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Hi, Etta. Welcome to Conan O'Brien needs a fan.

Hello, Etta.

Hi. I'm really excited to be here.

How are you, Etta?

I'm doing well. I'm doing super well.

Where are you right now?

It's really hot.

Where are you?

I'm in Los Angeles.

Oh, yes. Well, then I can confirm it really is hot. It is too hot. I like your space that you're in. That looks very cool and sort of inviting. Where is this? A special nook in your house? Apartment. What's going on?

This is my bedroom.

Oh, very cool. I like the lights you have hanging and looks like you've got some cool. I don't know. Doesn't that look like a place where you could meditate?

Yeah. I like the organization. I love the lights. I like that door.

Thank you. Yeah.

And you got a shout out for J Dilla donuts going on your shirt. Yeah, I just wanted to repeat that so that maybe you get some free donuts. What's that?

It's an album.

It's a hip hop producer.

That's a producer. Oh, so it's a dead hip hop producer. And I thought I was gonna get you. I thought I was getting you free donuts. And now I come across as the most out of touch old man ever. Oh, I wanna check out these J Dilla donuts. I wonder if they have coconut. You had no. Eduardo, you stepped in.

Oh, my God.

And I'm not feeling well.

Can I get a meeting with Doctor Dre?

He also died in, like, the early two thousands. Well, I mean, really like new.

Okay, listen, Etta, what you're doing right now is piling on. It's very rude. We like it when other pack animals attack Conan. It's common for others just twisting the knife. Yeah, you just jump in there. Tell us a little bit about yourself, Ada.

Well, I am a trans woman. I work in a detox and a sober living that caters to the lgbt community. And I'm from Oklahoma. But I moved to Tucson and then moved here.

Okay.

Yeah.

Did you get involved in all of this because you had your own struggles with addiction?

Yes. Yes. So I have been trying to get sober for about six years. That's why I moved to Tucson. I went to a treatment center in Prescott, Arizona, in northern Arizona, and was planning on staying there for a three month program. And I stayed there for two years because I left and was gonna go back to Oklahoma. But my friend who I met in treatment was like, I could get you a place to stay in Tucson if you want. And I was like, okay.

All right.

I went to Tucson and was there for two years.

How did the. Your. You said six years. You seem really young. So how.

I am 26.

Okay, so you've been working on this since you were 20? Trying to.

Since I was 19.

Since you were 19.

I have a year and a half, almost a year and a half sober right now.

Congratulations.

Nice job.

That is amazing.

Thank you.

I think that is. And do you mind sharing with us what was it the substances that you were, or substance that you were, they're struggling with?

So first I did. I mean, I started smoking weed when I was, like, 14. I did that. I hated it. Absolutely hated it. Did it every day for seven years and hated every second of it. And then when I was like, maybe like, when I was around 19, I.

Gotta get up and smoke this weed. What a strange thing to say.

Did you have a job smoking weed?

Yeah, I worked at the weed factory. I was the weed inspector.

Protester.

Yeah.

No, I was the weed testerjob. I have to know and write down exactly where all of the clients are at every 15 minutes for the first 24 hours, then every 30 minutes. Every hour for residential clients, 30 minutes for detox. So I have to walk around and write it down. It's not that hard because, um, it's a really small facility. It's just a house, and there's only six clients max, so it's not too bad. But it's very important that I do it because it's a state regulation, and if I'm even a minute late, that could be like a ding against the center. So it's a lot of responsibility. And then besides that, I just, like, I tidy up. I make sure everybody gets up on time and go to groups. Not go to groups, but make sure everybody goes to groups except me.Then they can hear you. Then I go home, hear you playing video games in the next room. Get in there and hash this out.What kind of video games are you guys picturing right now?Hey, I'm the guy that thought J dough of donuts was an actual donuts place.These are, like, a tricky.So don't give me shit.Yes.Invaders.Yeah. Yeah. Welcome to Korgar. You have found the gorgle stone. Is that what you wanted to hear?I'm sorry. Are they playing pong in your mind? I mean, like, man, I wish. I think she's just sort of, like, sitting there playing Atari games.I don't know. I don't know, Etta. You're much cooler than I will ever be, so I should just stop talking because you seem to know what's going on.Well, thank you.Etta. I know it's weird thing to say. Cause I don't know you, but I'm proud of you. I really am. I think your journey, when you just describe, I mean, coming from Oklahoma and just what you've managed to overcome and all the work you've done finding your way, is incredibly impressive. And you have. You have shown an incredible amount of resilience and strength and. Courageous. You should be very, very proud of yourself. It's very cool.Thank you. I appreciate that. I am. I mean, I. I think the community and, um, the program that I work, um, I owe that a lot of credit, but I also, you know, couldn't have done it without me. You know, I had to be. Had to do a lot of work, and. Yeah, I had to do, you know, I had to be willing. So thank you. I am really proud of my. What I. Where I've gotten.Well, have any. Have an amazing day. Have a really good day. Enjoy playing pong, space invaders, asteroids, Miss Pac man, which is, I think, the latest game to come out. And I'm going to do my best to try and make it at least into the early two thousands in my education about video games. So cool to meet you, Etta.Thank you. Really, really, really excited to meet you, too.All right, you take care. Bye bye.Thank you.Thanks.Bye bye.Conan O'Brien needs a friend. With Conan O'Brien, Sona Movsesian and Matt Gorley. Produced by me, Matt Gorley. Executive produced by Adam Sachs, Nick Liao and Jeff Ross at Team Coco and Colin Anderson and Cody Fisher at yearwolf. Theme song by the White Stripes. Incidental music by Jimmy Vivino. Take it away, Jimmy. Our supervising producer is Aaron Blairt, and our associate talent producer is Jennifer samples. Engineering by Eduardo Perez. Additional production support by Mars Melnick. Talent booking by Paula Davis, Gina Bautista, and Britt Kahn. You can rate and review this show on Apple Podcasts, and you might find your review read on a future episode. Got a question for Conan? Call the team Coco hotline. At six six nine and leave a message. It too could be featured on a future episode. And if you haven't already, please subscribe to Conan O'Brien needs a friend wherever fine podcasts are downloaded. This has been a team coco production in association with Earwolf.

