What music/songs have helped you in recovery or have some special meaning to you...?
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I like 'Deja vu' - Eminem. Especially the chorus, i can really relate to that. I'm sure many of us can/have.
Deja Vu lyrics
(intro)
Man:
D.M.C we have a mid 30s male
found down unresponsive
possible over dose
substance unknown
pulse is 60 and thready
respirations 8 hes intubated
and we're bagging him now
uuh B.P 90 over palp
patient cool pale and diaphoretic
has aspirated
uuh G.S.C is 3
we'll update enroute
E.T.A 10 minutes
( Verse1 )
As I fall deeper into a manic state,
I'm a prime candidate for the gene to receive the drug addict trait.
Blood pressure climbs at a dramatic rate,
I seem to gravitate to the bottle of NyQuil then I salivate.
Start off with the NyQuil like 'I think I'll just have a taste'.
Couple of sips of that then I gradually graduate,
to a harder prescription drug called Valium like yeah that's great.
I go to take just one and I end up like having eight.
Now I need something in my stomach cuz I haven't ate.
Maybe I'll grab a plate of nachos and I'll have a steak.
And you'd think that with all I have at stake,
Look at my daughters face...
'Mommy somethings is wrong with dad I think!
He's acting weird again, he's really beginning to scare me.
Wont shave his beard again and he pretends he doesn't hear me.
And all he does is eat Doritos and Cheetos,
and he just fell asleep in his car eating three musketeers in the rear seat'.
(Chorus Begin)
Sometimes I feel so alone,
I just don't know, feels like I been down this road before.
So lonely and cold, it's like something takes over me,
soon as I go home and close the door.
Kinda feels like Deja Vu, I wanna get away from this place I do,
but I can't and I wont, say I tried but I know that's a lie cuz I don't,
and why I just don't know.....
(Chorus End)
( Verse2 )
Maybe just a nice cold brew, what's a beer?
That's the devil in my ear I been sober a ******' year.
And that f***** still talks to me, he's all I can f****** hear,
'Marshall come on we'll watch the game it's the Cowboys and Buccaneers'.
And maybe if I just drink half I'll be half buzzed for half of the time.
Who's that mastermind behind that little line?
With that kind of rational man I got half a mind,
to have another half of glass of wine sounds asinine, yeah I know.
But I never had no problem with alcohol.
Ouch look out for the wall aim for the couch I'm about to fall.
I missed the couch and down I go looking like a bouncing ball.
S*** must have knocked me out cuz I didn't feel the ground at all
Wow what the f*** happened last night? Where am I?
Man, f*** am I hungover, and god damn i got a head ache.
**** half a vicodin why cant I?
'All systems ready for take off please stand by'
(Chorus Begin)
Sometimes I feel so alone,
I just don't know, feels like I been down this road before.
So lonely and cold, It's like something takes over me,
soon as I go home and close the door.
Kinda feels like Deja Vu, I wanna get away from this place I do,
but I cant and I won't say I tried but I know that's a lie cuz I don't,
and why I just don't know.....
(Chorus End)
( Verse3 )
So I take a Vicodin splash it hits my stomach and ahh.
A couple weeks go by it aint even like im getting high.
Now I need it just not to feel sick, yeah im getting by.
Wouldn't even be taking this **** if DeShaun didn't die.
Oh ya there's an excuse you lose Proof so you use.
There's new rules it's cool if it's helping you to get through.
It's twelve noon aint no harm in self inducing a snooze.
What else is new? F*** it what would Elvis do in your shoes?
Now here I am three months later, full blown relapse,
'Just get high until the kids get home from school holmes, relax'.
And since im convinced that I'm insomniac,
I need these pills to be able to sleep, so I take three naps,
just to be able to function throughout the day let's see
that's an Ambien each nap, how many Valium? Three.
And that will average out to about one good hours sleep.
Ok so now you see the reason how come he
has taken four years just too put out an album B.
See me and you we almost had the same outcome Heath,
cuz that Christmas you know the Pneumonia thing?
It was bologna, was it the Methadone ya think?
Or the Hydrocodone, you hide inside your pornos?
Your VCR tape cases with your Ambien CR, great places to hide ain't it?
So you can lie to Haley, I'm going beddy bye Whitney baby good night Elaina.
