I own it, I did that, not proud but that was me, and when I face it, I take back a little dignity, not looking for excuses, I just want to be free from power, weakness had on me.

Free, free, free, free, free.

Hello, and welcome to the bubble hour where real people tell real stories of addiction and recovery.

I'm your host, Gene McCarthy.

I write the blog Unpickled, where I've been telling my story of life after alcohol since my first day of recovery in 2011.

I tell my story there, and I invite you to share your stories here. And today's guest

is a listener of this program who radically transformed her life. She got sober eight years ago,

and when she made that change in her life, she came to realize that a lot of things needed to

change, not just the things that were around her in her life, but more of

the internal landscape. And she set out about drastically changing the way she thought about

things. And then, as she found her way, she decided to create tools for other people to do the

same. I think you're going to find her story really interesting. I love her work,

and I think you're going to really enjoy my guest today. Meet Adrian N.z. Adrian, hello, and welcome to the

bubble hour. Hello. Thanks for having me. It's nice to chat with you again. We first met in New York, and it was a brief meeting, but we both agree it was very memorable.

And here we are, a few years later, getting to share some time together again.

It's so nice to hear you.

It's nice to hear you, too.

Thank you for having me.

I was just saying I love how the recovery world brings us together and people that are active, you know, recovery advocates or

content creators, but also just all of us, everyday walks of life, the globe got so small for me since I quit drinking.

It's incredible.

Yeah, that's really special.

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