ZoeM

Was just listening to Labi Siffre's 'Something Inside So Strong' on You Tube and I thought what a brill song to dedicate to booze and cravings!
Not sure if we're allowed to post links on here, so you'll have to go find it I'm afraid.

Anyone have any other suggestions of songs?

RainingInMyHead

Almost anything by Skillet: Comatose, Awake and Alive, Better Than Drugs, etc.

ZoeM

Thanks I'll go have a listen x

Threshold

Anything I can sing and dance to helps me get out of my head and in a better mind place.

Lightning Bug

Anything but what you listened to when you were drinking.

cascademn

"I'm not an Addict" by K's Choice. Gives me goosebumps when I hear it.

Peace,
Cas

ImperfectlyMe

Love these posts!! Two greats here
Matisyahu.... One Day
It's about the war between Isreal and Palistine but the words can really transcend to a war with addiction.
One Day- Matisyahu - YouTube

Dave Mathews..... Sweet
Dave Matthews Band Summer Tour Warm Up - Sweet 6.9.12 - YouTube

ersatzmatriarch

i'm a huge geek for 30 seconds to mars... their music has gotten me through a lot of transitions in my life... and sobriety is no different in that respect.

the new album has a song called 'do or die', and it sounds exactly like my recovery! brilliant! (i have no idea how to link stuff, but i'm sure it's easily found on the intertubes...)

Louise82

Kristyna Myles - I'm Not Going Back - YouTube Great song for anyone who's not going back to THAT, whatever "that" may be.

Threshold

The week before I got sober once and for all, my 20 yr old daughter made me a mix CD. This song was on it. Gulp. Whenever I hear it I remember why I will never drink again.

"We Used To Vacation"

I kissed the kids at noon
Then stumbled out the room
I caught a cab, ran up a tab on 7th & flower

Beth's recital I had to run
Missed my son's graduation
Punched the Nichols boy for taking his seat
He gets all that anger from me

Still, things could be much worse
Natural disasters, on the evening news
Still, things could be much worse
We've still got our health
My paycheck in the mail

I promised to my wife and children,
I'd never touch another drink as long as I live
But even then it sounds so soothing
This will blow over in time
This will all blow over in time

I'm just an honest man
Provide for me and mine
I give a check to tax deductible charity organizations
Two weeks paid vacation, won't heal the damage done
I need another one

Still, things could be much worse
Natural disasters on the evening news
Still things could be much worse
We've still got our health
My paycheck in the mail

I promised to my wife and children I'd never touch another drink as long as I live
But even then it sounds so soothing to mix a gin and sink into oblivion

I promised to my wife and children
That accident left everyone a little shook up
But at the meetings I felt so empty
This will blow over in time
This will all blow over in time

COLD WAR KIDS - WE USED TO VACATION - YouTube