Bonus Sunday post. Out of curiosity, I did a google search and a Facebook search under the term “sober punks.” I didn’t find much, except a thought-provoking article from 2008 on sober spaces within the punk community. The article brought up a good point: “Within the punk and anarchist scenes there are many activities that …
Tag: sobriety
Music and Drugs
*This post actually made a musician not want to work with me. Go figure. I’m an opinionated gal. But…to be honest, I have lots of good pals who use substances and do just fine with their music, this is just a typical stifled artist blog rant, so take it with a grain of salt, will …
Nowhere To Go But Up
“I have a built in sense of not being good enough that I’ve carried with me from whatever it’s come from and an easy way to fit in was to self-medicate. After a while, self-medication started to stifle anything good that I could create including the ability to even like myself. That led itself to …
More on Sobriety and Art
Once again, I am in a place where I am looking for something I cannot seem to find. It seems that Buddhist philosophies speak a lot to the human condition. Find a middle ground between the highs and lows, detach from expectations, accept what is. Suffering is an inevitable part of life. Acceptance is key. …
Sobriety and Art
Plan for the best, expect nothing. – Me Can’t people pursue writing and music and fun and intensity without drugs? Isn’t it more punk rock to do music for music sake? Why have drugs and art become so intertwined? I’ve been asking myself this question a lot in the past few days, while the universe …
Being Myself. Whoddathunk?
I suppose that it’s good news when your blog views remain steady even though you haven’t updated in almost a week. I know you were just sick with [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v16KFXa2njo&version=3&hl=en_US] for the next blog entry. I kept you supplied with a steady dose of the stifled artist world for weeks on end, almost every single …
Filling the Empty Space
Life requires more than a series of projects to keep us busy – Stephen Elliot Monotony and sameness are a rule for most of us, rather than an exception, although I’m sure we all picture “others” who don’t have to face these things. Art seems to me a method of filling the empty spaces. It seems …
Working A Day Job
I talk a lot about my opinions on working a day job, i.e. a 9 – 5, when your heart is elsewhere. Many people have to work a day job they don’t like. I can list a slew of friends right now who work day jobs and are musicians or writers, but need to feed …
There Is No Map
Do you ever get the feeling nobody has a map, that we’re all floundering, grasping at straws? It feels like time is slipping away from me, that there isn’t enough of it to go around. I know that everything I choose to do now is important, will probably be why I am where I am …
Addiction Takes One More at 27
I’ve just read Russell Brand’s moving tribute to Amy Winehouse. It resonated with me for many reasons. I have a couple of friends who struggle with addiction and I have my own personal stories as well (another time, another place). It never goes away, in my opinion. It’s always lurking. And when you have friends …