you go back and read the previous chapters. Since they now only pay 2 cents and you only get 1 point I suggest you not bother writing a review. The relationship with my mother is key to the story and there is a lot of necessary background that is required to fully understand why I made the choices I made. Again, thank you for your kind review.
Comment from laurelp
Man, if that was your bottom, it really sucked. Hopefully it was. Your story is horrible, yet I still feel compassion for you and your plight. What happened to you was not your fault and it messed you up so badly, you had no choice but to make the decisions you made. I can only hope that now, you will start to "see the light" or whatever the saying is. But, I will wait to see. Trust me, I am not judging you, only commenting on the story.
reply by the author on 21-Mar-2009
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Man, if that was your bottom, it really sucked. Hopefully it was. Your story is horrible, yet I still feel compassion for you and your plight. What happened to you was not your fault and it messed you up so badly, you had no choice but to make the decisions you made. I can only hope that now, you will start to "see the light" or whatever the saying is. But, I will wait to see. Trust me, I am not judging you, only commenting on the story.
Comment Written 21-Mar-2009
reply by the author on 21-Mar-2009
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Thank you. I know you are not judging me. This is a difficult story to not evoke negative reactions to. I lived it and, believe me, I questioned my life and the choices I was making. Again, thank you for you continued interest.
Comment from jodeecee
Great chapter!
I regret telling her about my job and/space/ asking her to lie for me.
/"/In six months you have made a fortune and you still haven't paid off any of your bills and the bank is about to foreclose on your house."
Jack and Sue had more than twenty girls working for them and if each turned down just one call a night they lost $1,000./cut:"/
I sat on the front steps of the hospital for several hours before finally asking a strange/r/ for a quarter so I could make a phone call.
reply by the author on 20-Mar-2009
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Great chapter!
I regret telling her about my job and/space/ asking her to lie for me.
/"/In six months you have made a fortune and you still haven't paid off any of your bills and the bank is about to foreclose on your house."
Jack and Sue had more than twenty girls working for them and if each turned down just one call a night they lost $1,000./cut:"/
I sat on the front steps of the hospital for several hours before finally asking a strange/r/ for a quarter so I could make a phone call.
Comment Written 20-Mar-2009
reply by the author on 20-Mar-2009
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Thank you so very much for your continued and excellent help. Something tells me even if I wasn't blind in one eye, I still wuldn't catch them all! Again, thank you.
Comment from MsRefusenik
Now I understand why my piece of fluff upset you. I forgot about the abuse somehow. How deep this writing goes. I just know your book will be a huge success with writing this sensitive and real. You are a real writer and you paid the dues to write the way you do. God love you and protect you. Maryellen
reply by the author on 20-Mar-2009
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Now I understand why my piece of fluff upset you. I forgot about the abuse somehow. How deep this writing goes. I just know your book will be a huge success with writing this sensitive and real. You are a real writer and you paid the dues to write the way you do. God love you and protect you. Maryellen
Comment Written 20-Mar-2009
reply by the author on 20-Mar-2009
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Maybe it was the drugs, but I don't remember being upset with you! I appreciate all comments, even what you refer to as "fluff"....Thank you so much for you very kind review.
Comment from Cranial Thinker
Again Smurphgirl you have done such a wonderful job at causing the reader to fully understand the gravity of your pain and your continued struggle to fit in somewhere,just as long its not being alone.Through out my reading though I could
sense a kind of strength forming not like a brick wall or anything like it,but more like a coming into your own.You are wiping me completely away with your words.Job extremely well done.Cranial Thinker
reply by the author on 20-Mar-2009
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Again Smurphgirl you have done such a wonderful job at causing the reader to fully understand the gravity of your pain and your continued struggle to fit in somewhere,just as long its not being alone.Through out my reading though I could
sense a kind of strength forming not like a brick wall or anything like it,but more like a coming into your own.You are wiping me completely away with your words.Job extremely well done.Cranial Thinker
Comment Written 20-Mar-2009
reply by the author on 20-Mar-2009
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The old saying, "That which does not kill you, will only make you stronger..." definitely applies to me. I cannot tell you enough how much your opinion matters to me. Thank you so much for your continued support and high ratings!
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You my friend have definitely earned it,I just wish I had a six.Cranial Thinker
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You are very welcome Smurphgirl,as you truly did earn it.Again job extremely well done.Cranial Thinker
Comment from DecrepitOldBag
Oh dearie, dearie me! I was so certain you were not going to work for Jack and Sue!
You've been so brutally honest about yourself that it takes my breath away. You're right, it's not pretty, but maybe it was necessary. Sometimes we have to hit the very bottom of the pit before we can begin to climb out.
You've written exceptionally well in this chapter. The only typo or anything I noticed, is when you asked a 'strange' for a quarter to make a call! You missed the 'r' off 'stranger'.
I await the next chapter with bated breath.
Warmest wishes
Kat
reply by the author on 20-Mar-2009
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Oh dearie, dearie me! I was so certain you were not going to work for Jack and Sue!
You've been so brutally honest about yourself that it takes my breath away. You're right, it's not pretty, but maybe it was necessary. Sometimes we have to hit the very bottom of the pit before we can begin to climb out.
You've written exceptionally well in this chapter. The only typo or anything I noticed, is when you asked a 'strange' for a quarter to make a call! You missed the 'r' off 'stranger'.
I await the next chapter with bated breath.
Warmest wishes
Kat
Comment Written 20-Mar-2009
reply by the author on 20-Mar-2009
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Thank you so much for your kind words. My ex-husband once said something to me that really struck home and helped me deal with the chaos in my life....he said, "Valerie, I envy you because you have no more secrets to hide. Unlike so many of us wgi tread so carefully for fear someone will see our darkest secret...you have the advantage, you no longer have anything to hide...." Richard may have had his weaknesses, but in the end he always came through. Thanks again for kind review.
Comment from TimidView
This chapter is just heart-wrenchingly sad. I was not as grossed out by the descriptions of the wounds as I may have been had I seen them. It is so strange that this is the same mother that left Valerie while she was strapped to a gurney!
reply by the author on 20-Mar-2009
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This chapter is just heart-wrenchingly sad. I was not as grossed out by the descriptions of the wounds as I may have been had I seen them. It is so strange that this is the same mother that left Valerie while she was strapped to a gurney!
Comment Written 20-Mar-2009
reply by the author on 20-Mar-2009
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Thank you for your very kind review.
Comment from adewpearl
You do an excellent job of describing the nature of addiction and in describing what it is like to work for an escort service - you provide the information clearly and also make it clear that the experiences are emotionally draining and degrading. As always, you share Valerie's experiences in an honest, forthright way. Brooke
reply by the author on 20-Mar-2009
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You do an excellent job of describing the nature of addiction and in describing what it is like to work for an escort service - you provide the information clearly and also make it clear that the experiences are emotionally draining and degrading. As always, you share Valerie's experiences in an honest, forthright way. Brooke
Comment Written 20-Mar-2009
reply by the author on 20-Mar-2009
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Thank you. I sincerely appreciate your kind words.