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12-07-2010, 01:29 AM
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| 2nd chance at a 1st cl*** life  |
Though its not about addiction or recovery I find that the song "the middle" by Jimmy Eat World is inspirational in my recovery. The whole, "it just takes some time" and "everything will be alright" and "don't write yourself off yet", it brings me up when I'm not feeling to hot.
__________________ We aren't bad people trying to get good. We're sick people trying to get well "Nothing worth gaining was ever gained without effort" Theodore Roosevelt The day I decided to start living again: January 2, 2010 Quotes taken from BB 1st. Edition or 12 & 12 |
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12-08-2010, 09:45 PM
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| 2nd chance at a 1st cl*** life |
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Soul to Squeeze. The first lines of the song say it all.
__________________ We aren't bad people trying to get good. We're sick people trying to get well "Nothing worth gaining was ever gained without effort" Theodore Roosevelt The day I decided to start living again: January 2, 2010 Quotes taken from BB 1st. Edition or 12 & 12 |
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12-10-2010, 01:50 PM
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Rhyme and Reason Dave Matthews Band Oh well oh well so here we stand But we stand for nothing My heart calls to me in my sleep Now can I turn to it Cause I'm all locked up in this Dark place -- and I do not know I'm as good as dead My head aches -- warped and tied up I need to kill this pain My head won't leave my head alone And I don't believe it will 'Til I'm dead and gone My head won't leave my head alone And I don't believe it will 'Til I'm six feet underground How long I'm tied up My mind in knots -- My stomach reels In concern for what I might do or What I've done It's got me living in fear Well I know these voices must Be my soul I've had enough I've had enough Of being alone I've got no place to go My head won't leave my head alone And I don't believe it will 'Til I'm dead and gone My head won't leave my head alone And I don't believe it will 'Til I'm six feet underground "In my grave Lying wired shut and quiet in my grave Leave me here Leave it to me to waste here" So young here I am again Talking to myself A T.V. blares Oh man oh how I wish I didn't smoke Or drink to reason with my head But sometimes this thick confusion Grows until I cannot bear it at all Needle to the vein Needle to the vein Take this needle from my vein my friend My head won't leave my head alone And I don't believe it will 'Til I'm dead and gone My head won't leave my head alone And I don't believe it will 'Til I'm six feet underground "In my grave Lying bored in my grave" Leave me here Leave it to me to waste here" Reason -- my reason Take my head off this terror I'm fearing I'll come back I'll see My mind's all wiped clean The Needle Make my great escape I'll see the cold in time My head leaves me behind Let me fade away I seem caught in time My head leaves me behind Body falls cold And I see Heaven |
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12-12-2010, 08:23 PM
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Going through changes- Eminem
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12-12-2010, 11:41 PM
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So many of mine are already here! One of my favorites is "Lua" by Bright Eyes. It describes the sad, lonely part of the fast life when the party is over. Here's my favorite part: I'm not sure what the trouble was, That started all of this. The reasons all have run away, But the feeling never did. It's not something I would recommend, But it is one way to live, 'Cause what's so simple in the moonlight By the morning never is.
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12-13-2010, 01:28 PM
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Haven't seen any Sublime on here... I can't think of the titles, but they have/had quite a few good ones.
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01-18-2011, 03:14 AM
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| dave matthews band
it is said that the song rhyme and reason is about daves struggle with a herion addiction. . another song that can be related to addiction is blue october- hate me and also blue october- chameleon boy |
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01-18-2011, 06:32 PM
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neat thread! these may already be here: "gold dust woman" - fleetwood mac "between the bars" - elliott smith
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01-18-2011, 10:48 PM
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Lou Reed ~ Underneath the Bottle |
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01-19-2011, 12:54 PM
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| Member  | I have watched this video hundreds of times. I love jewel as a person, song writer and as a strong women who has overcome a lot in her life.
