Step Up
Posted: October 9, 2011 Filed under: 12 steps, addicts, punk, Punk Music, punk rock, Quit whining Leave a comment“Style is very personal. It has nothing to do with fashion.
Fashion is over quickly. Style is forever.”
Ralph Lauren 
Was punk over when you could buy a ripped t-shirt in K-Mart in 1981?
Punk music is now a genre.
..still the attitude lives on.
Getting sober when every one around you is a drunk, takes courage.
Ending addiction and taking control of our lives when we are terrified of change?…that’s way Punk Rock.
The 12 Steps
- Step 1 – We admitted we were powerless over our addiction – that our lives had become unmanageable
- Step 2 – Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity
- Step 3 – Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood God
- Step 4 – Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves
- Step 5 – Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs
- Step 6 – Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character
- Step 7 – Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings
- Step 8 – Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all
- Step 9 – Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others
- Step 10 – Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it
- Step 11 – Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood God, praying only for knowledge of God’s will for us and the power to carry that out
- Step 12 – Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs
Restraint of Tongue and Pen
Posted: August 18, 2011 Filed under: change, human behavior, punk rock, recovery, Sobriety, Uncategorized 3 CommentsThis has been the hardest lesson for most of us.
“Nothing pays off like restraint of tongue and pen. We must avoid quick-tempered criticism and furious, power-driven argument. The same goes for sulking or silent scorn. These are emotional booby traps baited with pride and vengefulness. Our first job is to sidestep the traps. When we are tempted by the bait, we should train ourselves to step back and think. For we can neither think nor act to good purpose until the habit of self-restraint has become automatic.”
Step 10. From 12 x 12
So
Ferme la bouche
” That means,
“Shut the Fuck up..
Mouth of a Story
The Raincoats
Hot Punk Summer
Posted: July 3, 2011 Filed under: music, punk, Punk Music, punk rock, Sobriety, Uncategorized 1 CommentHouston weather separates the men from the boys and the women from the grrls and as we all know our punk venues are not the most ventilated or air-conditioned.
So, who’s in for mosh pits and sweaty people falling on your head?
Raising a paw, she smiles…
We were brought up in this heat and crazy and I don’t know if we are just homeys or if it is some kind of religious calling.
We just get it and it’s FUN! and if one is fussy about their looks, I wouldn’t recommend coming out to shows. You can sweat off your Chanel, your hair gel and your lipstick in two seconds!! Heeee
You homeys got my back, right. Sober punks do exist…..
A GREAT WAY TO SPEND SUMMER!!!!!!!
So, if you’re a little adventurous and daring why not come pee in a rickity bath room and drink out of plastic cups and listen to some great music and feel the energy?
Who knows you might even sweat a little?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=homey
Happy Independence Day!! Break free Mutha f*ckas…
Anarchitex 2011
Ca Ca Convention
Black Congress
Slums of Heaven
God Save the Queen
Posted: April 28, 2011 Filed under: punk, Punk Music, punk rock, romance, Uncategorized Leave a comment
I asked my English friend if he was gonna get up at 4 am and watch the royal wedding.
He said, “I left England to get away from that stupid shit.”
Then he started talking about punk, soccer, skin heads and the National Front. Ahh.. the memories…
Super doubt I will be putting on a copy of Princess Dianna’s engagment ring and making scones in the wee hours of the morn. Sleeping sounds like a betta’ plan.
But Good Luck to the happy couple.
Sex Pistols
God save the Queen
Punk Rock and AA Saved Me From Killing Myself and You
Posted: April 13, 2011 Filed under: alcohal, Bands, drunk, drinking, Punk Music, punk rock, Sober, sobriety, music, love 3 Comments
In the late 70s punk rock was born and gave way to what people may recognize as tribal, creating a new form of music and fashion. Honestly for me, it was the family of my dreams. I was encouraged to be as wild and angry expressing myself and all the rage inside of me to the fullest. For me, it was a form of expression. I developed lasting friendships that have witnessed a great portion of my life. I will say that AA is somewhat like that for me. Though I am taught to follow the 12 steps and traditions and I am not drunk like before, I am encouraged to question and I am always accepted in my abstract beliefs. I can truly say that both AA and Punk Rock saved my life.
