Carol Star

One Day At A Time-The Eagles a bunch of them are in recovery

SCAMY04

Kenny CHESNEY thats why Im here great touching song alsoDEVIL in the bottle Hank jr

queenof7

I love the oldies

This is an excellent recovey song

I Can See Clearly Now
Johnny Nash

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone,
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.

I think I can make it now, the pain is gone
All of the bad feelings have disappeared
Here is the rainbow I've been prayin for
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.

Look all around, there's nothin but blue skies
Look straight ahead, nothin but blue skies

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone,
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.

queenof7

I'm Moving On
Rascal Flatts

I've dealt with my ghosts
And faced all my demons
Finally content with the past I regret
I found you find strength in your moments of weakness
For once I'm at peace with my self
I've been burdened with blame
Trapped in the past for too long
I'm movin on

I've lived in this place
And I know all the faces
Each one is different
But they're always the same
They mean me no harm
But it's time that I face it
They'll never allow me to change
But I never dreamed
Home would end up where I don't belong
I'm movin on

I'm moving on
At last I can see (Last I can see)
Life has been patiently waiting for me
And I know there's no guarantees
But I'm not alone
There comes at time
In everyones life
When all you can see
Are the years passing by (are the years passing by)
And I have made up my mind
That those days are gone

I've sold what I could
Packed what I couldn't
Stopped to fill up on my way out of town
I've loved like I should
But lived like I shouldn't
I had to loose everything to find out.
Maybe forgiveness will find me somewhere down this road
I'm Moving on
I'm moving on
I'm moving on

Balou

An uplifting song along with Stand Beside Me by the same band.

Paritial Lyrics to Isn't it Amazing

Have to keep it true to ourselves
Where we are coming from
What matters most is us
What matters most is now
What matters most is this

Every cry is a song
Every song is a prayer
And our prayers must be heard
Fill the air

Thank you for letting me be myself again

*It's a beautiful inspirational song

spryte

Cool thread!

Some songs (I think) are about addiction. Well, I think they could be about anything that is persisting in bringing you down. Warning: I am very new to sobriety, so these songs are, well, downers...

Wait for Me - Moby

I'm gonna ask you to look away
I love my hands, but it hurts to pray
Life I have isn't what I've seen
The sky is not blue and the field's not green

Wait for me
Mhmm wait, wait for me...
Wait for me

...

Don't Leave Home - Dido

Like a ghost don't need a key
Your best friend I've come to be
Please don't think of getting up for me
You don't even need to speak
When I've been here for just one day
You'll already miss me if I go away
So close the blinds and shut the door
You won't need other friends anymore

Oh don't leave home, oh don't leave home

If you're cold I'll keep you warm
If you're low just hold on
Cause I will be your safety
Oh don't leave home

I arrived when you were weak
I'll make you weaker, like a child
Now all your love you give to me

...

Way Down - N.A.S.A.

A little boy from under the ground
He said, "Girl, won't you come on down
To my way of thinking?
California is sinking
It won't be long now"

Don't ask me where I've been (way down)

All of my loves, they're gathering dust
To the woods with my cold heart, he is gone
His eyes were like fire
I burst like a star

Don't ask me where I've been (way down)


Help I'm Alive - Metric (this resonates with the anxiety I'm feeling from the horrible horrible freedom of not drinking - it is getting better though)

I tremble, they're gonna eat me alive
If I stumble they're gonna eat me alive
Can you hear my heart beating like a hammer?
Beating like a hammer

Help, I'm alive, my heart keeps beating like a hammer
Hard to be soft, tough to be tender
Come take my pulse, the pace is on a runaway train

If you're still alive my regrets are few
If my life is mine what shouldn't I do?
I get wherever I'm going, I get whatever I need
While my blood's still flowing and my heart's still
Beating like a hammer, beating like a hammer

jaitch

Ol' Red Eyes Is Back and Liars Bar, both songs by The Beautiful South.

