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Smile, or You're Doing it Wrong

A Journey from Rock Bottom to Redemption

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Smile, or You're Doing it Wrong

By: Andy Glaze
Narrated by: Andy Glaze
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Ultrarunner Andy Glaze has spent years moving through landscapes that test the limits of the human body—hundred-mile races, multi-day marathons, mountains and deserts that demanded everything. But the toughest endurance challenge Andy faced wasn’t found in any of those miles, it was in rebuilding a life shattered by addiction, institutional abuse, and a childhood full of chaos. This is the unfiltered story of how a kid fell hard but got back up even harder.

From a wilderness rehab program where kids hiked for days without food, to a “therapeutic” boarding school run by predators, Glaze survived places that were meant to break people. But this isn’t just a story about the wreckage. It’s about what comes after.

Firefighting. Fatherhood. Finding peace on trails where every step hurts like hell but heals something deeper. Because the difference between a life ruled by fear and a life guided by possibility comes down to one simple act: taking the first step.

This memoir is about endurance in its rawest form: the endurance to keep moving forward even when it feels impossible, to rebuild a life one step at a time, and to discover that sometimes the only way through the darkness is to keep going—and smile, or you’re doing it wrong.

©2025 Andrew Glaze (P)2025 Andrew Glaze
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Authentic, confronting, and surprisingly funny in places. What makes this audiobook stand out is that the author narrates it himself. You can hear the lived experience behind the words.

This is not a polished “self-help” style book, and that’s exactly why it works. It’s raw, honest, and reflective without ever feeling preachy. The story is deeply personal but also relatable in the way it explores resilience, perspective, and finding humour even in the difficult parts of life.

Honest, raw, brilliant

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