Have you read "The Big Fix:Hope After Heroin"?

I am wondering how many of you out there have read the book so far?
You can buy it here
Or here

Comments

  1. hollyMay 1, 2016 at 10:52 AM

    Hi Tracey. I can't wait to read your book but I'm wondering if it will be available for kindle any time soon? You are an inspiration. Keep fighting the fight.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Tracey HeltonMay 1, 2016 at 11:28 AM

      It's on kindle nook and iTunes in e format

      Delete
    2. AnonymousMay 1, 2016 at 12:23 PM

      Hi Tracey,
      I got my local library (Des Plaines, IL) to get the book. I read it and it is amazing what you have done, and are doing, with your life! Every day you are inspiring someone, somewhere. Thanks for sharing so much of yourself.

      Delete
  2. Arthur5260May 4, 2016 at 7:50 AM

    I've read it. It was very inspiring.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Barbi HunterMay 4, 2016 at 9:59 PM

    I got the book on Sunday and I'm half way done..I took a break today to watch the Documentary, updates and read your blog. I am an Admin for TAM (the addicts mom) Maryland state Chapter. Big question for you......September is National Recovery Month and we are holding a Lights of Hope on September 10th any chance you travel to the East Coast for Book promotions and Book signings or to speak? Would love to have you as a guest speaker at our event.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Tracey HeltonMay 5, 2016 at 5:49 AM

      Email me traceyh415@gmail.com. It's possible

      Delete
  4. AnonymousMay 9, 2016 at 1:09 PM

    I just finished it. It made me cry a couple of times because I see my sister do the same things.

    ReplyDelete
  5. louis365May 10, 2016 at 3:40 PM

    Not yet....but I certainly will.

    ReplyDelete
  6. UnknownMay 27, 2016 at 11:02 PM

    I stopped reading books in the early 90s Tracey, but i want to read this one. I'm using, but holding a job & apt still (which is a miracle). I'm just tired of doing this, and you might inspire me. Glad you pulled yourself out.
    Sincerely ,Noblepuker from utube

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Another chapter in dopesick love

"Hand me the alcohol wipes" I reach over the bed " this is finally starting to drain"
He hand me two packets of alcohol pads.
 "Damn Tracey. How many fucking times are you going to do this to yourself?"

That question rang in my mind for a month to come. I had been performing surgery on myself. I was laying on the bed of our hotel room. We had hustled all day to get the $35 we needed to stay here tonight plus money for dope. Soon, we will have to do the whole thing all over again. For now, I needed a place where I could take off my pants. I needed to lance this abscess to get the pressure off. It wasn't getting all that red or hard but it hurt to walk. I knew the signs. I knew when to go to the doctor. I had been there many times before. The clinic would slice me open and send me on my way with some sterile water and gauze to pack my wounds.

I was quite the amateur doctor, at least in my mind. I had taken a new syringe and stuck in the middle of the in…
Read more

Watch you Smoke

Image
The first time I injected anything into my veins, I was 20 years old.

In the summertime, I’d get a rash because my thighs would rub together. I’d smother myself in baby oil, hoping to get a tan line around my mint shorts. Or my weathered swimsuit. I’d lay on the lawn chair in the backyard until the cicadas started chirping and the neighbor would fire up the weed whacker over the sound of the evening news. West Chester was the type of place where you could ride your bike to the end of the dead end street to poke a stick at a dead raccoon. It’s face slowly decomposing with the passing of the last humid days of summer. I’d pull up my comforter to sleep curled up on top of the air conditioning vent, remaining completely oblivious to the fact that in a few years I will no longer have a place to call home.

In the long nights, kids who “know better” pass joints of weed they got from a wooden box hidden in their dad’s underwear drawer. A wedding will be the first place you will get a sip of w…
Read more

Black Tar Heroin 10 questions answered

Image
I want to get this in one place. Here you go
When was the film made?
The film was made from Dec 1995 to Dec 1997. Originally the film was supposed to be for one year but I believe when HBO picked up the film they wanted two years.

How were you picked for the film?
Steven met a bunch of different people at the youth needle exchange. He wanted subjects that were slightly younger than me. He filmed a few other people  that never made it into the final film

Were you paid for the film?
No. I was not paid for the film. he bought me a hotel to stay in for a week and bought me lunch a few times. I think they left some money for me when I was in jail too. Documentary film makers, in general, don't pay their subjects.

Was I friends with the other people from the film?
Sort of. I never knew Alice. I met Oreo when he was 15 or 16. He was VERY young when the film was made. His mom used to work the desk in one of the hotels I lived in. Jake and I used to hang out. At one point he had a crush on m…
Read more