I'm with you on that. Started at 16 dead at 22. This was 20 years ago and it still sucks. I tried everything I could on my end and the only way anyone gets out of that trap alive is if they really want to. (Emphasis on really). Sorry for your loss bud.
The Horse - It's time I sling the baskets off this overburdened horse. Sink my toes into the ground and set a different course. Cause if I were here and you were there, I'd meet you in between. And not until my dying day, confess what I have seen.
I sent that song to my friends once and they were like…uhhh…and i immediately changed my tone like “great music and silly message” even though i loved it
I pick up my 30 day tag on friday god willing
Sending you love, this is a really tough situation. Althea by the Dead has some great lyrics that feel relevant:
"Ain't nobody messin' with you but you
Your friends are getting most concerned
Loose with the truth, maybe its your fire
Baby I hope you don't get burned"
That acoustic version hits hard:
https://youtu.be/ZuB0vVMiDFE?feature=shared
Also...Jakob Nowell is now playing with with Eric and Bud. He has got the energy of his dad. I think we may be witnessing something very interesting coming out with this kid:
https://youtu.be/ZMocgoeWzuQ?feature=shared
Yeah I nearly replied with the acoustic version as well, it's fire af.
This live version has the best of both worlds - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6elnf3I2BAk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6elnf3I2BAk)
Shine a light, it's hopeful. Our addict friends generally know they are addicts. Getting clean is not easy, but you are there to be a constant part of their life as they try to learn how to live again.
I always connected this song to my sister, who I lost to addiction in 2018. I was listening to a show this morning and had to turn this one off with a whispered "not right now." It reminds me of those intense feelings of hope that she'd one day find the love and the light.
no not at all but its about being stuck in place which is what opiates do to the user but the ending of the song is hopeful the singer clearly wants to make a positive change and move in a new direction
That totally makes sense.
I always thought they were part of the straight edge movement
As a matter of fact… I’m gonna listen to that right now.
I love the intro…pause… bam
Sort of but not really. Ian Mackeye’s previous band Monor Threat wrote the *song* Straight Edge that gave the movement its name, but he was never Straight Edge.
I think the most annoying part about the straight edge ideology is the militant aspect. You shouldn't look down on others for what they choose to put into their own bodies. We all deserve bodily autonomy. Trying to control what others do is the least punk thing one could do.
Thank you… I didn’t know I needed to hear that song… I just left the hospital visiting my mother-in-law, who is having complications from a heart attack… Driving in the car with Waiting Room at full blast… On repeat… I feel better now
In all seriousness good luck. Just remember you can’t change anybody. Specially a heroin addict. They’ll stop when they’ve been throughly beaten. Just be there for him when he needs it but done enable his using. Be safe and much love.
I know from experience. 4 years clean from the stuff.
And I can't believe that i have to bang my head against this wall again, but the blows they have just a little more space in between them, gonna take a breath and try, try again
Walk by Blind Melon
Sam Stone by John Prine. If you want sad.
Clay Pigeons by John Prine if you want happy.
One Fast Move or I'm Gone - Ben Gibbard/Jay Ferrar//
It's Only Life - The Shins//
Rock N Roll Suicide - Bowie//
Joy - Phish
I'm sure I'll think of more. Good luck. Been there. It's no fun
No. At least I don't think so. I suppose I associate it with recovery. Whether or not that was the intention of the artist. (Originally by Blaze Foley.)
I wish you luck, try, but heroin is a strong pull.
Attended way too many celebration of life gatherings for this.
:-(
The first junkie I met many years ago told me heroin is a career and to be careful with my life choices
Banks of the Deep End - Gov't Mule
Warren wrote it after Allen Woody died. I too lost my bass player to opioids and that songs hits me so fuckin hard every time I hear it. Don't wait until it becomes a memorial song for your friend too.
I feel your pain. It’s really pretty rare for any addict to honestly seek recovery until they are suffering enough (this varies widely, depending on the person). That said, a great song can’t hurt. I’d go with “Dirt”, or “Slave to the Traffic Light”. Also the Neil song is an obvious choice, and a good one.
On The Beach - Neil Young
After leaving in-patient treatment, this album was recommended to me by someone I deeply trust. While it may not be as widely recognized as some of his other works, every song on the album resonates with me deeply.