Worriedsib

Ten thousand angels-mindymcready
unwritten-Natasha bedingfield
change-Tracy chapman
be who you were born to be-bliss
little bird-the wEepies
when-Lauren settler
stuck in a moment-u2
are you sure-Willie Nelson
life is good-Jo Dee Messina
don't give up-Peter Gabriel
you are loved-Josh grobin
anyway-Martina mcbride
here comes the sun-beatles
this womans work-katebush
sister-Dave Matthews

Worriedsib

Ten thousand angels-Mindy mcready
unwritten-Natasha bedingfield
change-tracy chapman
anyway-Martina mcbride
be who you were born to be-bliss
little bird-the weepies
when-Lauren settler
stuck in a moment-u2
are you sure-Willie Nelson
life is good-Jo Dee messina
here comes the sun-beatles
you are loved-josh grobin
this womans work-Kate bush
sister-Dave Matthews
don't give up-peter Gabriel

onesidezero512

Dredg- Hungover on a Tuesday

So long to the end and stormy weather
It's time for a cleansing
Nice try, but you can't avoid this forever
You know it makes you feel good

Feeding on your soul
You'll search for a cure
You'll want to be sure
You don't lose control
You'll want to be sure
That this is really you

So long since I can't even remember
It's time for renewal
You know that you won't have fun after
You know it makes you feel good

Feeding on your soul
You'll search for a cure
You'll want to be sure
You don't lose control
You'll want to be sure
That this is really you

Fell towards the fire
Shielding myself from sin
Things are looking brighter
This is the way I want to live

So long to the end and stormy weather
It's time for a cleansing
Nice try, but you can't control me forever

Feeding on your soul
You'll search for a cure
You'll want to be sure
You don't lose control
I'll always be sure
You'll want to be sure
So long to the end
You'll always be there
But you are gone to me

nocoincidence56

Although I'm not sure of his intent these lyrics hit close to home:
So, you know how people are
When it's all gone much too far
The way their minds are made
Still, there's something you should know
That I could not let show
That fear of letting go

And in this moment, I need to be needed
With this darkness all around me, I like to be liked
In this emptiness and fear, I want to be wanted
'Cause I love to be loved
I love to be loved
Yes, I love to be loved

I cry the way that babies cry
The way they can't deny
The way they feel
Words, they climb all over you
'Til they uncover you
From where you hide

And in this moment, I need to be needed
When my self-esteem is sinking, I like to be liked
In this emptiness and fear,
I want to be wanted
'Cause I love to be loved
I love to be loved
Oh I love to be loved

This old familiar craving
I've been here before, this way of behaving
Don't know who the hell I'm saving anymore
Let it pass let it go let it leave
From the deepest place I grieve
This time I believe

And I let go
I can let go of it
Though it takes all the strength in me
And all the world can see
I'm losing such a central part of me
I can let go of it
You know I mean it
You know that I mean it
I recognize how much I've lost
But I cannot face the cost
'Cause I love to be loved

Yes I love to be loved
I love to be loved


I love to be loved
I love to be loved
Yes I love to be loved

Peter Gabriel: Love to be Loved

luvmyjayden

k's choice is an awesome choice

luvmyjayden

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?

luvmyjayden

And pass it on, it's almost out
We're so creative, so much more
We're high above but on the floor

It's not a habit, it's cool, I feel alive
If you don't have it you're on the other side

The deeper you stick it in your vein
The deeper the thoughts, there's no more pain
I'm in heaven, I'm a god
I'm everywhere, I feel so hot

It's not a habit, it's cool, I feel alive
If you don't have it you're on the other side
I'm not an addict (maybe that's a lie)

It's over now, I'm cold, alone
I'm just a person on my own
Nothing means a thing to me
(Nothing means a thing to me)

It's not a habit, it's cool, I feel alive
If you don't have it you're on the other side
I'm not an addict (maybe that's a lie)

Free me, leave me
Watch me as I'm going down
Free me, see me
Look at me, I'm falling and I'm falling.

It is not a habit, it is cool I feel alive I feel...
It is not a habit, it is cool I feel alive

It's not a habit, it's cool, I feel alive
If you don't have it you're on the other side
I'm not an addict (maybe that's a lie)
I'm not an addict...

K's Choice Not An Addict[/COLOR]

columbia

I've found a lot of songs - awesome thread! Just thought I add a couple ones that I didn't see. They don't all relate directly to addiction, but they've helped me.

Used to Get High – John Butler Trio
“Escape, can't wait all trying to get away
From this place man that we're feeling
Can't deal, can't feel what's real
All trying to conceal all this time we're stealing
No doubt, the route you're on
Can't find the clout that you've been needing
'Til then my friend you must contend
With the monster that you're feeding”

Kettle’s On – The Feeling (AlAnon)
"Can't you see you're in the wrong place
Will you please face it and come home
When I think about you're sweet face
I can't wait for you to come home
I can see you got a real taste for that champaigne but its all gone
Come home, the kettle’s on"

Time to Pretend – MGMT
My favorite part is “I'll miss the playgrounds and the animals and digging up worms
I'll miss the comfort of my mother and the weight of the world
I'll miss my sister, miss my father, miss my dog and my home
Yeah, I'll miss the boredom and the freedom and the time spent alone.”

