This song helped me out a lot at the beginning of my recovery. It always reminds me of how terrible I would feel the next morning after heavy drinking. Hangovers, I don’t miss them a bit. To think about how many days I lost recovering from the night before or plans, I screwed up letting down family and friends. Just for a night of temporary happiness to be led by dreadful days that led to depression and miserable recovery. Being able to wake up now feeling good, not worrying about where I left the car keys or wallet, wondering what the hell happened last night, or where I am, is terrific.
When you trapped in a cycle, dependent on alcohol or other substances, you forget what true happiness is. You stop doing activities you once enjoyed, or don’t do as often because you’re recovering or too worried about that next drink or use to make you feel better. You forget about the little things in life that matter and make every day worth getting up. There’s more to life than a bottle and a bag.
It is not easy at first to reconnect with activities you once enjoyed doing, because we forget what they were. When you have to drink or get high to have fun, you forget how to live. It’s kinda sad when you think about it, ‘I need to alter my brain with substances to enjoy myself.’ But we get to that point and don’t even realize it. Its never too late, once you can catch yourself, you can change yourself.
Not only does this song remind me of the bad but also the good. It sings about that “sunshine, sunshine,” seriously who wants to be stuck in a bed all day when it’s beautiful out. To get outside and take everything in that nature has to offer is a special kind of internal high. It sings about those little things in life that make us happy, “Riding that bike, kids with treats, the old folks, classic cars, shooting hoops, and barbecues in the backyard.” It fills you with good energy to get up, out, and have some fun. Spend a day sober means you’ll wake up the next day energized, fresh, and ready to go all over again.
My favorite part of this song is, “Sometimes you have to give in to win.”
Sometimes you have to give in and accept the fact what your doing is not working, and alcohol or drugs are the problems. Accept defeat, surrender, give in, so you can turn yourself around and take back that life you once had and deserve. Learn to enjoy yourself without the substances so you can love the days ahead in the “sunshine.” Change yourself so you can win yourself!
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Keep at it bro. You got this.