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- Rehab, Amy Winehouse. “They tried to make me go to rehab but I said, ‘No, no, no.’ Yes, I've been black, but when I come back, you'll know, know, know.”
- How Could You Leave Us, NF. “I don't get it, mom. Don't you want to watch your babies grow? I guess pills are more important, all you have to say is ‘no’.
- Cold Turkey, John Lennon. “Thirty-six hours. Rolling in pain. Praying to someone. Free me again. Oh, I'll be a good boy. Please, make me well. I promise you anything.
- Not an Addict, K’s Choice. “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.”
- The Downward Spiral of Self-Destruction Is Difficult to Watch
- "It's Been Awhile" by Staind
- "Young Homie" by Chris Rene
- “Rehab” by Amy Winehouse
- "Amazing" by Aerosmith
- "High Cost of Living" by Jamey Johnson
- "Whiskey Lullaby" by Brad Paisley
- "The A Team" by Ed Sheeran
- "Dark Times" by The Weeknd
- "Fallen" by Sarah Mclachlan
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Recovery has been a long road for the narrator in this 2001 rock song. He's finally calling an old love whom he hurt with his addiction. He apologizes and explains that it's been awhile since drugs didn't control his life. It feels good to be clean again. Best recovery lyrics:
Alcohol and drugs used to plague the guy in this 2012 song, but now he blisses out on being clean and sober. He wants other young people to know that life's too short for addiction. Best sobriety and recovery lyrics:
One of Rolling Stone's "Greatest Songs of All Time," this 2006 Motown-influenced hit is about the denial of addiction. The narrator insists that her problem isn't all that bad — that she drinks because she fears a break-up with her soulmate. She insists she doesn't have the time for rehab, and there's nothing new she can learn there. The autobiogra...
This 1993 power ballad describes the desperation of a life of pain, drugs, and sin. The narrator finally hit bottom, and when he got help, he was amazed at how his life turned around. Best recovery lyrics:
From the inside of a prison cell, the guy in this 2008 country song is remorseful about his choices. He had a sweet wife who doubled as a best friend, a job, and he owned property. However, he was running with the wrong crowd and traded the security of his life for "cocaine and a whore" when the police nabbed him in a local motel. From behind bars,...
This beautiful and tragic country ballad from 2003 tells the story of a broken romance that ultimately claimed two lives. After the woman he loved rejected him, the man spent years trying to drink her off his mind until one night he died by alcohol poisoning. Brokenhearted, she then repeated his self-destructive act. Best addiction lyrics:
After songwriter Ed Sheeran visited a homeless shelter and listened to others' life stories, he wrote this 2011 song about a heroin-addicted prostitute. The woman has been on the streets since she was 18. Both her body and her soul have been hollowed out by the horrors of drug addiction and life on the mean streets.
The narrator in this 2015 song is on drugs and has another man's blood on his clothes. He lives a fast-paced, dangerous and unpredictable life, and issues a warning to the woman he's with: She should not fall in love with him. (That always works, right?) Best addiction lyrics:
The narrator in this Grammy-nominated 2004 song acknowledges that she's made some big mistakes. She got caught up in the wrong crowd and she admits she has messed up. Ironically, then those same friends rejected her, embarrased of what she had become. As she fights her way back, she seeks hope and redemption, not blame. Best recovery lyrics:
- Semi-Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind. This song about addiction is about being addicted to crystal meth. Third Eye Blind sings, “I was taking sips of it through my nose…doing crystal meth will lift you up until you break.”
- The A Team by Ed Sheeran. This addiction song is one where Ed Sheeran sings, “white lips, pale face, breathing in the snowflakes, burnt lungs, sour taste,” which describes the look of a person who struggles with substance abuse.
- Cleaning Out My Closet by Eminem. In this song about addiction Eminem cleans out his closet by sharing some of his personal struggles in his life. However, the person suffering from substance abuse in this song isn’t Eminem himself but his mother.
- Can’t Feel My Face by The Weeknd. This song about substance abuse is all about how The Weeknd knows that doing drugs will “be the death of [him], but at least we’ll both be numb.”
Oct 25, 2022 · October 25, 2022. 105 Songs About drugs, alcohol and substance abuse. Music speaks to all of us in different ways and is undoubtedly linked to effecting our moodand behaviours, but songs about addiction and recovery are even more powerful.
Mar 8, 2022 · 25 Best Songs about Sobriety and Addiction Recovery. March 8, 2022 by Shannon M. Songs about substance abuse disorders and recovery are fantastic gifts. For those of us who have the diseases of alcohol addiction and /or drug addiction, they are stories that show someone gets us. They show that people who have seemingly good lives are as prone ...
Feb 20, 2024 · 1. “Sober” by Demi Lovato (2018) Demi Lovato’s powerful song “Sober” details her struggles with addiction and her journey to sobriety. The lyrics are raw and emotional, capturing the pain and turmoil of addiction, but also the hope and strength that can be found in recovery.
Dec 11, 2023 · 1. “Rehab” – Amy Winehouse. We all know about Amy Winehouse’s terrible addiction issue, which eventually cut short her life in 2011 at the tender age of 27. And in her signature autobiographical track, the singer narrates her struggles with alcohol.
