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Girl Walks Out of a Bar

A Memoir

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Girl Walks Out of a Bar

By: Lisa F. Smith
Narrated by: Hillary Huber
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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. Addiction & Recovery Alcoholism Women Memoir Substance abuse New York Inspiring Funny Feel-Good Thought-Provoking Biography
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What a book a must read thoroughly enjoyed it so real so relatable and didn’t want it to end brilliant!!!

Fantastic !!

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If you enjoy listening to the talking clock then you’ll love listening to this book - which is such a shame as the book is actually brilliant and made me persevere with the monotonous delivery of Ms Huber.

Fantastic book, shame about the narration

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A great, if at times uncomfortable listen. Not full of heroics or prop caricatures. Straightforward and direct. Recommended.

Raw, intelligent and very well delivered.

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I loved this book, it was so interesting. I really enjoyed the narrator as she was so droll and straightforward, which really fitted the writer’s story and her attitude to her addictions. I looked forward to listening to this on my commute every day. It was entertaining and shocking but also amusing. I recommend it- I don’t think you have to be an addict or identify with the subject matter to enjoy it, it’s just a good story and well told.

Really great book

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really enjoyed this book. it helped me to understand my Mother's alcoholism. very honest account of addiction and the fight to overcome it.

Honest, raw, brave

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