Welcome back to Season 3 of the Suburmotivation podcast.

Join me, Brad, each week as my guests and I share incredible and powerful sobriety stories.

We are here to show sobriety as possible, one story at a time.

Let's go.

In this episode of the podcast, Nikki recounts her journey of sobriety.

Beginning from our early experiences with alcohol in Sydney, Australia,

where the legal drinking age is 18, and societal pressure to drink is high. She describes her

youthful experimentation and eventual reliance on drinking during a difficult breakup, leading to a period

of drinking alone. Nikki shares the challenges she faced in the alcohol-centric film industry and how

societal expectations made it difficult to quit. Despite several stints of sobriety during the lockdowns,

is when Nikki attempted to cut back on alcohol, finding initial success before societal pressures

tempted her back. In 2021, Nikki decided to quit drinking

for good, supported by a non-drinking friend and a personal realization about her health and

happiness. Nikki's story sheds light on the internal battles and the societal pressures

that make sobriety challenging, and she offers her insights and lessons learned for those

on the similar path. And this is Nikki insights and lessons learned for those on a similar

path. And this is Nikki's story on a sober motivation podcast. Before we get into this episode,

I heard this quote the other day, and I want to share with you guys, it's kind of titled

Find the Others. And it's Timothy Leary. And here it goes. Admit it, you're not like them. You're not even close.

You may occasionally dress yourself up as one of them.

Watch the same mindless television shows as they do, maybe even eat the same fast food sometimes.

But it seems that the more you try to fit in, the more you feel like an outsider.

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