This is kind of dorky, but my favorite motivational song is one that I wrote. I wrote it during a dark time and I listen to it almost everyday to remind my self of my potential.
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Thank you for sharing this song. Iāve always really loved this song and until I tried getting sober again, for the who knowās how many times, did I actually listen to it. Iāve been having a really hard time the last couple days. This song really hit home. Thanks again.
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Not really a sobriety song but I love to listen to that while working out. Music is a huge motivator 
Hereās a song that can speak to us all
So this is a new favorite for me. Iām tagging my girl, @anon37742172. The song is āThis is Meā from The Greatest Showman." Perhaps thatās super dorky, but Iām tagging some of my sober family anyway. @MoCatt @MandiH @Englishd @Meggers @Bill_Phillips @Neighbrofthebeast668 @CaptAZ @Yoda-Stevie @DowntroddenGoat I know Iām forgetting loads of you, but it only letās me tag 10 of you per post. Bastard.
https://youtu.be/_n8d_Vi8nSE
Listen to it, buttmunches!
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Also @C-sun @DungeonMaster @Jante76 @SassyRocks @anon59060877 @Yomomma @MissQuinn @Melrm @Twowaymirror
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If it stirs your soul to action, itās not dorky. Not my normal style, but itās definitely ālistenableā.
Iām a bit more Judas Priest āHalls of Valhallaā kinda guy:
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I run the gamut with music. My husband likes Judas Priest, but I never got there. Black Sabbath, Rush, Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin, The Smiths, sure! Iām not big into country although who could deny Johnny Cash?
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Love me some Cash. When the Man Comes Around:
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The Greatest Showman was good. I enjoyed it.
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Yes Iām a Rush nerd. No im not ashamed.
Love that tune
Make you think about where you sit in the world. 'The Word" is my GPS. Tells me where I want to go, and where I am in relation to my destination.
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Yeah ā not sure how sober my music is rnā¦lol The music that loops through my head is often a reflection of where my head is and I often use music to work through shit bouncing around internally. I often have trouble taking what I feel internally and articulating it using my mouthhole by using you know, words. Speaking feeling words is hard. LOL
RN this is currently playing in my head b/c I am really just tired and miserable, but know how fortunate I am. The song remind me of those nights out ā that raged into the morning light. We thought we were running from our miseryā¦ we thought that was living, man. Whatever is off right now ā I know it could be as miserable as what is depicted as the song ā and for today I donāt want to go back to that.
The line āwhatever it is about you Iāve always f * cking hated, is just something about myself I just never likedā just keeps rattling around for some reason. Hmmm. Need to do some thinking and meditating on that.
Ryan Adams Live at Town Hall on 2006-12-06 : 29. (Warning alcohol and drug use in the song for anyone that might be triggered)
And the gift that doing all this brings, I had totally forgot him talking about being sober and his music that nightā¦ (about 30 seconds in here) but I remember they way he felt that night on edge, tired, pissed off that things were just not exactly right and the existential mindfucking that having to exist in the real world with raw feelings without substances since god knows when feels like (which was clear with CPMU and Red Cave). I never thought then, that I would ever understand or feel what happened on that stage that night (or throughout the run). But here I am.
https://archive.org/details/ra2006-12-06.ra2006-12-06sbd/08D2t1Hallelujah.flac
Anyways, Goat will stop rambling now. Your regular meme programing will now resume.
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I do the same thing with music. What Iām listening to reflects where my head is. I like Ryan Adams a lot. I didnāt know he had a drug/alcohol problem.
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Wow follow me does sound like itās about addiction! I have a new appreciation for this song. I used to find it really annoying
This is a tame version of what was going on across the sceneā¦ the early aughts in NYC was a crazy crazy time.
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So I guess if you start listening to Nickleback, we should be worried.
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