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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.

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Funny, sad, serious listening. Great audiobook that really makes you think about all addictions and how it can effect everyone.

Very truthful

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good to get an understanding of this disease. also the narrator was superb.

highly recommend

great listeni

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Loved it. Great story of recovery. True grit.
Well worth a listen, especially if you think you may have a problem!

Brilliant.

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Such an eye opener to high functioning addiction . Honest and out there. I loved this book.

Loved it

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I loved it. Made me laugh and cry. Beautifully written and narrated. I highly recommend!

Amazing!

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