Songs for Sobriety

The incomparable Nina Simone

https://youtu.be/L5jI9I03q8E

This is a song Iā€™ve been writing about my addiction in the past two weeks Iā€™ve been living at my sober house

http://youtu.be/wshoWTTkiTs

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That is literally remarkable! Thank you for bringing it to the attention of a wider audience.

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2 minutes and 42 seconds that I will never get back. Lol

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Thanks dude!

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Seeing these guys tonight in Wrigleyville

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Dion and the belmonts - your own backyard

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Caught up in my feels tonight listening to this one by Blue October

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Gill Scott Heron. Struggled most of his life with drugs and alcohol, but he also changed other peopleā€™s lives for the better.
The thing that will always stay with me was that his last album came out, he was playing in London and I was too drunk to bother going. ā€˜Iā€™ll catch him another timeā€™. Then he was dead. And I realised I was a fucking deadbeat.
15 months without a drink now.

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I listened to this song for a month straight when I got sober.

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Surprised I didnā€™t see this one hereā€¦ (edit: the song not necessarily his version of it)

Music starts at about 45 seconds.

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I love that movie and the soundtrack!

Heard this while running the other day and got all the feels. ā€œItā€™s hard to dance with the devil on your backā€. Yeah it is! Shake him off. :slight_smile:

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Sober by Pink is one song I just love. I have it on my workout mix in a faster beat than normal and it always inspires me.

I donā€™t wanna be the girl who laughs the loudest
Or the girl who never wants to be alone
I donā€™t wanna be there calling 4 oā€™clock in the morning
Cause Iā€™m the only one you know in the world that wonā€™t be home
Ah, the sun is blinding
I stayed up again
Oh, I am finding
That thatā€™s not the way I want my story to end
Iā€™m safe
Up high
Nothing can touch me
But why do I feel this partyā€™s over?
No pain
Inside
Youā€™re my protection
But how do I feel this good sober?
I donā€™t wanna be the girl that has to fill the silence
The quiet scares me 'cause it screams the truth
Please donā€™t tell me that we had that conversation
Cause I wonā€™t remember, save your breath, 'cause whatā€™s the use?
Ah, the night is calling?
And it whispers to me softly come and play
But I, I am falling
And If I let myself go Iā€™m the only one to blame
Iā€™m safe
Up high
Nothing can touch me
But why do I feel this partyā€™s over?
No pain
Inside
Youā€™re like perfection
But how do I feel this good sober?
Coming down, coming down, coming down
Spinning 'round, spinning 'round, spinning 'round
Iā€™m looking for myself, sober
Coming down, coming down, coming down
Spinning 'round, spinning 'round, spinning 'round
Looking for myself, sober
When itā€™s good, then itā€™s good, itā€™s so good ā€˜till it goes bad
ā€™Till youā€™re trying to find the you that you once had
I have heard myself cry, never again
Broken down in agony just tryinā€™ to find a friend
Oh,
Oh,
Iā€™m safe
Up high
Nothing can touch me
But why do I feel this partyā€™s over?
No pain
Inside
Youā€™re like perfection
But how do I feel this good sober?
Iā€™m safe
Up high
Nothing can touch me
But why do I feel this partyā€™s over?
No pain
Inside
Youā€™re like perfection
But how do I feel this good sober?

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I love this song :heart_eyes:

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Thatā€™s a jam right cha!