Dead and Gone – T.I.
“No more stress, now I'm straight, now I get it, now I take
Time to think, before I make mistakes just for my family's sake
That part of me left yesterday
The heart of me is strong today
No regrets I'm blessed to say
The old me dead and gone away”

Right Now – Van Halen
”Don't wanna wait 'til tomorrow
Why put it off another day?...
Come on turn, turn this thing around”

I Don’t Want To Be – Gavin DeGraw
“I don't want to be
Anything other than what I've been trying to be lately
All I have to do
Is think of me and I have peace of mind
I'm tired of looking 'round rooms
Wondering what I've got to do
Or who I'm supposed to be
I don't want to be anything other than me”

Shackles – Mary Mary
“In the corners of mind
I just can't seem to find a reason to believe
That I can break free
Cause you see I have been down for so long
Feel like the hope is gone
But as I lift my hands, I understand
That I should praise you through my circumstance

Take the shackles off my feet so I can dance
I just wanna praise you
I just wanna praise you
You broke the chains now I can lift my hands
And I'm gonna praise you
I'm gonna praise you”

Stories (Down to the Bottom) - TobyMac
“We've been down to the bottom
Stories we got 'em, when we hit rock bottom
If you been there put your hands in the air
To let the lost know that someone cares
Cause we've been down to the bottom
Stories we've got 'em, when we hit rock bottom
If you been there put your hands in the air
And let somebody know that the Most High cares”

Toronto68

I'm not perfectly sure the song I latched on to recently is about recovery even after studying the lyrics, but somehow I got the sense that the "Blah blah" was a way of describing the emptiness of drinking, or maybe the hollow excuses we make for using libations to be merry. Anyway, hearing this song the first time and my quitting happened almost simultaneously, and it's become a bit of a pet song to me that I associate with my feeling of success (through quitting). It's from the album Keep It Simple, by Van Morrison.

Behind the Ritual

Drinking wine in the alley, drinking wine in the alley
Making time, drinking that wine
Out of my mind in the days gone by

Making time with Sally, drinking that wine
In the days gone by, talking all out of my mind
Drinking that wine, talking all out of my mind

Spin and turning in the alley, spin and turning in the alley
Like a Whirling Dervish in the alley, drinking that wine
Drinking wine, making time in the days gone by

Boogie woogie child in the alley
Drinking that wine, making time, talking all out of my mind
Drinking wine in the days gone by, behind the ritual

Behind the ritual, behind the ritual
In the days gone by, drinking that wine
Making time, drinking that wine way back in time

Spin and turn and rhyme in the alley
Spin and turning, making up rhymes, talking all out of my mind
Talking that jive, drinking that wine in the days gone by

Drinking wine in the alley, drinking that wine
Making time, talking all out of my mind
Drinking that wine making time in the alley

Behind the ritual, behind the ritual
You find the spiritual, you find the spiritual
Behind the ritual in the days gone by

Drinking wine in the alley, drinking wine in the alley
Making time, talking all out of my mind
Drinking that wine in the days gone by, days gone by

Spin and turn talking that jive
Spin and turn talking that jive all out of our minds
Drinking that sweet wine
Making time, making time in the days gone by

Behind the ritual, behind the ritual
Behind the ritual, behind the ritual
Drinking that wine making time in the days gone by

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
Behind the ritual, making time in the days gone by

In the days gone by, in the days gone by
Drink that wine, making time
Getting high in the days gone by, drinking that wine

Getting high behind the ritual
Getting high behind the ritual
Drinking that wine in the days gone by

Behind the ritual, behind the ritual
Behind the ritual, behind that spiritual
In the days gone by drinking that wine and getting high

So high behind the ritual, so high behind the ritual
So high in the days gone by
Drinking that wine making time, making time

Stretching time, stretching time
Drinking that wine, stretching time
Stretching time in the days gone by behind the ritual

