Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

62 reviews

weyrdkat's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

Outrageously funny and intimate look at growing and learning about herself and dealing with the things that come with fame, drug use, alcohol, and pointent family drama. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Cursing

Moderate: Mental illness, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Sexual content, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Infidelity

blizzardinsummer's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.5

still can’t believe she’s gone. we really lost her way too soon. 💔

this short memoir/transcript of her one woman show was hilarious. if you’re looking at reviews wondering if you should read this, my answer is yes but pick up the audiobook. hearing carrie read it herself i feel definitely improved my experience and it was a fun time overall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Addiction

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Death

Minor: Sexism

empresscosplay's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Drug use

vavocado's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse

montsett's review against another edition

funny inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

traciereads's review against another edition

funny fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Death, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Minor: Alcoholism

bmpicc's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.0

Oh Carrie. I wanted to sit in a rocking chair, pull her into my lap and tell her it would all be okay. This was equal parts humor and cringe. I'm glad I finally got to this one. I was never a Star Wars fanatic, but I was always a Carrie fan. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Drug abuse, and Addiction

issyd23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Carrie Fisher is a riot! Reads like stand up comedy/1 woman show - wish I saw this performed live & wish Paul Simon would write a song about me 5🥃

“But the main thing I’ve learned, I learned all by myself, no help needed. I learned not to get my tongue pierced. Because if you’re getting it pierced for the reason why I think you’re getting it pierced and you’re not good at that thing to begin with, no little piece of jewelry is going to save the day.”

God she’s brilliant - there’s way too many funny lines to include! Can’t wait to read her other books 😆

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Self harm, Drug use, Grief, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Abandonment, Bullying, Medical content, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Cancer, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, War, Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

followdiallo's review against another edition

funny lighthearted

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Alcoholism

usuallyaudio's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

2.75

This is a short collective of stories of Carrie Fisher's life, as written (and read) by the author. It's based on her travelling show, so it makes sense that it is somewhat all over the place, rather than a biography. The main themes are her mental illnesses and struggles she faced throughout her life and career. She has a comical and lighthearted way of reflecting on her life, but it could be because she went through electroconvulsive therapy to treat her depression. I was hoping for more thorough biography, but that is not what this book is. It is funny reading this today as it was published in 2009 and it almost felt like she predicted or spoke into existence some things that happened since. 

While I love listening to autobiographies read by the author, she did read this as though it was one of her travelling performances. ie lots of yelling at the end of a sentence for emphasis.

RIP Carrie <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Grief, and Body shaming