Go in the room and shut the bedroom door and wake up in an ambulance
They said they found me on the bathroom floor, damn!
(Chorus Begin)
Sometimes I feel so alone,
I just don't know, feels like I been down this road before.
So lonely and cold, It's like something takes over me,
soon as I go home and close the door.
Kinda feels like Deja Vu, I wanna get away from this place I do,
but I cant and I won't say I tried but I know that's a lie cuz i don't,
and why I just don't know.....
(Chorus End
Deja Vu lyrics
(intro)
Man:
D.M.C we have a mid 30s male
found down unresponsive
possible over dose
substance unknown
pulse is 60 and thready
respirations 8 hes intubated
and we're bagging him now
uuh B.P 90 over palp
patient cool pale and diaphoretic
has aspirated
uuh G.S.C is 3
we'll update enroute
E.T.A 10 minutes
( Verse1 )
As I fall deeper into a manic state,
I'm a prime candidate for the gene to receive the drug addict trait.
Blood pressure climbs at a dramatic rate,
I seem to gravitate to the bottle of NyQuil then I salivate.
Start off with the NyQuil like 'I think I'll just have a taste'.
Couple of sips of that then I gradually graduate,
to a harder prescription drug called Valium like yeah that's great.
I go to take just one and I end up like having eight.
Now I need something in my stomach cuz I haven't ate.
Maybe I'll grab a plate of nachos and I'll have a steak.
And you'd think that with all I have at stake,
Look at my daughters face...
'Mommy somethings is wrong with dad I think!
He's acting weird again, he's really beginning to scare me.
Wont shave his beard again and he pretends he doesn't hear me.
And all he does is eat Doritos and Cheetos,
and he just fell asleep in his car eating three musketeers in the rear seat'.
(Chorus Begin)
Sometimes I feel so alone,
I just don't know, feels like I been down this road before.
So lonely and cold, it's like something takes over me,
soon as I go home and close the door.
Kinda feels like Deja Vu, I wanna get away from this place I do,
but I can't and I wont, say I tried but I know that's a lie cuz I don't,
and why I just don't know.....
(Chorus End)
( Verse2 )
Maybe just a nice cold brew, what's a beer?
That's the devil in my ear I been sober a ******' year.
And that f***** still talks to me, he's all I can f****** hear,
'Marshall come on we'll watch the game it's the Cowboys and Buccaneers'.
And maybe if I just drink half I'll be half buzzed for half of the time.
Who's that mastermind behind that little line?
With that kind of rational man I got half a mind,
to have another half of glass of wine sounds asinine, yeah I know.
But I never had no problem with alcohol.
Ouch look out for the wall aim for the couch I'm about to fall.
I missed the couch and down I go looking like a bouncing ball.
S*** must have knocked me out cuz I didn't feel the ground at all
Wow what the f*** happened last night? Where am I?
Man, f*** am I hungover, and god damn i got a head ache.
**** half a vicodin why cant I?
'All systems ready for take off please stand by'
(Chorus Begin)
Sometimes I feel so alone,
I just don't know, feels like I been down this road before.
So lonely and cold, It's like something takes over me,
soon as I go home and close the door.
Kinda feels like Deja Vu, I wanna get away from this place I do,
but I cant and I won't say I tried but I know that's a lie cuz I don't,
and why I just don't know.....
(Chorus End)
( Verse3 )
So I take a Vicodin splash it hits my stomach and ahh.
A couple weeks go by it aint even like im getting high.
Now I need it just not to feel sick, yeah im getting by.
Wouldn't even be taking this **** if DeShaun didn't die.
Oh ya there's an excuse you lose Proof so you use.
There's new rules it's cool if it's helping you to get through.
It's twelve noon aint no harm in self inducing a snooze.
What else is new? F*** it what would Elvis do in your shoes?
Now here I am three months later, full blown relapse,
'Just get high until the kids get home from school holmes, relax'.
And since im convinced that I'm insomniac,
I need these pills to be able to sleep, so I take three naps,
just to be able to function throughout the day let's see
that's an Ambien each nap, how many Valium? Three.
And that will average out to about one good hours sleep.
Ok so now you see the reason how come he
has taken four years just too put out an album B.
See me and you we almost had the same outcome Heath,
cuz that Christmas you know the Pneumonia thing?
