RR 209: Whatever it Takes with Liz RockwoodRR 209: Whatever it Takes with Liz Rockwood
The SHAIR Recovery Podcast
Liz Rockwood talks about her journey through five DUIs, deep trauma work and spiritual growth, and how she built a stronger foundation for sobriety. The conversation highlights daily practices, community support and new self-beliefs that help her live alcohol-free today.
1:30:11•12 Feb 2019
Whatever It Takes: Liz Rockwood’s Journey from Five DUIs to Real Recovery
Episode Overview
- Daily practices like prayer and 10 minutes of morning meditation can noticeably reduce stress and set a calmer tone for the day.
- Working the 12 steps one-on-one with a sponsor helps uncover and share long-held secrets that keep people stuck.
- Somatic therapy and EMDR can release trauma stored in the body and lessen the drive to numb emotions with alcohol.
- Challenging automatic negative thoughts and reframing them into healthier beliefs changes how a person feels and behaves.
- Giving yourself grace and focusing on who you are and what your purpose is can support long-term commitment to sobriety.
“You know, I think it's really important that we give ourselves grace.”
Curious about how others find their way through sobriety? This conversation with Liz Rockwood on The SHAIR Recovery Podcast’s Recovery Revolution series offers a raw yet hopeful look at rebuilding life after years of alcohol abuse and five DUIs. Omar Pinto chats with Liz, an SRC member and active voice in the SHAIR Sobriety network, as she talks through her long relationship with alcohol that started with Zima at 17 and grew into all-day, hidden drinking and repeated legal consequences.
She’s open about the chaos, lost jobs, damaged relationships and the moment her sister said, “I am not going to work harder at your life than you,” which became an early wake-up call. What makes this episode stand out is how much Liz has stacked different tools to create a stronger foundation this time.
She walks through her structured routine of early mornings, prayer, daily meditation and regular meetings with her sponsor, saying that ten minutes of meditation has made stress “start to melt off.” She also talks about going deep into the 12 steps one-on-one, somatic therapy, EMDR and long-term counselling to release old trauma rather than just white-knuckle sobriety.
Liz is disarmingly honest about old stories she carried – that she wasn’t worthy, that everyone left her – and how she now actively challenges those thoughts and replaces them with new “I am” statements: “I am light. I am energy. I am love.” Her mum’s illness and death became a turning point, anchoring her commitment to stay sober and live in a way that would make her proud.
If you’re feeling stuck, repeating old patterns, or wondering whether you can really change your story, this one might nudge you to ask: what small shift or new tool could you try today to start doing “whatever it takes” for your own recovery?
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