What's up everybody? This is the Betray, the addicted, and the expert. My name is Brannon and I am the expert.

And I'm Ashland and I was the portrayed and I'm Kobe the recovering addict.

What you're going to get is three unique perspectives on recovery and

tools for hope and healing.

All right guys, Ashland here,

and you know I'm wearing my bracelet today that says

there is no force equal to a woman determined to rise and I can't help but feel

absolutely empowered every time that I hear that quote and when I look around me and I

see you women who are really striving to make progress, to move forward and to make

change and that's really what it is. It's being able to say you know what I'm going to

let go, let go all the things that I can't control and

I'm going to work on me and I'm going to rise above who I once was and you know

if people are going to join me, that's great.

And if they're not, I don't care.

And so another quote I want to reference

is by Leony Snicket.

It says, at times the world can seem an unfriendly and

sinister place, but believe us when we say that there is much more good in it than

bad. All you have to do is look hard enough and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey.

And you guys, I know that it's like ridiculously hard to look at maybe right where you're at in your journey and say,

blah, like I don't want to hear that. I don't want to look at this as something that

will make me stronger and a better person but that's usually what happens

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