It was bologna, was it the Methadone ya think?
Or the Hydrocodone, you hide inside your pornos?
Your VCR tape cases with your Ambien CR, great places to hide ain't it?
So you can lie to Haley, I'm going beddy bye Whitney baby good night Elaina.
Go in the room and shut the bedroom door and wake up in an ambulance
They said they found me on the bathroom floor, damn!
(Chorus Begin)
Sometimes I feel so alone,
I just don't know, feels like I been down this road before.
So lonely and cold, It's like something takes over me,
soon as I go home and close the door.
Kinda feels like Deja Vu, I wanna get away from this place I do,
but I cant and I won't say I tried but I know that's a lie cuz i don't,
and why I just don't know.....
(Chorus End
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Great Day To Be Alive - Travis Tritt
http://youtu.be/dnr1saD8hBQ?t=1s
http://youtu.be/dnr1saD8hBQ?t=1s
MIND OF DESTRUCTIVE TASTE
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Chicago, IL
Posts: 744
Anything by Alice in Chains (when Layne was alive that is). I listen to a lot of dark, depressing, sad, angry, hate filled music for the most part because it's what I identify with.
AIC - Hate to feel
AIC - Dirt
AIC - Sickman
AIC - Nutshell
AIC - God Am
AIC - Junk Head
AIC - Godsmack
Just to name a few AIC songs. I identify so closely with the lyrics because I am a recovering junkie (IV heroin) and throughout the past 10 or so years, my DOC has always been opiates. This music helps me when I am in recovery, when I relapse and when I've been in active addiction.
Mad Season was a side project for Layne from AIC and there is one incredible song called "Wake Up" - I wish I could post a youtube vid but don't know how.
I listen to a lot of metal (death, black, metalcore, etc.) generally but I also love some punk, indie and everything in between. Elliott Smith remains to be one of my favorite solo artists.
I love music threads
-Jess
Currently listening to Breakin
AIC - Hate to feel
AIC - Dirt
AIC - Sickman
AIC - Nutshell
AIC - God Am
AIC - Junk Head
AIC - Godsmack
Just to name a few AIC songs. I identify so closely with the lyrics because I am a recovering junkie (IV heroin) and throughout the past 10 or so years, my DOC has always been opiates. This music helps me when I am in recovery, when I relapse and when I've been in active addiction.
Mad Season was a side project for Layne from AIC and there is one incredible song called "Wake Up" - I wish I could post a youtube vid but don't know how.
I listen to a lot of metal (death, black, metalcore, etc.) generally but I also love some punk, indie and everything in between. Elliott Smith remains to be one of my favorite solo artists.
I love music threads
-Jess
Currently listening to Breakin
One Foot in Front of the Other
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 582
Originally Posted by F355 
I find a lot of meaningful symbolism in the Grateful Dead song "Dire Wolf" that relates to addiction, the consequences of our actions that always catches up to us in the end.
A really excellent version of this song can be found by going to YouTube and searching for "Dire wolf". The first video that pops up should be of a live performance of Dire Wolf on the Tom Hartman Show from 7-81.
What songs have special meaning for you in terms of addiction, recovery?
A really excellent version of this song can be found by going to YouTube and searching for "Dire wolf". The first video that pops up should be of a live performance of Dire Wolf on the Tom Hartman Show from 7-81.
What songs have special meaning for you in terms of addiction, recovery?
Old man down, way down down, down by the docks of the city.
Blind and dirty, asked me for a dime, a dime for a cup of coffee.
I got no dime but I got some time to hear his story.
My name is August West, and I love my Pearly Baker best more than my wine.
More than my wine - more than my maker, though he's no friend of mine.
Everyone said, I'd come to no good, I knew I would Pearly, believe them.
Half of my life, I spent doin' time for some other ******'s crime,
The other half found me stumbling 'round drunk on Burgundy wine.
But I'll get back on my feet again someday,
The good Lord willin', if He says I may.
I know that the life i'm livin's no good,
I'll get a new start, live the life I should.
I'll get up and fly away, I'll get up and fly away, fly away.
Pearly's been true, true to me, true to my dyin' day he said,
I said to him, I said to him, "I'm sure she's been."
I said to him, "I'm sure she's been tru to you."
Got up and wandered, wandered downtown, nowhere to go but just hang around.
