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Songs that have inspired you to stay sober These have brought tears to my eyes at times: YouTube - Team Hoyt: I Can Only Imagine YouTube - Tim McGraw - Nothin' To Die For [New Video + Lyrics] YouTube - Kenny Chesney - The Good Stuff |
Anything by Adele..because she is the anti-Amy Winehouse. I always found the song "Rehab" incredibly disturbing even whilst drinking. Although I did love her voice and early stuff. |
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"Plenty is Never Enough" by Tenement Halls YouTube - Tenement Halls- "Plenty is Never Enough" |
I used to eat peoples roses when walking home drunk some times, when I got to AA, I heard someone say they got sober and were then able to smell the roses. The song that came to mind was, "Tip Toe through the Tulips", by Tiny Tim. :herewego |
great thread |
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The Drinking Song by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones |
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Train - Mississippi |
"Pinch Me" from Bare Naked Ladies and I always love "What a Good Boy"-that's a song that may give you inspration to stay sober if I have ever heard one... I don't know if that band has a history of alcohol abuse but they really nail it on those two and of course everyones perceptions are not going to be the same...but to me they are very personal. And they could have been co-written, etc, you know... |
Oh that reminds me... a great song about humility and honesty: YouTube - Barenaked Ladies - Falling For The First Time (Video) |
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4 non blonds-What's goin on. YouTube - What's Up--4 Non Blondes [Lyrics On Screen] the cranberries -dream YouTube - The Cranberries - Dreams Robert Tepper-no easy way out YouTube - Rocky IV (4) - "No Easy Way Out" by Robert Tepper in High Definition (HD) **WOW** eminem-not afraid YouTube - Eminem - Not Afraid thunder in your heart-Rad movie soundtrack http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lfwTEyVjzA future world music-fight for my destiny YouTube - Future World Music- "Fight" |
Social Distortion - Ball and Chain. Lyrics below are genius and tell a powerfull story: Well it's been ten years and a thousand tears And look at the mess I'm in A broken nose and a broken heart, An empty bottle of gin Well I sit and I pray In my broken down Chevrolet While I'm singin' to myself There's got to be another way [Chorus:] Take away, take away Take away this ball and chain Well I'm lonely and I'm tired And I can't take any more pain Take away, take away Never to return again Take away, take away Take away Take away this ball and chain Well I've searched and I've searched To find the perfect life A brand new car and a brand new suit I even got me a little wife But wherever I have gone I was sure to find myself there You can run all your life But not go anywhere [Chorus:] Take away, take away Take away this ball and chain Well I'm sick and I'm tired And I can't take any more pain Take away, take away Never to return again Take away, take away Take away Take away this ball and chain Well I'll pass the bar on the way To my dingy hotel room I spent all my money I've been drinkin' since half past noon Well I'll wake there in the mornin' Or maybe in the county jail Times are hard getting harder I'm born to lose and destined to fail [Chorus:] Take away, take away Take away this ball and chain Well I'm lonely and I'm tired And I can't take any more pain Take away, take away Never to return again Take away, take away Take away Take away this ball and chain |
I don't think I actually have one that fits the description - that inspired me to stay sober. I have chatted here before about songs that fit into the general topic of past drinking or current sobriety. Some people refer to certain songs as their personal anthem. The one that I think of as personal song is Behind the Ritual (Van Morrison). Sorry if some people are seeing me mention this for the tenth time. YouTube - Van Morrison Behind The Ritual.avi . There's something about the song that made me feel glad when I first heard it (only a few days into sobriety), that the drinking was over and I could look back and see it getting further behind in the distance. I play it once in a while when I want to pay myself some credit and need to feel good about myself. LaFemme - I just got to know Adele very recently, but only Someone Like You. I am ASTOUNDED by that girl. Since I have only listened to that one song thus far, I don't see the music tapping into that corner of my life; just "past love" and all that stuff that feels like an anvil dropping on you. |
Now that I've already posted my answer, I wonder if I just contradicted myself. Maybe I defined the inspiration to the song after all, I don't know. Another thing is that in the months leading up to my quitting, when there had been somewhat of a spike in volume, I suddenly got interested in Michael Jackson (he had died). I hadn't been a fan. The sleeping issue and questions about his drug use was compelling. So one of the songs I accumulated, while I was exploring al this Michael Jackson stuff I had ignored for years, was Morphine. I remember thinking "that's him, not me" (the way some of us think, "That's drugs, not drinking"); and later changing my thinking weeks later (yes, maybe it WAS me). So maybe there was an inspiration inside all of that too. |
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