Girl Walks Out of a Bar

Posted on 18 August 2017 by Lisa F. Smith

Lisa Smith was a bright young lawyer at a prestigious law firm in NYC when alcoholism and drug addiction took over her life What was once a way she escaped her insecurity and negativity as a teenager became a means of coping with the anxiety and stress of an impossible workload Girl Walks Out of a Bar explores Smith s formative years, her decade of alcohol and drug abuse, divorce, and her road to recovery In this darkly comic and wrenchingly honest story, Smith describes how her circumstances conspire with her predisposition to depression and self medication in an environment ripe for addiction to flourish When her close knit group of high achieving friends celebrate the end of their grueling workdays with alcohol fueled nights at the city s clubs and summer weekends partying at the beach the feel good times can spiral wildly out of control Girl Walks Out of a Bar is a candid portrait of alcoholism through the lens of gritty New York realism Beneath the fa ade of success lies the reality of addiction. Free Read Girl Walks Out of a Bar Author Lisa F. Smith For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Lisa K Smith s Girl Walks Out of a Bar is an engaging memoir about addiction spiraling out of control as well as taking charge of that addiction Stories from functional alcoholics, who seemingly invent a life around their addiction which has nothing to do with the life everyone else sees them leading, fascinate me They reveal ways we all construct identity and how we present ourselves and see the world For addicts, seeking help challenges their identity What does it take for someone to face Lisa K Smith s Girl Walks Out of a Bar is an engaging memoir about addiction spiraling out of control as well as taking charge of that addiction Stories from functional alcoholics, who seemingly invent a life around their addiction which has nothing to do with the life everyone else sees them leading, fascinate me They reveal ways we all construct identity and how we present ourselves and see the world For addicts, seeking help challenges their identi...I ve read tons of recovery memoirs and I have to say it wasn t my favorite That being said, the story was well written and compelling and my best friend loved it but I just didn t connect with the writer Check out my full review on my booktube channelWhen I finished this book as an ebook , I was a shocked by how many I was an addict who got sober stories that were recommended to me If you liked this book, here are fiftysimilar booksI like these stories of successful people who lost everything and then claw their way back up to success In Lisa Smith s story, she almost lost everything but caught herself before that happened, which is amazing considering that she says she didn t go a day without drinking for ten years The dr When I finished this book as an ebook , I was a shocked by how many I was an addict who got sober stories that were recommended to me If you liked this book, here are fiftysimilar booksI like these stories of successful people who lost e...Eye opening first hand account of the horrors of addiction You never know the types of battles that others are fightingFull disclosure I learned of this book because it was the winner of the pitch Week Competition at When Words Count Writer s Retreat, a contest which I currently have a book competing in I anxiously awaited its release and began trading it as soon as I finished the book I had open when it was released.This is an excellent book Few writers have been able to capture the experience of addiction as eloquently and as vividly as Smith has done in these pages Augusten Burroughs in Dry is the only ot Full disclosure I l...One of my favorite shows on television is Intervention I do love watching these types of shows because unlike some folks, I don t use them to feel better about my own life, but because I truly love to see it when someone is able to turn his life around and be the best person he can be I am always so thrilled when at the end of an episode, it shows that the person has been sober for the last 6 months, and I especially love the follow ups during the show itself that feature recovering addicts One of my favorite shows on television is Intervent...I absolutely loved Girl Walks Out of a Bar From the first sentence of the book, I couldn t put down Lisa Smith s compelling and incredibly honest memoir, giving a behind the scenes view into addiction in high pressure corporate law She keep...The main thing I came away with having read this book is amazement at how much abuse a body can withstand Reading this book was like rubbernecking at a horrible auto accident Unfortunately the recovery description, coming very late in the book was glo...Long drawn out story of a privileged woman with supportive family and friends, a high paying job and the ability to seemingly come out on top, despite dealing with alcoholism and drug addiction.Could not put it down

English
18 August 2017

Lisa F. Smith