Investigative Report: Mental Health and Substance Abuse Threaten the Legal Profession
THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED ON ROCKETMATTER.COM Ervin Gonzalez, was a top Miami civil lawyer, beloved partner of the prominent Coral Gables law firm Colson Hicks Eidson, and renowned for not only his charismatic and warm demeanor but as “a trusted, go-to trial attorney.” Despite his stellar reputation and an enviable record of 33 verdicts of […]
Sobriety Starts Here – Video Interview
THIS INTERVIEW FIRST APPEARED ON SOBRIETYSTARTSHERE.COM Watch the Video ⟶ Lisa is a writer and lawyer in New York City. She is the author of Girl Walks Out of a Bar, her memoir of high-functioning addiction and recovery in the world of New York City corporate law. Her writing has been published in The Washington […]
Sober Señorita: Favorite Books from 2017
THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED ON SOBERSENORITA.COM Do you ever feel like you’re not getting enough done? A whole day passes by and you feel like you’ve gotten nothing accomplished? For someone who works from home, this habit can be debilitating. This year I wanted to change the narrative around I’m not being productive enough and […]
8 Women Share What Made Them Finally Decide To Get Sober
THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED ON WOMEN’S HEALTH MAGAZINE “Like many who struggle with addiction, my wake-up call came in the form of a series of unfortunate events, each one a neon sign blinking, ‘this is a problem,’ rather than one single event,” says Dani D., 34, who’s been sober for seven years. Dani’s story echoes […]
The Reality of High-Functioning Substance Abuse Among Lawyers
THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED ON FLORIDABARJOURNAL.COM The morning before I got sober, I downed nearly a bottle of red wine and snorted a few lines of cocaine as part of my regular routine getting ready for work. As I headed to my law firm, I felt sick, afraid, and alone. Now, more than 13 years […]
Bar Report – Lisa Smith ‘Girl Walks Out of a Bar’
This article first appeared on The New Jersey Law Journal Author/attorney Lisa Smith to detail story of addiction and recovery at Dec. 2 solo and small-firm event In the fall of 2014, Lisa Smith walked into the offices of the New York City law firm where she worked and informed her superiors that she once […]
How One Woman Secretly Battled Addiction — and the Moment She Knew She Needed Help
THIS ESSAY FIRST APPEARED ON TODAY.COM New York-based author and attorney Lisa Smith has been clean and sober for a decade. She detailed her drug and alcohol addiction in “Girl Walks Out of a Bar,” and in an exclusive essay for Megyn Kelly TODAY, she shares the moment she knew she needed help — and […]
For She Is You
THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED ON FORSHEISYOU.COM Allow me to introduce you to an incredibly inspiring person and to preface one of the most influential interviews you will ever read. Lisa is a lawyer, an author, a daughter, a wife, a friend and a recovering alcoholic. She has been clean and sober for more than 10 […]
Liv’s Recovery Kitchen
THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED ON LIVSRECOVERYKITCHEN.COM Liv: As this is Liv’s Recovery Kitchen, let’s kick off with a food question: what have you had for breakfast today? Lisa: Great question! I’ve been dealing with some stomach issues, so for the most part, I’ve cut out gluten and dairy. I had scrambled egg whites, almonds and […]
The Lawyer, the Addict
THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES In July 2015, something was very wrong with my ex-husband, Peter. His behavior over the preceding 18 months had been erratic and odd. He could be angry and threatening one minute, remorseful and generous the next. His voice mail messages and texts had become meandering soliloquies […]