job. I have to know and write down exactly where all of the clients are at every 15 minutes for the first 24 hours, then every 30 minutes. Every hour for residential clients, 30 minutes for detox. So I have to walk around and write it down. It's not that hard because, um, it's a really small facility. It's just a house, and there's only six clients max, so it's not too bad. But it's very important that I do it because it's a state regulation, and if I'm even a minute late, that could be like a ding against the center. So it's a lot of responsibility. And then besides that, I just, like, I tidy up. I make sure everybody gets up on time and go to groups. Not go to groups, but make sure everybody goes to groups except me.

Then they can hear you. Then I go home, hear you playing video games in the next room. Get in there and hash this out.

What kind of video games are you guys picturing right now?

Hey, I'm the guy that thought J dough of donuts was an actual donuts place.

These are, like, a tricky.

So don't give me shit.

Yes.

Invaders.

Yeah. Yeah. Welcome to Korgar. You have found the gorgle stone. Is that what you wanted to hear?

I'm sorry. Are they playing pong in your mind? I mean, like, man, I wish. I think she's just sort of, like, sitting there playing Atari games.

I don't know. I don't know, Etta. You're much cooler than I will ever be, so I should just stop talking because you seem to know what's going on.

Well, thank you.

Etta. I know it's weird thing to say. Cause I don't know you, but I'm proud of you. I really am. I think your journey, when you just describe, I mean, coming from Oklahoma and just what you've managed to overcome and all the work you've done finding your way, is incredibly impressive. And you have. You have shown an incredible amount of resilience and strength and. Courageous. You should be very, very proud of yourself. It's very cool.

Thank you. I appreciate that. I am. I mean, I. I think the community and, um, the program that I work, um, I owe that a lot of credit, but I also, you know, couldn't have done it without me. You know, I had to be. Had to do a lot of work, and. Yeah, I had to do, you know, I had to be willing. So thank you. I am really proud of my. What I. Where I've gotten.

Well, have any. Have an amazing day. Have a really good day. Enjoy playing pong, space invaders, asteroids, Miss Pac man, which is, I think, the latest game to come out. And I'm going to do my best to try and make it at least into the early two thousands in my education about video games. So cool to meet you, Etta.

Thank you. Really, really, really excited to meet you, too.

All right, you take care. Bye bye.

Thank you.

Thanks.

Bye bye.

Conan O'Brien needs a friend. With Conan O'Brien, Sona Movsesian and Matt Gorley. Produced by me, Matt Gorley. Executive produced by Adam Sachs, Nick Liao and Jeff Ross at Team Coco and Colin Anderson and Cody Fisher at yearwolf. Theme song by the White Stripes. Incidental music by Jimmy Vivino. Take it away, Jimmy. Our supervising producer is Aaron Blairt, and our associate talent producer is Jennifer samples. Engineering by Eduardo Perez. Additional production support by Mars Melnick. Talent booking by Paula Davis, Gina Bautista, and Britt Kahn. You can rate and review this show on Apple Podcasts, and you might find your review read on a future episode. Got a question for Conan? Call the team Coco hotline. At six six nine and leave a message. It too could be featured on a future episode. And if you haven't already, please subscribe to Conan O'Brien needs a friend wherever fine podcasts are downloaded. This has been a team coco production in association with Earwolf.