The power music can have is something that never ceases to amaze me. Music can alter a mood. Music can stop a fight. Music can save a life. Music has helped me numerous times when I felt I was on the brink of insanity. I would be going nuts, on the verge of drinking, and I would sit down and put on my headphones and all of my problems got lost in the music.
When I listen to music it helps me sort through my thoughts and get out of myself. Music can add fuel to the fire or help calm me. When I was first getting sober I thought there was no way to experience the fun I thought I had in active addiction. I remember the first few times I went out on a Friday night. I was scared that I wasn't going to have fun and I would become frustrated and end up relapsing. But, I had the most fun I had in years and the thing I remember about those nights most clearly was the effect music had on me. We played loud music on a way to a coffee shop and it was the first time something lifted my spirits besides drugs in a long while. The way music can sometimes completely determine my mood blows me away. Thank God for music and the effect it has.
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