
👋 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.


🙏 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.

💔 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.