( RollingStone.com ) -- For the past 20 years , a large Guns N ' Roses poster advertising the band 's first tour of England has been hanging in Steven Adler 's living room . `` Every time I have to go to the bathroom I have to walk past it , '' says the former Guns N ' Roses drummer . `` I 'd always see it and say to myself , 'One day we 're gon na reunite ! We 're gon na do it ! We 're too good of a team not to do this again . ' '' When he returned to Los Angeles this past April after Axl Rose 's no-show at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony , Adler 's attitude started to change . `` Now I walk past it and I say to myself , ' I 'm so glad I was a part of that , ' '' he says . `` 'That was a great and exciting time of my life . ' It 's nice to appreciate it , but I 'm no longer angry and pining for a reunion . I 'm not angry about it anymore . It 's flushed out of my system . '' Right around the time it was becoming clear that Guns N ' Roses were n't going to reform at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , Adler broke up his band Adler 's Appetite . They had spent the past decade touring the world playing a set devoted to Guns N ' Roses classics . `` I told the guys I wanted to do something that was relevant , '' he says . `` We played every village around the world . I 'm not talking cities or towns . We played every village . It was time to move on . '' Adler 's Appetite played their final gig on New Year 's Eve , and just weeks later , Adler began jamming with singer Jacob Bunton , guitarist Lonny Paul and bassist Johnny Martin . `` It was like God brought them to me , '' says Adler . `` It 's just been f***ing magic . '' The new group dubbed themselves Adler , and they cut their debut LP , Back From the Dead , in a matter of weeks . Album Premiere : Steven Adler shares joy on 'Back From the Dead ' Slash came into the studio at one point to play guitar on `` Just Do n't Ask . '' `` For me to be a part of Slash 's life , I had to get my life together , '' says Adler . `` Slash was proud of me for how I was able to take care of myself . It was so nice to be living in the present with him . The whole thing was like a dream come true . '' Adler says he 's been sober since 2008 . `` I work at it every day , '' he explains . `` I used to wake up in the morning and say , 'Oh , God . ' Now I wake up in the morning and look forward to life . I work out every morning with my guitarist . '' As viewers of VH1 's `` Celebrity Rehab '' and `` Sober House '' well know , Adler 's road to recovery was extremely rocky . Many have criticized the Dr. Drew show for being exploitative and , in the wake of the deaths of participants Mike Starr , Jeff Conway and Joey Kovar , wondered whether it should be pulled off the air . Adler has no such feelings . `` It was the best thing I ever did for myself , '' he says . `` Having the treatment on TV made it easier because the camera does n't lie . You try to bulls**t your way out of things , but then you watch yourself on camera and you see the truth . . . When you 're doing drugs you think you 're 10 feet tall and beautiful . But you ca n't be in denial when there 's a video camera in your face . '' For now , Adler is focused entirely on his new band 's first tour . They plan on spending much of the next year playing around the entire globe , and their set will consist almost entirely of new material . `` Out of respect for the fans , we will probably do two Guns N ' Roses songs , '' he says . `` We 'll probably do 'Sweet Child O'Mine ' and 'Mr . Brownstone . ' But beyond that it 's all about this band , though in certain countries we 're gon na have to play more than two . We 're going to do some dates with Duff McKagan 's band Loaded in South America , but I do n't think I 'm supposed to talk about that yet . '' After the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony , Adler voiced tremendous frustration with Axl Rose , calling him an `` a**hole '' and pledged never to talk about him in public again . Now , he says , `` I 'm not angry with Axl anymore . I love him and I feel blessed that I got to work with him and achieve what I achieved with him . I guess time does heal all wounds . '' Adler also regrets labeling the current lineup of Guns N ' Roses `` scabs . '' `` I should n't have said that , '' he says . `` I 've grown up and matured . Holy crap ! I 've matured in the six months since we last spoke ! '' See original story at RollingStone.com . Copyright © 2011 Rolling Stone .
Steven Adler says life is good for him now . He had famously feuded with band mate Axl Rose . Hide Caption 8