Facing Trauma & Finding Yourself in Recovery | Christine D. (Part 1)

Meet Christine — a successful professional, loving mother, and the last person you'd expect to battle addiction. But behind the polished exterior was a woman drowning in alcohol, trauma, and guilt. This is the raw, powerful story of how she found the courage to get sober at 50.

Christine grew up surrounded by alcohol, in a culture that normalized overindulgence and blamed victims for their trauma. After surviving a date rape in college and a physically abusive relationship, she buried her pain under years of high-functioning alcoholism. Her world began to spiral when her daughter developed a life-threatening eating disorder, triggering Christine’s emotional collapse and dangerously ramped-up drinking. At her lowest, her children checked if she was still breathing.

Today, Christine is in recovery, working with the very treatment center ...