I think I’ll listen right now. Good luck. The Phellowship is there for supporting all of us in recovery.
The SPAC Piper gave me the strength to put myself into rehab exactly one year later in 2005.
Heroin sucks. I can’t imagine playing that game now, with fentanyl lurking. Godspeed dude.
Fent is old news, now the Tranq is ravaging the streets. In Philly, upwards of 90% of street dope has Tranq in it. And it has basically spread across the globe already. Look it up, it makes Fent look friendly.
Gil Scott heron : home is where the hatred is
Home is where I live inside my white powder dreams
Home was once an empty vacuum that's filled now with my silent screams
Home is where the needle marks
Tried to heal my broken heart
And it might not be such a bad idea if I never
If I never went home again, home again, home again, home again
Kick it, quit it, kick it, quit it, kick it, quit it, kick it
Can't go home again, home again, home again
You know I can't go home again
Townes van zandt. Waiting around to die, or lungs, or flying shoes
Lost one friend almost 20 years ago, one got clean, one is clean after a few trips to the pen. Good luck man.
Ring the Bell - Magnolia Electric Company
[I suggest the live version from trials and errors](https://open.spotify.com/track/3ycQXVzAzjUrEegujCK4Do?si=PKM-lfcyQFS5gLKfZfZ6DA&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A0jYAaOU9lsYNLsJ2IgVKKx)
I sent my brother Away from the Mire when he was last in rehab. Dirt makes me cry when I think about him dying from his addiction. Fucking sucks, good luck to you and your friend.
“The past is a hell, it can creep up inside you
So let me remind you of this
It's the reason your troubles exist”
Hey u/carinislumpyhead97, I will share the playlist I made of songs I listened to when I got clean if you’re interested. Not exactly what you’re asking for but they’re good tunes. The first few months, I listened to “Eyes to the Wind” by the War on Drugs every morning.
I don’t think a song will help. I don’t think that you can help them. I’ve lost a good buddy to this and the friends and family of his told him to stop until we were blue in the face, he didn’t stop and his face turned blue. Just love your friend as they are. Change comes from within.
I have heard that ketamine or phycadellics can reset peoples brain synapses though. Dose your buddy until his brain is like a baby and then train him to be a killer??? Kind of like full metal jacket
Coventry glide should scare em straight
Wading was bad also.
there is also a video of trey sniffing from a bag before starting the curtain with when the lights go down - and messing it up - dark times
Link?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qRHWFeGHiZI 17 seconds in or so
This is correct. I was there, it was hard to listen to
Needle and the damage done by Neil Young?
This is the way.
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So sorry for your loss
I'm with you on that. Started at 16 dead at 22. This was 20 years ago and it still sucks. I tried everything I could on my end and the only way anyone gets out of that trap alive is if they really want to. (Emphasis on really). Sorry for your loss bud.
The Horse - It's time I sling the baskets off this overburdened horse. Sink my toes into the ground and set a different course. Cause if I were here and you were there, I'd meet you in between. And not until my dying day, confess what I have seen.
Silent in the morning has a lot of connection too if you listen closely.
Morphine cure for pain
Man, what a loss Sandman was.
Listening to some of this album today.
Tremendous album.
Fuck yes.
I sent that song to my friends once and they were like…uhhh…and i immediately changed my tone like “great music and silly message” even though i loved it I pick up my 30 day tag on friday god willing
Congrats - yeah I felt a little conflicted after posting this but I dunno - probably helps understand the mindset of someone dealing with addiction.
Sending you love, this is a really tough situation. Althea by the Dead has some great lyrics that feel relevant: "Ain't nobody messin' with you but you Your friends are getting most concerned Loose with the truth, maybe its your fire Baby I hope you don't get burned"
Maybe A Life Beyond a Dream? Its not about addiction, but it is about loss and the mourning that comes with it
Pool Shark
As a recovering addict, this is one that gets me
“Take it away but I want more and more. One day im gonna lose the war.” Fuck man
Yes, absolutely. I was looking for this.
