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🔴 Nothing has worked? It’s not your fault — the system is broken.

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👋 Meet Crystal
I’m not here to preach.
I’m here because I lived it.

💛 Mom. Mentor. Social researcher.
A woman who almost didn’t make it — but did.
Now, I help other women find the freedom they were never shown how to claim.

🧠 My Drinking Didn’t Start with Trauma.

It started with what looked normal.
Alcohol was everywhere — social, acceptable, harmless.
Until one day, it wasn’t.

 

I realized something terrifying:
Once I started drinking… I couldn’t stop.

 

Even with consequences looming.
Even with guilt, prayer, and promises.
I just. kept. going.

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🙏 I Tried Everything They Said Would Work

❌ AA
❌ Celebrate Recovery
❌ SMART Recovery
❌ Prayer & journaling
❌ Trauma therapy
❌ Crying, confessing, white-knuckling
❌ Begging God for a way out

 

They told me I just needed to try harder.
But I wasn’t weak — I was trapped.
The system was broken.

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💔 Yes, I Had Trauma.

Childhood trauma.
Abuse. Abandonment.
A lifetime of feeling like too much.
Alone — except for the men I’d sleep with to feel loved for a moment.

 

All of it was real.
But none of it explained why I couldn’t stop drinking.

💡 The Breakthrough: It Wasn’t About My Pain — It Was About My Brain

I stumbled onto the neuroscience of addiction.
And everything changed.

 

✨ My brain had been rewired by alcohol.
✨ I wasn’t rebellious — I was neurologically stuck.
✨ Medication-assisted treatment, pharmacological extinction, and evidence-based tools existed.
✨ And no one had told me.

 

I got better — fast.
But that wasn’t the end.

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😞 Then I Relapsed — And Thought I’d Failed Again

Recovery isn’t linear.
I had to rebuild my life all over again.

 

That’s when I found the missing piece:

 

🧘‍♀️ Soul work
🧠 Nervous system healing
❤️ Emotional safety
🔒 Boundaries
🌼 Self-worth

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✨ That’s When I Became She’s Recovered

I created the She’s Recovered™ Method to give women what I never had:

 

🌟 A brain-based, soul-supported recovery plan
🌟 Real tools grounded in science — not just shame
🌟 Compassion — not judgment
🌟 A plan for relapse before it happens
🌟 A mentor who’s lived it — and walks beside you

🙋‍♀️ Who I Am Today

💛 Mom to two beautiful kids
🌿 Mentor — not a therapist
🧠 Social researcher & recovery educator
🙏 Woman of faith — no shame attached
🫶 A safe space for women ready to rise

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💬 Ready to Talk?

No pressure. No shame. No commitment.
Just truth, clarity, and real next steps.

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