Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

63 reviews

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

iszys's review against another edition

funny fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Infidelity

emparr02's review

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

jessicaharleee's review against another edition

funny inspiring fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse

amris's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Addiction, and Mental illness

art_books_chemistry's review against another edition

funny informative lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

If I'm being honest, there were several parts of this memoir that were sad due to the circumstances surrounding Carrie Fisher's passing. This isn't the first time I've listened to a memoir after a celebrities passing however it's definitely one of the sadder ones due to her discussions of her addictions and mental illness. That being said, Carrie is G.Damn hilarious; I love the matter of fact way she tells some of the stories about her younger days and about her mom. One of my reactions to this memoir is that I decided I have to look into Debbie Reynolds' memoir(s) to see how she tells some of the same stories and what other stories she has to tell about her own Hollywood life. Carrie has an interesting way of looking at her Star Wars stardom that also makes me wonder how other actors and actresses famous for specific roles feel about those roles. 

Although Carrie's ultimate outcome was not ideal after her personal battles, I still found her attitude in this memoir inspiring even though I don't struggle with the same problems. She definitely puts a lighthearted spin on her issues that I think could be helpful for others in similar positions. 

If you're at all a Carrie Fisher fan, I definitely recommend this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Cursing

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Sexual content and Gun violence

asourceoffiction's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

5.0

For me, this was all about the audiobook narration. It was utterly brilliant to listen to Carrie's story in Carrie's voice. It's tragic in places but mostly it's just so darkly funny, and completely epitomises her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Drug abuse

jemworster's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

2.75

This book did actually make me laugh out loud on occasion so I want to give it major credit for that. But I found about 25% of the narration to be kind of annoying (humor that missed the mark for me) and it was kind of repetitive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism and Drug abuse

cadybooks's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Cursing, Mental illness, Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Grief

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Sexual content

soulwinds's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Grief, and Death

Minor: Ableism, Sexism, and Body shaming