The following post is a factual account, not a personal attack:
After reading Leigh Bright's reply to my offer for diplomacy in another topic, where she states that she will use me as her "footstool", I have decided to make a statement in my defense and to announce my amazement and disappointment that a fellow survivor would behave in the manner in which she is behaving.
Before the December 15th Survivor Bonfire here, LEIGH BRIGHT had accepted her invitation to attend. During the previous week, she inquired about some documents that had been donated to us by a former senior staff member and asked if she could make some copies. Being the considerate people that we are, we elected to oblige her request and actually drove them over to her and delivered them personally. Instead of copying them as agreed the same day, she kept them for a few days. On Sunday, December 15th, she mentioned she was sick and would not be attending. We were supposed to have those documents back BEFORE the Bonfire, NOT after. I left a message on her voice mail about having someone else come over on their way down to the Bonfire, but that call was never returned. She knew she was supposed to have them back before the Bonfire. Believing that I was being impatient etc..., she became enraged at me and sent an email here to my house threatening to shove those documents up my ass. Furthermore, upon further investigation, some of these documents were missing upon their return, which, by the way, was made by special trip up to her place to get them. Other than having a police escort to her residence to retrieve these missing documents, we have little recourse to recover them. (I am not the "call the cops" type of person though, so we have gone along the whole time being quiet about it.) In the meantime, we have been working with survivors, groups, businesses, senators, diplomats, teachers, lawyers, doctors, therapists, etc etc in our quest for the reform of drug treatment policies here in this country. NOT ONE of these people etc... with the exception of LEIGH BRIGHT, has made this much effort to attack and compromise this venture. She has apparently made it a goal in her life now to attack again and spew forth vindictive threats. I do not want to make this into more than what it is, however, regardless of what people's impressions of LEIGH BRIGHT are, I think that they should take a second look at them. According to Webster's dictionary and common sense, I have never slandered LEIGH BRIGHT. I do not have to. I do not want to, I never want to slander anybody. There are several witnesses to her activities regarding this situation. My statements regarding people and organizations promoting abusive treatment are based on facts. It is when people do things such as LEIGH BRIGHT has done where I run into difficulty avoiding making slanderous type statements. No matter how difficult it is, I do avoid them if at all possible.
I do not know what LEIGH BRIGHT means by a "footstool", and I would hope that her threat is based on a rant and not some devious plan, but only time can tell.
For the record, permission to use my story and any mention of my name or experience in LEIGH BRIGHT's book has been officially rescinded.
I am also formally requesting that LEIGH BRIGHT return any "misplaced" documents that were supplied to her in this Pre-Bonfire arrangement between us as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
MG8 :smokin:
