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martssbee's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
nixieknox's review against another edition
3.0
A solid addiction memoir. I especially appreciated the fact that there was no relapse. Seemed very real and honest to me.
abbycel3's review against another edition
3.0
Randomly stumbled upon this and decided to give it a go even though I have no personal connection to alcoholism but thought it’d be cool to learn about it from a vulnerable memoir. And with that in mind, I’d say the memoir delivered. It was very honest and descriptive, sorting through every stage of her alcoholism and how it progressed. The main aspect I found to be baffling was that she was a successful lawyer in NYC while simultaneously battling a severe alcohol and cocaine addiction for 10 whole years and nobody close to her even knew. That’s how secretive and manipulative addictions are, and I think this book was a really great testament to the nature of the disease. 3 stars because sometimes I felt her story telling felt a little bland and didn’t always strike a chord with me, but that’s just personal honestly
el_tuttle's review against another edition
3.0
This is a great example of why not ever sober person needs to write a memoir. I suspect Smith's motivation was the cliche "If even *I* could get sober, despite being such a trainwreck, you can too!" because the memoir does not offer much beyond that.
I did enjoy Smith's writing and mild sense of humor, but I'm not convinced her tale offers much thematically to the reader that has not already been said by numerous other sobriety stories.
I did enjoy Smith's writing and mild sense of humor, but I'm not convinced her tale offers much thematically to the reader that has not already been said by numerous other sobriety stories.
zenforren's review against another edition
5.0
Riotously funny and bitterly honest, this is one of the more entertaining and also terrifying addiction memoirs I've ever picked up.
neeshcast's review against another edition
4.0
Privileged woman partied hard, and turned her life around. I’d appreciate some more post-early recovery life. Took a long time to get back around to the inpatient part of the story. Super descriptive about people’s hair. Decently written though, and I chuckled a couple times. Definitely an honest account of the hidden life of addicts. It was a very okay book.
dawndelsol's review against another edition
4.0
An important book because there simply is not enough discussion about substance use disorder in the legal practice and the reality of recovery.
hannahckirk's review against another edition
3.0
Hmm. It was a well written memoir, and a compelling story of recovery & the importance of support & honesty. But it just didn’t WOW me. I just left this book feeling like slightly unfulfilled. I feel horrible judging someone’s life story harshly but… yeah lol