Biglaw, Drinking, Drugs

The Grueling Biglaw Life Can Take Its Toll

Coping with substance abuse at a Biglaw firm.

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drinking alone drinking wine aloneThat mild-mannered lawyer down the hall? She might have poured vodka into her orange juice or tossed back a few wake-up pills this morning. I did everything right — got great grades, made the Law Review and succeeded in a big firm job. But my predisposition to addiction combined with the grueling and psychologically challenging life of a junior lawyer resulted in a brutal and damaging 10 years of substance abuse.

— Lisa Smith, deputy executive director and director of client relations at Patterson Belknap, honestly detailing the way in which life at a Biglaw firm can walk hand and hand with addiction issues. Her memoir, Girl Walks Out Of A Bar (affiliate link), will be released in June.

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