I've got a girl, named Bonnie Lee, I know that girl's been true to me.
I know she's been, I'm sure she's been true to me.
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Posts: 6,947
Here is one of my favorite's... Written by Townes Van Zandt, RIP
Rex's Blues
Ride the blue wind high and free
She'll lead you down through misery
Leave you low come time to go
Alone and low as low can be
If I had a nickel I'd find a game
If I won a dollar I'd make it rain
If it rained an ocean I'd drink it dry
And lay me down dissatisfied
It's legs to walk and thoughts to fly
Eyes to laugh and lips to cry
A restless tongue to classify
All born to grow and grown to die
Tell my baby I said so long
Tell my mother I did no wrong
Tell my brother to watch his own
Tell my friends to mourn me none
Chained upon the face of time
Feeling full of foolish rhyme
There ain't no dark till something shines
I'm bound to leave this dark behind
Ride the blue wind high and free
She'll lead you down through misery
Leave you low come time to go
Alone and low as low can be
Rex's Blues
Ride the blue wind high and free
She'll lead you down through misery
Leave you low come time to go
Alone and low as low can be
If I had a nickel I'd find a game
If I won a dollar I'd make it rain
If it rained an ocean I'd drink it dry
And lay me down dissatisfied
It's legs to walk and thoughts to fly
Eyes to laugh and lips to cry
A restless tongue to classify
All born to grow and grown to die
Tell my baby I said so long
Tell my mother I did no wrong
Tell my brother to watch his own
Tell my friends to mourn me none
Chained upon the face of time
Feeling full of foolish rhyme
There ain't no dark till something shines
I'm bound to leave this dark behind
Ride the blue wind high and free
She'll lead you down through misery
Leave you low come time to go
Alone and low as low can be
Grateful AA member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: In the middle of the woods, NJ
Posts: 567
Depressed and drinking id listen to Black Crows "She Talks To Angels", The Who "Behind Blue Eyes" Pink Floyd " Comfortably Numb", or "Learning to Fly". I cant listen to those songs anymore lol
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Originally Posted by Innerchild
Depressed and drinking id listen to Black Crows "She Talks To Angels", The Who "Behind Blue Eyes" Pink Floyd " Comfortably Numb", or "Learning to Fly". I cant listen to those songs anymore lol
One Foot in Front of the Other
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 582
Somewhat off-topic, and maybe I'll get flamed for this, but is there a "Deadheads in Recovery" or a "Sober Jam-Band Fans" social group? A place to share the good lessons we learned on tour, as well as the bad ones? Hmmm...maybe I should create one. Seems to be a few of us on here. We are everywhere!
once in a . . .
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Location: looking in / looking out
Posts: 1,214
Another one from the crypts
Lean on Me by Bill Withers
Sometimes in our lives
We all have pain
We all have sorrow
But if we are wise
We know that there's
Always tomorrow
Lean on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
Please swallow your pride
If I have things
You need to borrow
For no one can fill
Those of your needs
That you won't let show
You just call on me brother
When you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem
That you'll understand
We all need somebody to lean on
Lean on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
You just call on me brother
When you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem
That you'll understand
We all need somebody to lean on
If there is a load
You have to bear
That you can't carry
I'm right up the road
I'll share your load
If you just call me
Call me
If you need a friend
. . .
If you need a friend
(Call me)
If you ever need a friend
(Call me)
. . .
Lean on Me by Bill Withers
Sometimes in our lives
We all have pain
We all have sorrow
But if we are wise
We know that there's
Always tomorrow
Lean on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
Please swallow your pride
If I have things
You need to borrow
For no one can fill
Those of your needs
That you won't let show
You just call on me brother
When you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem
That you'll understand
We all need somebody to lean on
Lean on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
You just call on me brother
When you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem
That you'll understand
We all need somebody to lean on
If there is a load
You have to bear
That you can't carry
I'm right up the road
I'll share your load
If you just call me
Call me
If you need a friend
. . .
If you need a friend
(Call me)
If you ever need a friend
(Call me)
. . .