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02-02-2011, 03:38 PM
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| Addiction and recovery songs
I think it's great that so many songs can reach out to so many people in so many different ways. That being said, the first song here is one that has always reminded me of my addiction. Just reading the words makes me want to stay clean and sober! The Eagles - Hotel California On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim I had to stop for the night There she stood in the doorway; I heard the mission bell And I was thinking to myself, ’this could be heaven or this could be hell’ Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way There were voices down the corridor, I thought I heard them say... Welcome to the hotel california Such a lovely place Such a lovely face Plenty of room at the hotel california Any time of year, you can find it here Her mind is tiffany-twisted, she got the mercedes bends She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat. Some dance to remember, some dance to forget So I called up the captain, ’please bring me my wine’ He said, ’we haven’t had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine’ And still those voices are calling from far away, Wake you up in the middle of the night Just to hear them say... Welcome to the hotel california Such a lovely place Such a lovely face They livin’ it up at the hotel california What a nice surprise, bring your alibis Mirrors on the ceiling, The pink champagne on ice And she said ’we are all just prisoners here, of our own device’ And in the master’s chambers, They gathered for the feast They stab it with their steely knives, But they just can’t kill the beast Last thing I remember, I was Running for the door I had to find the passage back To the place I was before ’relax,’ said the night man, We are programmed to receive. You can checkout any time you like, But you can never leave! The next is a song that kept running through my head in my first difficult days of withdrawals. It seemed pretty soothing at the time. The Beatles - Let It Be When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom, let it be. And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me, speaking words of wisdom, let it be. Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be. Whisper words of wisdom, let it be. And when the broken hearted people living in the world agree, there will be an answer, let it be. For though they may be parted there is still a chance that they will see, there will be an answer, let it be. Let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah let it be. There will be an answer, let it be. And when the night is cloudy, there is still a light, that shines on me, shine until tomorrow, let it be. I wake up to the sound of music, Mother Mary comes to me, there will be no sorrow, let it be. Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be There will be no sorrow, let it be. Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be. There are quite a few more "let it be's" in there, but you get the picture.  |
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03-17-2011, 06:42 PM
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I would add "Twilight" by Elliott Smith: "You don't deserve to be lonely / But those drugs you've got won't make you feel better / Pretty soon you'll find it's the only / Little part of your life you're keeping together..." AND (my personal favorite) "Prince of Darkness" by the Indigo Girls: My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark I do not feel the romance I do not catch the spark I don't know when I noticed life was life at my expense The words of my heart lined up like prisoners on a fence The dreams came in like needy children tugging at my sleeve I said I have no way of feeding you, so leave But there was a time I asked my father for a dollar And he gave it a ten dollar raise When I needed my mother and I called her She stayed with me for days And now someone's on the telephone, desperate in his pain Someone's on the bathroom floor doing her cocaine Someone's got his finger on the button in some room No one can convince me we aren't gluttons for our doom But I tried to make this place my place I asked for Providence to smile upon me with his sweet face But I'll tell you My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark I do not feel the romance I do not catch the spark My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark (By grace, my sight grows stronger and I will not be a pawn for the Prince of Darkness any longer) Maybe there's no haven in this world for tender age My heart beat like the wings of wild birds in a cage My greatest hope my greatest cause to grieve And my heart flew from its cage and it bled upon my sleeve The cries of passion were like wounds that needed healing I couldn't hear them for the thunder I was half the naked distance between hell and heaven's ceiling And he almost pulled me under Now someone's on the telephone desperate in his pain Someone's on the bathroom floor doing her cocaine Someone's got his finger on the button in some room No one can convince me we aren't gluttons for our doom I tried to make this place my place I asked for Providence to smile upon me with his sweet face But I'll tell you My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark I do not feel the romance I do not catch of spark My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark (By grace my sight grows stronger, grows stronger) I do not feel the romance I do not catch the spark (And I will not be a pawn for the Prince of Darkness any longer) |
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03-17-2011, 08:26 PM
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| YouTube - Pink - Sober (Bimbo Jones Video Edit) Pink sober I don't wanna be the girl who laughs the loudest Or the girl who never wants to be alone I don't wanna be that call at four o'clock in the morning 'Cause I'm the only one you know in the world that won't be home Aahh, the sun is blinding I stayed up again Oohh, I am finding That's not the way I want my story to end I'm safe Up high Nothing can touch me But why do I feel this party's over? No pain Inside You're my protection But how do I feel this good sober? I don't wanna be the girl who has to fill the silence... The quiet scares me 'cause it screams the truth Please don't tell me that we had that conversation When I won't remember, save your breath, 'cause what's the use? Aahh, the night is calling And it whispers to me softly, "come and play" Aahh, I am falling And if I let myself go, I'm the only one to blame I'm safe Up high Nothing can touch me But why do I feel this party's over? No pain Inside You're like perfection But how do I feel this good sober? I'm comin' down Comin' down Comin' down Spinnin' round Spinnin' round Spinnin' round Looking for myself.. Sober Comin' down Comin' down Comin' down Spinnin' round Spinnin' round Spinnin' round Looking for myself.. Sober When it's good, then it's good, it's so good, 'till it goes bad Till you're trying to find the you that you once had I have heard myself cry Never again Broken down in agony And just trying to find a friend I'm safe Up high Nothing can touch me But why do I feel this party's over? No pain Inside You're like perfection But how do I feel this good sober? I'm safe Up high Nothing can touch me But why do I feel this party's over? No pain Inside You're like perfection But how do I feel this good sober? How do I feel this good sober?
__________________  I'm safe Up high Nothing can touch me But why do I feel this party's over? No pain Inside You're my protection But how do I feel this good sober? |
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