Elizabeth Garcia
Articles by this Author
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Trust in Early Sobriety: When Your Word Means Nothing Yet
Rebuilding trust in early recovery takes time and consistency. One mother’s honest account of earning back her daughters’ belief in her word.
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Resentment: The Weight We Carry in Recovery
How mothers in recovery learn to recognize, process, and release resentment. Honest guidance from eight years of sobriety and single parenting.
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When Sobriety Meets the Bills
Financial dependence in recovery isn’t failure—building economic autonomy requires honest assessment, incremental progress, and community support.
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A Mother’s Guide to Fear
Living with Uncertainty Without Letting It Run the Show The Fear That Doesn’t Leave When You Get Sober Fear followed me into…
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Loving Someone Who Won’t Stop Drinking
Al-Anon teaches family members to find peace and recovery even when their loved one continues drinking. Learn about detachment with love.
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We Built Tables Because We Needed Places to Sit
Women of color who started their own AA meetings share why existing spaces weren’t enough and what it takes to build recovery…
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When Cultural Silence Meets Step Work
How cultural shame about seeking help intersects with program shame in recovery-and why women of color need space for both truths.
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Whose Stories Built the Big Book
The historical reality of who founded AA and wrote its core texts and why understanding this context matters for women of color…
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Rooms That Weren’t Built for Us
The reality of entering AA as a woman of color—navigating addiction, cultural expectations, and predominantly white recovery spaces while building sobriety.