One Foot in Front of the Other
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 582
Triumph - "Fight the Good Fight"
The days grow shorter and the nights are getting long
Feels like we're running out of time
Every day it seems much harder tellin' right from wrong
You got to read between the lines
Don't get discouraged, don't be afraid, we can
Make it through another day
Make it worth the price we pay
The Good Book says it's better to give than to receive
I do my best to do my part
Nothin' in my pockets I got nothin' up my sleeve
I keep my magic in my heart
Keep up your spirit, keep up your faith, baby
I am counting on you
You know what you've got to do
Fight the good fight every moment
Every minute every day
Fight the good fight every moment
It's your only way
All your life you've been waiting for your chance
Where you'll fit into the plan
But you're the master of your own destiny
So give and take the best that you can
You think that a little more money can buy your soul some rest
You better think something else instead
You're so afraid of being honest with yourself
You'd better take a look inside your head
Nothing is easy, nothing good is free
But I can tell you where to start
Take a look inside your heart
There's an answer in your heart
Fight the good fight every moment
Every minute every day
Fight the good fight every moment
Make it worth the price we pay
Every moment of your lifetime
Every minute every day
Fight the good fight every moment
Make it worth the price we pay
The days grow shorter and the nights are getting long
Feels like we're running out of time
Every day it seems much harder tellin' right from wrong
You got to read between the lines
Don't get discouraged, don't be afraid, we can
Make it through another day
Make it worth the price we pay
The Good Book says it's better to give than to receive
I do my best to do my part
Nothin' in my pockets I got nothin' up my sleeve
I keep my magic in my heart
Keep up your spirit, keep up your faith, baby
I am counting on you
You know what you've got to do
Fight the good fight every moment
Every minute every day
Fight the good fight every moment
It's your only way
All your life you've been waiting for your chance
Where you'll fit into the plan
But you're the master of your own destiny
So give and take the best that you can
You think that a little more money can buy your soul some rest
You better think something else instead
You're so afraid of being honest with yourself
You'd better take a look inside your head
Nothing is easy, nothing good is free
But I can tell you where to start
Take a look inside your heart
There's an answer in your heart
Fight the good fight every moment
Every minute every day
Fight the good fight every moment
Make it worth the price we pay
Every moment of your lifetime
Every minute every day
Fight the good fight every moment
Make it worth the price we pay
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Any inspiring movie?
Hi. I am new here.
I also work with teens in recovery. The list of music is pretty awesome.
I wonder if you guys can remember of any movie that was really inspiring and touched your heart, and made you feel empowered.
I am always for good movies to share with the teens. Thank you.
TeenAdvocate
I also work with teens in recovery. The list of music is pretty awesome.
I wonder if you guys can remember of any movie that was really inspiring and touched your heart, and made you feel empowered.
I am always for good movies to share with the teens. Thank you.
TeenAdvocate
In my Own Little World
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Champaign, IL
Posts: 368
This one reminds me of where I came from and really struck me so strong when I first heard it that I ripped a piece of paper out of my purse and was writing down the song/artist while barreling down the highway at 70 mph. Not the safest thing in the world, but I had to.
I listened to it in the peak of my drinking thinking there was no hope for me.
Now I listen to it knowing that's where I never want to go back.
Three Days Grace - Animal I have Become - You Tube Video
THREE DAYS GRACE LYRICS
"Animal I Have Become"
I can't escape this hell
So many times i've tried
But i'm still caged inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
(This animal, this animal)
I can't escape myself
(I can't escape myself)
So many times i've lied
(So many times i've lied)
But there's still rage inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
Somebody help me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
Somebody wake me from this nightmare
I can't escape this hell
(This animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal)
So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
(This animal I have become)
I listened to it in the peak of my drinking thinking there was no hope for me.
Now I listen to it knowing that's where I never want to go back.
Three Days Grace - Animal I have Become - You Tube Video
THREE DAYS GRACE LYRICS
"Animal I Have Become"
I can't escape this hell
So many times i've tried
But i'm still caged inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
(This animal, this animal)
I can't escape myself
(I can't escape myself)
So many times i've lied
(So many times i've lied)
But there's still rage inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
Somebody help me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
Somebody wake me from this nightmare
I can't escape this hell
(This animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal)
So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
(This animal I have become)
12-Step Recovered Alkie
Join Date: May 2010
Location: West Bloomfield, MI
Posts: 5,797
I forgot this thread was around. My post was more "AA related" but perhaps there's something in this tune that others can appreciate/learn from.
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...10th-step.html
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