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THIS INTERVIEW FIRST APPEARED ON DEBORAHKALBBOOKS.BLOGSPOT.COM How did you end up writing this memoir of addiction, and how difficult was it to write about your

THIS interview FIRST APPEARED ON DRINKINGDIARIES.ORG From time to time, we post short interviews with interesting people about their thoughts and feelings on women and

THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED ON THE SHATTERPROOF.ORG I had taken several trips to Paris, but I’d spent very little of my time there even remotely

THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED ON ABA JOURNAL A lawyer who began her career in BigLaw more than 20 years ago says the stressful environment was

THIS interview FIRST APPEARED ON THE DRUGREHAB.ORG New York City attorney Lisa Smith was a high-functioning addict, hiding a spiraling alcohol and cocaine habit amid

THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED ON AFTER PARTY MAGAZINE. A few months after I got out of detox, one of my closest friends met me outside

THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED ON AFTER PARTY MAGAZINE. What is your sobriety date? April 5, 2004 Where did you get sober? New York City When

THIS article FIRST APPEARED ON Since Right Now. excerpted from girl walks out of a bar Shit. It was 7:00 Monday morning and I needed

THIS interview FIRST APPEARED ON THE FIX. Lawyer Lisa F. Smith charts her alcoholism and recovery in her new memoir, Girl Walks Out of a Bar.

THIS interview FIRST APPEARED ON THE SHATTERPROOF.ORG I had taken several trips to Paris, but I’d spent very little of my time there even remotely

THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED ON REFINERY29.COM. Excerpted from Girl Walks Out Of A Bar: A Memoir. At about 2:00 p.m. one Friday, I rushed into my

THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED ON FREEDOMFROMADDICTION.COM. Lisa F. Smith is a writer and lawyer in New York City with more than 12 years of sobriety

THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED ON AFTER PARTY MAGAZINE. Almost 12 years ago, when I walked out the door of the detox unit after five days,

THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED ON AFTER PARTY MAGAZINE. As a kid, when adults warned me about the dangers of “gateway drugs,” I imagined the pearly

THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED ON AFTER PARTY MAGAZINE. Before I got sober, I never met a New Year’s resolution I didn’t consider. If a magazine

THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED ON AFTER PARTY MAGAZINE. One of the best things about getting sober was no longer waking up sick to my stomach

THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED ON AFTER PARTY MAGAZINE. At my first few 12-step meetings, what people were willing to share about life before they got

THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED ON AFTER PARTY MAGAZINE. On the day before Halloween, I walked into a stationery store to grab a birthday card. I

This article first appeared on Addiction.com. “Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.” While those of

THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED ON ADDICTION.COM. Twelve-step programs are full of slogans meant to help people get and stay sober. When I first started going

This article first appeared on Addiction.com. MY 12 STEPS: STEP 1 “We admitted we were powerless overalcohol – that our lives had becomeunmanageable” The first

This article first appeared on Addiction.com. Shortly after I got sober, people in my life started saying they were worried — very worried — about me. Hands

This article first appeared on Addiction.com. When I read Step Two of the 12 steps, ‘Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could

This article first appeared on Addiction.com. The first 12-step meeting I attended was in a church in midtown Manhattan. Of course it’s in a church, I thought.

This article first appeared on After Party Magazine. As I sat in my poolside lounge chair at a hotel in Miami recently, my travel buddy

This article first appeared on Addiction.com. Last month I picked up a shiny new coin at a 12-step meeting, acknowledging another year of sobriety. I

This article first appeared on Addiction.com. Throughout my 10 years in recovery I have never successfully meditated. I struggle with a distracted and overcrowded mind.

This article first appeared on Addiction.com. I heard a lot in rehab about the risk of addiction transfer — trading one high for another. Once

This article first appeared on After Party Magazine. On a quiet Sunday morning a few weeks ago, my legs kicked out and my body sprang

This article first appeared on Addiction.com. Paris in springtime. I think of cherry blossoms in the parks, café au lait at sidewalk cafés, strolls along

This article first appeared on Addiction.com. Plenty of sober addicts and alcoholics I know don’t have a “before I got sober” and an  “after I

This article first appeared on After Party Magazine. Walking home from work one recent evening, I felt great. It was an unseasonably warm Friday in

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‘Girl Walks Out of a Bar,’ a Memoir of Addiction and Self-Intervention, Seals Coveted Publishing Deal.  Published on PRweb.com