How Plants Saved My Life : My Background, Expertise & Passion

Journey Out of the Bottle · Dec 28, 2025 · 11m

My Personal Story about How herbs, nature, and conscious recovery changed everything

I drank for 35 years.

I was a working mother, a wife, a career woman trying to do it all — managing kids, relationships, expectations, pressure, and ambition.

I WAS LIVING THE "PRESCRIBED LIFE" !!

And like so many of us, I drank. It was normalized. It was rewarded. It was everywhere.

At the same time, I spent decades working in the natural products industry — with mission-driven, fair-trade brands, plant stewards, ethical farmers, and companies rooted in reverence for the Earth and human health. I worked with…