Scary.

I'm going to tell you the nun story, shall I? Right.

Well, you introduced me to that one.

Okay, the nun story.

Right.

Well, I had a very, very scary nun as my foremistress, and her name was Sister Philomena.

Yes.

me.

So Madeline Smith of San Clemente created an organization called OC Sober Gals where women can get together, have dinner, go to a movie, just simply connect.

I personally am someone who is sober in recovery, and I was looking for a group of women who were like-minded where we could go and just connect authentically without the pressure of having to drink.

So I started this social group with the intention of just meeting people and finding people with like-minded interests.

Madeline has added an element of meaningful outreach, so each time the OC Sober Gals get together, they give back to the community as well.

We've partnered with a couple local charities, one of which is the Lynn House in Costa Mesa.

We're doing fundraising.

We've done some really fun things, like we had a group of women come, and we all put together packages and gave them Christmas presents.

We also donated their Thanksgiving meal this year.