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  • A Memoir
  • By: Lisa F. Smith
  • Narrated by: Hillary Huber
  • Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (632 ratings)
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By: Lisa F. Smith
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Summary

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.

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Sad saga

Lisa Smith's story about her addiction is staggering, in as much as I am surprised she is alive. Most people would have long died after the sheer volume of alcohol, cocaine and cigarettes she consumed daily for years, from morning till night. How her heart, her liver and her brain withstood this abuse is verging on unbelievable. And it is a credit to her constitution that she was able to perform in such a responsible job, and not get fired.
It was of course life affirming to read that she managed to save herself.
My quibble with the story is the pervasive attitude that life without alcohol lacks excitement, glamour, friendships, fun, good sex, etc. The author maintains the view that those who can party non-stop without almost killing themselves are very lucky indeed. She concedes that it is great to wake up without vomiting blood and needing booze to steady her hands, but makes little reference to the fact that life has beauty and wonder, interest and excitement in itself.
I think the book would have done a better job by shortening and downplaying the long years of endless drinking, snorting and embarrassing behavior and focusing more on her twelve years of sobriety. What did she find out about herself, her friendships, the world, the universe, the meaning of life? For many ex-alcoholics, sobriety opens so many doors, allows for all that extra time, money, talents, health, mental clarity and focus. I am sure Ms. Smith has found this. Perhaps a subject for another book.

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Fantastic !!

What a book a must read thoroughly enjoyed it so real so relatable and didn’t want it to end brilliant!!!

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excellent read

enjoyed listen to this book. one of my favourite quit help books. would highly recommend

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not top of my quit list

I struggled to find much inspiration in this one. if you are looking for a good quit lit there is plenty better to be found, written by more heroic addicts. She just comes over as selfish, entitled and unlikeable. Even in recovery....If you can make it that far. The performance is also a tiresome drawl

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Fantastic book, shame about the narration

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.

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Couldn’t listen to it

Couldn’t get past the first few minutes. The narration is grating and sounds like a robot

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A Godsend

Pardon the word choice, this book was addictive. Since my recent choice of giving up my poisons of choice - legal but harmful - I find myself needing Lisas in my life.

Lisa's memoir is exquisitely written, it reflects all the good and bad along the journey. Like a multi-layered map that stays with you.

The narration had me a bit confused. 95% beautifully delivered, the different voices so well modulated. Then those 5% where Hillary Huber sounded like an older version Google Translate? Especially in sentences starting with 'as if'.
Was that intentional I wonder?

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Enjoyable, but too focused on the before

I enjoyed this book, but I was surprised about how weighted it was towards the ‘blood and thunder’ stories of Lisa’s life BEFORE finding sobriety. I wanted to spend more time with Lisa in the 12 step, recovery, and post drinking parts of her life, but it wasn’t to be. Worth a listen anyway.

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absolutely inspirational!

Absolutely amazing story, beautifully written and inspirational! I also loved the narrator's voice!! I would recommend to everyone who likes a memoir! xx

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Boring

Kept with this hoping it woukd get better , it didn’t so boring and predictable. Went on and on about her drinking and using same old repeated throughout. Her recovery was not inspiring for me . I’m glad she finally got sober and went to AA . The audio voice was so irritating and drab . Wouldn’t bother with this

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