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Title Statement | Girl walks out of a bar: a memoir / by Lisa F. Smith. |
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Author | Smith, Lisa F |
Publication | New York, NY: SelectBooks,[2016]©2016 |
Edition | First edition. |
Extent of Item | ix, 277 pages ; |
ISBN | 1590793218 (pbk.) 9781590793213 (pbk.) |
Other Number | 3013080 |
Summary | Explores Smith's formative years, her decade of alcohol and drug abuse, divorce, and her road to recovery. 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. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Recovering alcoholics--Biography--United States |
Substance abuse--Biography--Patients--United States | |
Recovering addicts--Biography--United States | |
By Name | Smith, Lisa F.--Health |