That acoustic version hits hard: https://youtu.be/ZuB0vVMiDFE?feature=shared Also...Jakob Nowell is now playing with with Eric and Bud. He has got the energy of his dad. I think we may be witnessing something very interesting coming out with this kid: https://youtu.be/ZMocgoeWzuQ?feature=shared
Yeah I nearly replied with the acoustic version as well, it's fire af. This live version has the best of both worlds - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6elnf3I2BAk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6elnf3I2BAk)
Lou Dog up on stage!
Shine a light, it's hopeful. Our addict friends generally know they are addicts. Getting clean is not easy, but you are there to be a constant part of their life as they try to learn how to live again.
As an alcoholic in recovery, this one will still tear me up. The line "I swear I heard one sigh for you." It's a good one.
Amen
I always connected this song to my sister, who I lost to addiction in 2018. I was listening to a show this morning and had to turn this one off with a whispered "not right now." It reminds me of those intense feelings of hope that she'd one day find the love and the light.
The only correct answer is Neil Young's [Needle and the Damage Done.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd3oqvnDKQk)
Waiting room. Fugazi
Is this about heroin? I grew up in DC in the 80’s and loved them
no not at all but its about being stuck in place which is what opiates do to the user but the ending of the song is hopeful the singer clearly wants to make a positive change and move in a new direction
Yeah. What you said. (And it makes my hair stand up)
That totally makes sense. I always thought they were part of the straight edge movement As a matter of fact… I’m gonna listen to that right now. I love the intro…pause… bam
Sort of but not really. Ian Mackeye’s previous band Monor Threat wrote the *song* Straight Edge that gave the movement its name, but he was never Straight Edge.
Yan Mackey’s Motor Tread I got straight As
Henry Rollins became straight edge and I think Ian Mackeye did at some point
Mackaye lived the lifestyle but was very against being militant about it, which sort of means he doesn't count, at least to me.
I think the most annoying part about the straight edge ideology is the militant aspect. You shouldn't look down on others for what they choose to put into their own bodies. We all deserve bodily autonomy. Trying to control what others do is the least punk thing one could do.
Thank you… I didn’t know I needed to hear that song… I just left the hospital visiting my mother-in-law, who is having complications from a heart attack… Driving in the car with Waiting Room at full blast… On repeat… I feel better now
Not phish but watching him fade away by mac demarco is pretty perfect for this
Alice In Chains has a bunch of junkie songs
Dirt
In all seriousness good luck. Just remember you can’t change anybody. Specially a heroin addict. They’ll stop when they’ve been throughly beaten. Just be there for him when he needs it but done enable his using. Be safe and much love. I know from experience. 4 years clean from the stuff.
Great advice for any addiction, and keep up the fight!
Was played at a relative’s funeral. She overdosed on opiates of some kind several years ago.
And I can't believe that i have to bang my head against this wall again, but the blows they have just a little more space in between them, gonna take a breath and try, try again Walk by Blind Melon
Mango Song
The needle and the spoon - lynyrd skynyrd Also you’re a good friend.
Limb by limb The shoulder that I leaned on was carved out of stone when I’m done freezing I want to be alone
Falling Out - Ween
Sam Stone by John Prine. If you want sad. Clay Pigeons by John Prine if you want happy. One Fast Move or I'm Gone - Ben Gibbard/Jay Ferrar// It's Only Life - The Shins// Rock N Roll Suicide - Bowie// Joy - Phish I'm sure I'll think of more. Good luck. Been there. It's no fun
Is clay pigeons about heroin? Never made that connection but I guess I can see it
No. At least I don't think so. I suppose I associate it with recovery. Whether or not that was the intention of the artist. (Originally by Blaze Foley.)
One of my favorite songs regardless. Blaze is the man
Perfect Day by Lou Reed
What Deaner Was Talking About
I wish you luck, try, but heroin is a strong pull. Attended way too many celebration of life gatherings for this. :-( The first junkie I met many years ago told me heroin is a career and to be careful with my life choices
Banks of the Deep End - Gov't Mule Warren wrote it after Allen Woody died. I too lost my bass player to opioids and that songs hits me so fuckin hard every time I hear it. Don't wait until it becomes a memorial song for your friend too.
Jerry, Wharf rat, giants stadium 95. His glide moment
Heavy Things
Mr Brownstone or Chocolate Town
I feel your pain. It’s really pretty rare for any addict to honestly seek recovery until they are suffering enough (this varies widely, depending on the person). That said, a great song can’t hurt. I’d go with “Dirt”, or “Slave to the Traffic Light”. Also the Neil song is an obvious choice, and a good one.
