{"product_id":"living-after-david-garcia-9798349455070","title":"Living After: What Happens After You Survive","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiving After: What Happens After You Survive\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost recovery stories end at sobriety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis one begins there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor years, David Garcia believed survival was the goal. He survived a ruptured brain aneurysm with only an eighteen percent chance of walking away neurologically intact. He survived alcoholism that nearly cost him everything. He survived divorce, loneliness, and the relentless pursuit of a life he thought would finally make him feel complete.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the applause stopped.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTreatment taught him how to stop drinking. It did not teach him what came next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiving After\u003c\/em\u003e is not a story about hitting rock bottom. It is about learning how to live once you have climbed back out. When the emergency is over, the milestones have been celebrated, and no one is standing beside you telling you what to do next, a different kind of work begins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith unflinching honesty, Garcia confronts the questions that remain after survival: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow do you rebuild a life instead of simply repairing the damage?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow do you sit with loneliness without running from it?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat happens when the things you blamed for your pain are gone, but the pain remains?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow do you become the person you were trying to save all along?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from recovery, fatherhood, faith, and everyday life, Garcia writes with the voice of someone who has stopped looking for dramatic answers and begun finding meaning in ordinary moments. Rather than offering formulas, he invites readers into the slow, often uncomfortable process of becoming emotionally whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its heart, \u003cem\u003eLiving After\u003c\/em\u003e is about the quiet miracles that happen after the crisis has passed. It is about discovering that healing is not a destination reached in one triumphant moment, but a daily practice built one ordinary day at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone recovering from addiction, rebuilding after loss, searching for purpose, or trying to understand what comes after life's hardest seasons, this memoir offers something increasingly rare: hope that feels earned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause sometimes the greatest miracle is not surviving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is learning how to live afterward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Garcia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798349455070\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e David G.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"David Garcia","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":50593591558399,"sku":"9798349455070","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/living-after-david-garcia-9798349455070","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}