My sober punk rock friend, who was also part of the punk scene back when, says,
“For me it was pretty much the same. For as long as I can remember, I wanted off this planet! Life at home was terrifying and full of rage. All I wanted was out. I started to drink at age 8 and drugs at 9. That was one way out!
Drugs and alcohol took me away from all “this”. They worked till they didn’t. Finally I found relief. I was also in love with music. As Lou Reed so eloquently put it “it’s my wife and it’s my life”. That applied to drugs, alcohol, and music.
I loved lyrics. Mostly then, they were about drugs and alcohol. Then a friend turned me on to “Punk Rock”. The lyrics were about hate and injustice and they made fun of the status quo. Right up my alley. They perfectly expressed in words, how I felt. This was my new family, my chosen family. I could finally express my darkest feelings and no one minded. They didn’t care that I was broken. In fact they were broken too!
Very much like AA, we had a common bond.
Over the years (at least 35) some of us were lucky enough to find another way to survive. Unfortunately many didn’t. I miss them. There but for the grace of God, there go I.
There has been a resurgence of old skool punk rock. With that, I have reconnected with some old “warriors” from my past. Some will say it’s dangerous to go to clubs to participate in music. And I do participate! For me it’s like a high skool reunion only sexier!”
My friend picked this song. Really kinda says it all.
Dead Kennedys
Too Drunk to Fuck 1981
Put on Your Seat Belt
Posted: February 15, 2011 Filed under: alcohal, alcoholic, choices, drunk, drinking, human behavior, music, punk, Punk Music, punk rock, recovery, Sober, sobriety, music, love, Uncategorized Leave a commentTips from Sober Driver
Do we get into a car when a friend has had a few drinks and insists on driving?
How do we handle that ?
Is it illegal to take away a drunk person’s car keys?
She is demanding her keys back, because they’re her property. She swears she is not planning to drive, but on a previous occasion, when she finally got her keys back, she promptly took off to a local bar. With this precedent, is it legally acceptable to withhold someone’s car keys from them as long as they’re intoxicated?
Etiquette
Entertaining a guest who is an alcoholic in recovery.
- Feel free to serve alcohol beverages at your gathering. You need not plan your party around a guest you know is in recovery. “Alcoholism comes in a person, not in a bottle. The recovering alcoholic won’t suddenly relapse if alcohol is available.”
- Don’t make a big deal of it if someone at your party is in recovery. There are plenty of reasons people say no to alcohol beverages, including preference, dieting, interactions with medications, and serving as designated driver, as well as being in recovery from alcoholism. There is no reason to differentiate one guest’s reason for abstaining from another’s. If someone declines a drink, don’t ask why.
- Include non-alcoholic beverages in your offerings. While some non-drinkers will drink non-alcoholic beer and wine, most recovering alcoholics prefer beverages that don’t look or taste like the real thing.
- Foods cooked with wine, brandy, and other spirits long enough to destroy the alcohol content are technically OK. Most, but not all recovering alcoholics feel comfortable eating them, so let guests know what’s cooked with alcohol.
- Foods with uncooked alcohol are another matter. If you include them on your buffet table, label them so the recovering alcoholic can steer clear.
- The same goes for punch; let guests know if it contains alcohol.
Don’t drink and drive and don’t ride with anyone who has too much to drink. Remember, it is usually themselves and their passengers who are harmed by drunk drivers. Volunteer to be a designated driver.
- If you must drive after drinking, stay completely sober:
- Don’t be fooled. The contents of the typical bottle or can of beer, glass of wine, or liquor drink each contain virtually identical amounts of pure alcohol. When it comes to alcohol, a drink is a drink is a drink and are all the same to a breathalyzer.
