Summary of Lisa F. Smith's Girl Walks Out of a Bar

Everest Media

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 I had to be at work in two hours, so I had to get some wine. I inched out of bed and walked naked toward the kitchen, my stomach lurched with the undeniable rumble of rising vomit, and I dashed to the bathroom with my hand pressed against my mouth. I vomited violently and then sprawled out across the cold tile floor.
#2 I felt sicker than usual. My head was heavier and murkier. I could feel the anxiety in my guts and bones. I was going to die, I thought. I had killed myself. I called my ex-boyfriend, Mark, and asked for help.
#3 I was finally going to do something about my life. I needed to go to detox or rehab for alcohol or something, but I didn’t know what to do or where to go. I called my doctor and explained that I was drinking all the time and getting sick. He suggested two hospitals that would accept my insurance for detoxification treatment.
#4 I had to tell my parents that I was an alcoholic, and I was afraid they would not support me if they knew the truth. I was afraid that if they knew I was an alcoholic, they would view me as weak and untrustworthy.

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 28 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781669368199
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Lisa F. Smith's Girl Walks Out of a Bar
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I had to be at work in two hours, so I had to get some wine. I inched out of bed and walked naked toward the kitchen, my stomach lurched with the undeniable rumble of rising vomit, and I dashed to the bathroom with my hand pressed against my mouth. I vomited violently and then sprawled out across the cold tile floor.

#2

I felt sicker than usual. My head was heavier and murkier. I could feel the anxiety in my guts and bones. I was going to die, I thought. I had killed myself. I called my ex-boyfriend, Mark, and asked for help.

#3

I was finally going to do something about my life. I needed to go to detox or rehab for alcohol or something, but I didn’t know what to do or where to go. I called my doctor and explained that I was drinking all the time and getting sick. He suggested two hospitals that would accept my insurance for detoxification treatment.

#4

I had to tell my parents that I was an alcoholic, and I was afraid they would not support me if they knew the truth. I was afraid that if they knew I was an alcoholic, they would view me as weak and untrustworthy.

#5

I was having a problem with alcohol, and I had to go to a hospital to detox. I was sick all the time, my hands shook, and my head throbs. I couldn’t concentrate. Drinking was the only thing that made me feel normal.

#6

I had to go to detox for alcohol. It was a problem. I didn’t want to go, but I had a problem and I needed to take care of it. My father was fine with me going, but he wanted to know what I was going to tell my office.

#7

I had to tell my friends and family about my using, and I decided to go to a detox. I couldn’t do this anymore. I was not normal anymore. I was not drinking like a normal person.

#8

I was about to go to the detox center, and I was nervous. I was going to change all of my relationships, including the one with myself. I was afraid that after I got sober, I would never drink or use drugs again.

#9

I had to drink to get out of bed. I was puking blood. I was shitting blood. It was really, really bad. I told my friends, and they helped me get into detox.

#10

I was trying to slow the clock, and I was afraid I’d never fit in with my friends again. I was going off the rails and ruining everything.

#11

I was about to go into rehab, and I was feeling way better. I was so tired and sick that there was no room left for fear or dread. My friends came to take me to rehab, and I felt support in their eyes.

#12

The front of the hospital was unlike any I had ever seen. It looked like the dull corporate offices of a company that had been forgotten. The waiting area was filled with hard plastic chairs, and patients were not allowed to leave until they had been treated for at least 72 hours.

#13

I was taken to the detox unit, where I would be treated with the rest of the patients. I was nervous about what I would see and hear, but I was so tired that I just wanted to fall into a bed, any bed.

#14

I was extremely nervous about going to the detox unit, but Brad assured me that it was going to be fine. I was there for 72 hours, and Brad said that they were legally required to keep me there. I didn’t trust him at all.

#15

I was eventually placed on the Asian floor, which was the most desirable floor because it was quiet. I was still outside the nurses’ station, but at least it was quiet.

#16

I was given a small room on the Asian floor of the hospital, next to the nurses’ station. It was like a different world than the one below me. I was afraid they would kick me out if I asked to leave.