Girl Walks Out of a Bar

A Memoir

De: Lisa F. Smith

Narrado por: Hillary Huber

Lisa Smith was a bright young lawyer at a prestigious law firm in New York City 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 conspired 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 façade of success lies the reality of addiction.

©2016 Lisa F. Smith (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Love it

Makes you think twice about addiction and your lifestyle. so thrilling to listen to a real ear Turner.

A glimpse into the inside mind of an alcoholic

I’ve never taken the time to write a review before, but I felt compelled after listening to this book. It was both beautifully and brutally honest, I couldn’t put it down. As a recovering alcoholic with over 11 years of sobriety, this book spoke to me. It made me laugh, cringe, cry, and paralleled my own story so closely. It was like taking a Time Machine, or watching someone walk The same path just a few feet away. I admire the courage it took to write this, and I am grateful for the opportunity to relate so deeply to an author. Thanks Lisa, I’m grateful for you. And if no one’s told you yet today, I’m proud of you.

Really great story, but…

So much of this book was about Lisa’s illness amd struggle. I would have loved to hear more of her successes.

My Story

I truly enjoyed this book as I found myself in so many places as I listened . The despair and hopelessness you spoke of turning into “just for today” is so relatable. I journeyed with you every page and felt your gratitude as you found your way and navigated life on life’s terms. Thank you
Nancy N 9/17/14

⭐⭐⭐⭐

I liked it. I think if you know even just one person who likes to drink or do drugs, this is a book for you. Book from broken human perspective.

SO SPOT ON! MY STORY TOO!

OUTSTANDING! This book so clearly describes what it’s like to be an alcoholic/addict, what it’s like to hit bottom, what it’s like to need sobriety, what it’s like to get sober, the struggles to stay sober, and the amazing life that awaits for those willing to stay sober just one day at a time. Extremely well written!

Inspiring

The way she wrote the book was great.
Besides the lawyer talk that bored me in a chapter or to she is a great story teller. It really makes you think about a life you do not want, and make you feel like it’s possible to change, because if she did it anyone can. Great listen.

Not a casual read

I’m not sure I would say that I thoroughly enjoyed this story, “endured” might be a closer description. Going through my own adventures with that clever demon alcohol, reaching my own tipping point where it became clear it was time to make my choice of getting out of that hole or climbing out, hearing the author’s story all too often felt like I was hearing my own. “Like watching a train wreck” also came to mind-I knew what was going to happen at each bend of the story but had to listen anyway. I can’t imagine anyone reading this without having a personal connection of some sort-it’s raw truth screaming like an exposed nerve. Books of this nature speak so clearly to the universality of addiction-which is a part of so many lives, directly or otherwise-it’s therapeutic both to the author and perhaps even more so for the reader such as myself. Commonality can be comforting-just knowing we are not alone, that others have had similar struggles, can make a huge difference to someone just looking to make it one more day. Some might classify this story and others like it as self help-not me. While there are bookshelves aplenty with “book of the month” drivel offering ways to blame one’s situation-whatever that may be-on someone or something else, Girl Walks Out of a Bar is to me, an example of a saying I think of on a daily basis: “When you find yourself in a hole, quit digging .”

Speaking the truth -Raw and motivating

Well written -couldn’t put it down. Felt the reader was a perfect choice for this.

Amazing story

This book gave a true insight on the addiction to alcohol, and I felt really connected to the author. Proud of her story and it was an amazing listen.