- Eat food while you drink. Food, especially high protein food such as meat, cheese and peanuts, will help slow the absorption of alcohol into your body.
- Sip your drink.
- Accept a drink only when you really want one. If someone tries to force a drink on you, ask for a non-alcohol beverage instead. If that doesn’t work, “lose” your drink by setting it down somewhere and leaving it.
- Skip a drink now and then. Having a non-alcoholic drink between alcoholic ones will help keep your blood alcohol content level down, as does spacing out your alcoholic drink.
- Keep active; don’t just sit around and drink. If you stay active you tend to drink less.
- Beware of unfamiliar drinks. Some drinks can be deceiving as the alcohol content is not detectable.
- Use alcohol carefully in connection with pharmaceuticals.
Know your limit.
PROTECT OTHERS
Volunteer to be a designated driver.- Don’t ever let your friends drive drunk. Take their keys, have them stay the night, have them ride home with someone else, call a cab, or do whatever else is necessary – but don’t let them drive!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmC87hXM1WM
Bar Fights
Posted: February 9, 2011 Filed under: alcohal, alcoholic, Bands, drunk, drinking, human behavior, music, punk, Punk Music, punk rock, rock and roll,rock,punk, Uncategorized Leave a commentThis could be you! or it would’ve been me..
I took this photo at a UK Subs show last November. This British kid landed right at my feet and was so totally blasted and so obnoxious that his punk “tribe” turned on him. The guy trying to pick him up and care for him was the kid who hit him on the head with the beer bottle.
The kid didn’t die, but he was out cold for a while. Paramedics were called and police. Fun! Fun! Fun!
Bar fights!
How I miss… LOL
Fear/ Fuck Everything and Run/ Face Everything and Recover
Posted: February 4, 2011 Filed under: addicts, Bands, punk, Punk Music, punk rock, Rock, Uncategorized 1 CommentDig this Prog Thrash Band
Bloody Mary
Fuck Every thing and Run
You are Only as Sick as Your Secrets
Posted: February 3, 2011 Filed under: addicts, alcoholic, Bands, human behavior, punk, Punk Music, punk rock, texas music, Uncategorized Leave a commentYou are only as sick as your secrets, is a 12 step saying I have heard for the last 21 years.
Not sure of its origin, but this saying has been quoted many times in the press by “stars” who have been in rehab.
The Pain Teens had a cool song called Secret is Sickness, but I can’t find a video or the lyrics. I did find this cool link to The Basement which was a horrible secret about an abused girl, Sylvia Likens, who was kept in a basement. Read the comments on his link. I think the lyrics are spot on, as far as revealing Sylvia’s story.
Enjoy my beautiful friend, Bliss Blood and the Pain Teens!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufB4tWsOtAs
Sick As Your Secrets By Veruca Salt
Sick
Sick of the night
Sick of the day
Sick of the sun that burns you
White
Knuckling it
Wasting away
Color yourself back in again
You’re as sick as your secrets
You’re as sick as your secrets
You’re as sick as your secrets
Slip
Into the bath
Into the grey
Hating yourself so much it hurts
Wake
Up from a nap
Wish you were brave
But you’re not that kind of person
You’re as sick as your secrets
You’re sick of it
Keeping secrets and hiding away the truth is as damaging as stealing.
If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything. ~Mark Twain
It takes so much energy to keep secrets. Time and freedom is stolen from yourself and from others.
The AA 5th step lets us tell our deepest darkest secrets to some one else, usually finding that the secrets weren’t so bad after all.
Maybe some are sicker than others. I think Sylvia Likens would say so.
Still, our values and our standards are our own individually, and only we, can judge how we should make amends.
Amends means Change not “I’m Sorry.”
I am respectful now and listen and it is painfully boring.
Feel like yelling…?
Fuckin’ go for it
Go Ahead!
Sober Driver 