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Mary Going

Mary Going

Founder and CEO of Bicycle Accounting, Inc., an Oakland, CA firm providing outsourced accounting for nonprofits.

Sep 10, 2026

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mentally strong.
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And then I started drinking again when my kid was three years old.
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And I just had one glass of wine because I forgot.
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That's the problem with being an alcoholic.
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I forget that I have a problem.
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So I had one glass of wine, and it wasn't long before everything I said I wasn't going to do drinking around my kid, drinking with her in the tub, all these things that I said I wasn't gonna do, even drinking and driving with her in the car.
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I was like, I'm gonna, I was afraid I was gonna kill her.
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Tell us a little bit about what that feels like and where you are in your life.

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