Pink Tootsie Portrait of a Drug Addict
by TM Raskin
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Pub Date Jul 22 2015 | Archive Date Oct 24 2018
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Description
Not everyone is ready for what I divulge. Some may think I go too far. People have asked me what the catalyst of my drug addiction was. I look inside myself and try to answer honestly.
But there is no ”one” thing. I believe it was a combination of many things starting with my lineage. Most have heard of Yin and Yang, Nature vs Nurture and Karma but these are only theories. In an attempt to answer the question I have put my life story, from conception to 21 years old into “Pink Tootsie," Portrait of a Drug Addict.
Revealing in painstaking detail my story of an unavailable mother, a mentally unstable father, molestation as a child, rape and violence throughout my teens, and I’ll let you be the judge. I need to be brutally honest to connect with as many survivors as possible. I thought throughout my young life that I was the only person dealing with these things. My goal became, no matter how painful, embarrassing or repugnant the details were, I wanted to connect the dots.
To reach the unreachable, teach the unteachable and answer the unanswerable. *WARNING* explicit sexual and violent content. 18+
The ocean waves I’ll never see
The eagle proud
To fly with me Is but a dream I cannot free
For thoughts of such
Won’t ever be.
-1984
Advance Praise
“A Brilliant Book by a Brave Writer” kimbx, “This book is a real gift to the world of recovery” Rachael Reisdorf
“A Brilliant Book by a Brave Writer” kimbx, “This book is a real gift to the world of recovery” Rachael Reisdorf
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Librarian 226140
A memoir of a drug addict. She is painfully honest in portraying how she became an addict. Starting exceptionally young with the easy drugs and going through the hard drugs. Her feelings of inadequacy and worthlessness. The attention she craved from her mother. The lying the stealing, the cheating with no sense of conscience. You are taken through the wonderful feeling of her becoming clean and sober and are genuinely sad when the relapses happen. A definite must read.
Cristie U, Book Trade Professional
Wow! This is the raw and brutally honest account of how the author became a drug addict due to abuse and neglect in her childhood. The author does not shy away from sharing intimate details of the tragedies that occurred in her life or of her drug abuse and crimes that she committed.
Cen R, Reviewer
I would like to thank Page Publishing and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read ‘Pink Tootsie-Potrait of a Drug Addict’ in exchange for my honest unbiased review.
This biography will NOT be to everyone’s taste. It deals with a very deep, dark , distrubiy topic. It is a nole holds barred attitude in it.
The author TM Raskin has lauded herself bare. There is no stone unturned about her life, her terrible upbringing, her life with drugs , violence. This book kept me intrigued by the subject matter and willing her to get out and have a better life.
Ranger H, Educator
Graphic, language and scenes. A powerful but sad story and with over 330 pages to face it appeals or saddens the reader on many levels. There are bad choices by the victim , and many evil choices by the manipulators and they are all suffering for bad decisions. The book let me knowing the quote I read this week was true, "There is far more to be human than just possessing the form".
Jessica K, Reviewer
Having dealt with the absolute epidemic of addiction within my family, my heart went out to this young lady. Addiction doesn't play favorites...it can quickly have anyone in it's firm grasp. I felt she covered all the ups and downs that go hand in hand with the lifestyle and truly empathized with her. Hopefully she'll live a long life in recovery.
Sheryl J, Reviewer
I found this to be a brutally honest account of a young girl ’s life who never really stood a chance. She was a toddler and was crying out for help, the only way she could and that was by acting out. She was sexually abused and emotionally abused by her mom’s boyfriend's, and I'm not certain if there was any physical abuse from her mom or her boyfriend's but she was neglected that's a given. Her mom was a working single mother who was raising two very different daughters. One was the status quo while the youngest one was headed for trouble. I know they say addiction is a disease, I'm sure it is, but when you are suffering from other issues like neglect, homelessness plus a whole plethora of other battles you need to escape be it alcohol, drugs or sex. After reading this book, I'll not so quickly pass judgment on anyone who is suffering from addiction. I hope other people will read her memoir and help others with what they learned. Very few families have not been touched by addiction in one form or another. I want to thank the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. The opinion I expressed above are my own.
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