Behind the ritual
Behind the ritual

Toronto68

Something I recommend (if it hasn't been posted already) is hearing Johnny Cash's version of Hurt (originally by Nine Inch Nails) - as well as a couple of songs from the final Johnny Cash album, like I Came to Believe. I drank through these, while knowing I needed to stop, hopefully someone will catch on more quickly than I did (but I reckon these songs gave me a slow start):

Hurt

I hurt myself today
to see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
the only thing that's real
the needle tears a hole
the old familiar sting
try to kill it all away
but I remember everything
what have I become?
my sweetest friend
everyone I know
goes away in the end
and you could have it all
my empire of dirt

I will let you down
I will make you hurt

I wear this crown of thorns
upon my liar's chair
full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
beneath the stains of time
the feelings disappear
you are someone else
I am still right here

what have I become?
my sweetest friend
everyone I know
goes away in the end
and you could have it all
my empire of dirt

I will let you down
I will make you hurt

if I could start again
a million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way

Toronto68

Sarah, ha ha, you're right. (I can see your "bias" in your picture.) There's something about him that is good for the soul - the way he tells a story and makes you take a look at a person's choices and their effect. And while I am not a "religious person," I am quite receptive to him, and he was pretty religious. So he has a universal appeal. I remember my father also loved him, so I kind of have a soft spot about Johnny Cash.

Nyte Byrd

Well, I recall a couple from years ago that were supposedly symbolic of heroin addiction or use.

A Horse with No Name - America
Chestnut Mare - The Byrds (beautiful song)

Best ones I've heard 'recovery related -
Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas
The Wall - Kansas (supposedly their journey with the steps)

The Wall

"I'm woven in a fantasy,
I can't believe the things I see
The path that I have chosen now
Has led me to a wall
And with each passing day I feel a little more like something dear was lost
It rises now before me,
A dark and silent barrier between,
All I am, and all that I would ever want be
It's just a travesty,
Towering, marking off the boundaries my spirit
Would erase
To pass beyond is what I seek
I fear that I may be too weak
And those are few who've seen it
Through to glimpse the other side,
The promised land is waiting like a maiden that is soon to be a bride
The moment is a masterpiece,
The weight of indecision's in the air
It's standing there, the symbol and the sum of all that's me
It's just a travesty,
Towering, blocking out the light and blinding me
I want to see
Gold and diamonds cast a spell,
It's not for me I know it well
The riches that I seek
Are waiting on the other side
There's more that I can measure in the treasure of the love that I can find
And though it's always been with me,
I must tear down the Wall and let it be
All I am, and all that I was ever meant to be, in harmony
Shining true and smiling back at all who wait to cross
There is no loss"

Robby Steinhart and Kerry Livgren from Kansas were supposedly in recovery. Livgren left the group and went on to create spiritual solo tapes.

And of course, Aerosmith, "It's Amazing"

"It's amazing
With the blink of an eye
You finally see the light
It's amazing
That when the moment arrives
You know you'll be alright
It's amazing
And I'm saying a prayer
For the desperate hearts tonight."

ILindsey05

I didn't read through to see everything posted but I have a recovery playlist on my iPhone that consists of:

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Soul To Squeeze (this is the soundtrack to my rehab experience I must have listened to this a thousand times during those 28 days)

Seether - Fine Again

Boyce Avenue - Because Of You (Ne-Yo Cover)

Linkin Park - Breaking The Habit

Green Day - Restless Heart Syndrome

Boys Night Out - Reason Ain't Our Long Suit

Boys Night Out - Get Your Head Straight

John Butler Trio - Used To Get High

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow (Hey Oh)

Third Eye Blind - My Time In Exile

Third Eye Blind - God Of Wine
"Every thought that I repent, there's another chip you haven't spent
And we're cashing them all in, where do we begin
To get clean again, I wanna know, can we get clean again?"

Bright Eyes - We Are Nowhere And It's Now

Bright Eyes - Cleanse Song *** (Probably my favorite recovery song. You need to hear this)
Don't forget what you've learned all you give is returned
And if life seems absurd, what you need is some laughter
And a season to sleep, and a place to get clean
Maybe Los Angeles, some place no one's expecting
On a detox walk through a Glendale Park
Over sidewalk chalk, someone wrote in red 'Start Over'
So I muffled my screams on an Oxnard Beach
Full of fever dreams that scare you sober
Into saltless dinners"

Bright Eyes - Coat Check Dream Song

Jimmy Eat World - Drugs Or Me

Jimmy Eat World - Pain