If women from all backgrounds are to heal, if women of color are to be empowered to build the recovery practices that are right for them, then all women need to participate in the project of healing racism within recovery communities. We do the work so that our recovery spaces are safe for women who have been impacted by systemic racism, abuse, and related traumas.
Why am I talking about racism on this day and in this book? you ask.
Because racism is trauma, and trauma has everything to do with recovery. It's impossible for real recovery to take root if we're perpetuating trauma in others' lives.
If you are a white woman in recovery, will you join in as the rest of us white women educate ourselves, then start talking about and dismantling the role of white privilege and other systems of privilege in our lives? The trick to doing the work is to start with the open-ended question "How am I racist?" Because we all are, in some way.
Like other areas of recovery, admitting we have a problem is the first step. All women deserve recovery.