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Hi folks… 31 days sober here (relapsed on Day 27 but penalized myself a day rather than hitting the reset button – the 26 days before count for something).
ANYWAY… everyone has their own taste in music, but I wanted to share an artist I’ve really connected to. Jason Isbell is a singer/songwriter I enjoy very much. Several songs on his latest album “Southeastern” speak to his sobriety.
From his NPR interview:
Along with sobriety came a whole new set of concerns, which Isbell channeled into Southeastern. "Live Oak" begins with the lines, "There's a man who walks beside me / He is who I used to be / And I wonder if she sees him and confuses him with me."
"I worried about what parts of me would go along with the bad parts, because it's not cut and dried," Isbell says. "It's not like you make the right decision, and everything's great, and you're a better person for it. You are, you know, at least 51 percent better. But there are some things that are lost forever, and that's just a fact of it."
He says he was concerned about the impact his sobriety would have on all of his personal relationships.
"I was thinking, 'Well, what do they like?' " Isbell says. " 'Do they like that guy? What combination of those two guys are gonna make those folks stay in my life?' Luckily, most of the people that I really cared about were there for me. And I think at the core, I still have the same values. I just actually behave according to those values now a lot more."
Like writing, music is therapy for me.
What songs or artists have you discovered that have helped you on your journey?
Thanks all. Enjoy your day.
ANYWAY… everyone has their own taste in music, but I wanted to share an artist I’ve really connected to. Jason Isbell is a singer/songwriter I enjoy very much. Several songs on his latest album “Southeastern” speak to his sobriety.
From his NPR interview:
Along with sobriety came a whole new set of concerns, which Isbell channeled into Southeastern. "Live Oak" begins with the lines, "There's a man who walks beside me / He is who I used to be / And I wonder if she sees him and confuses him with me."
"I worried about what parts of me would go along with the bad parts, because it's not cut and dried," Isbell says. "It's not like you make the right decision, and everything's great, and you're a better person for it. You are, you know, at least 51 percent better. But there are some things that are lost forever, and that's just a fact of it."
He says he was concerned about the impact his sobriety would have on all of his personal relationships.
"I was thinking, 'Well, what do they like?' " Isbell says. " 'Do they like that guy? What combination of those two guys are gonna make those folks stay in my life?' Luckily, most of the people that I really cared about were there for me. And I think at the core, I still have the same values. I just actually behave according to those values now a lot more."
Like writing, music is therapy for me.
What songs or artists have you discovered that have helped you on your journey?
Thanks all. Enjoy your day.
to SR! I'm glad you're here.
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