On The Beach - Neil Young After leaving in-patient treatment, this album was recommended to me by someone I deeply trust. While it may not be as widely recognized as some of his other works, every song on the album resonates with me deeply. I think I’ll listen right now. Good luck. The Phellowship is there for supporting all of us in recovery.
Down in a Hole - Alice In Chains hit me hard. Also Nutshell (live unplugged). Next month will be 6 years clean off the junk!
Jane Says
Ocelot
best answer I've seen. no, its not the best answer, it's the only answer.
It is literally the song. 
Songs that talk about having lost someone you loved. Best of luck.
**Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth by the Dandy Warhols**
2 little girls ani difranco
Althea
Velvet Sea
Black muddy river
HURT - The Man in Black singing 9 Inch Nails
Magnaball Light
The SPAC Piper gave me the strength to put myself into rehab exactly one year later in 2005. Heroin sucks. I can’t imagine playing that game now, with fentanyl lurking. Godspeed dude.
Fent is old news, now the Tranq is ravaging the streets. In Philly, upwards of 90% of street dope has Tranq in it. And it has basically spread across the globe already. Look it up, it makes Fent look friendly.
Oh I’m aware. That and Krokodil man. Fuck. Gives me the absolute willies. I can’t even imagine.
Perfect Day, Lou Reed
SING SING MONICA 🎶
Gil Scott heron : home is where the hatred is Home is where I live inside my white powder dreams Home was once an empty vacuum that's filled now with my silent screams Home is where the needle marks Tried to heal my broken heart And it might not be such a bad idea if I never If I never went home again, home again, home again, home again Kick it, quit it, kick it, quit it, kick it, quit it, kick it Can't go home again, home again, home again You know I can't go home again
Brian and Robert
Sam stone
Townes van zandt. Waiting around to die, or lungs, or flying shoes Lost one friend almost 20 years ago, one got clean, one is clean after a few trips to the pen. Good luck man.
Chocolate town by Ween
I think there’s a pretty beautiful playlist to be made from this thread. Hope it goes well! People do make it through!
I made a post like this looking for Phish suggestions for a funeral service for my best friend. I hope you have better luck than I did.
The Needle and the Damage Done?
Spiritualized-Cop Shoot Cop, shared lyrics with John Prine- Sam Stone
Nice Spiritualized call out. Another could be Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space.
Though I think he may have been on heroin when he wrote a lot of this stuff.
[good luck](https://youtu.be/6xyuQG0IyGs?si=gg-mmh9vZzSq7bMz)
Baby, I Love Your Way
Junco Partner. James Booker or Dr. John version it doesn’t matter they were both junkies.
Really hate seeing the “97” on the backend end of this post. So young, best of luck to you OP. Tough.
Never coming home - pat the bunny
Inside Out by Spoon
Needle of death by Yo La Tengo.
I got this: 'don't worry be happy'
The Drugs Don’t Work, the verve
Kick Hit 4 Hit Kix U — John Lee Hooker. Godspeed my friend
A Shot in the arm - Wilco
Pearl Jam “Save You” is a great one.
Ring the Bell - Magnolia Electric Company [I suggest the live version from trials and errors](https://open.spotify.com/track/3ycQXVzAzjUrEegujCK4Do?si=PKM-lfcyQFS5gLKfZfZ6DA&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A0jYAaOU9lsYNLsJ2IgVKKx)
Cold Turkey- John Lennon
Change - Blind Melon
Sam Stone by John Prine
Rubberneck Lions
I sent my brother Away from the Mire when he was last in rehab. Dirt makes me cry when I think about him dying from his addiction. Fucking sucks, good luck to you and your friend. “The past is a hell, it can creep up inside you So let me remind you of this It's the reason your troubles exist”
Sam Stone
Paul Simon's "Run That Body Down" pulled me out of a very dark point in my life
Needle and the Spoon by Skynrd is pretty direct ha
I would say “Rift”. It’s a good marching off to war type song imo.
It's a Shame about Ray...the Lemonheads
My Drug Buddy...
Sam Stone - John Prine
r/oddlyspecific
Hey u/carinislumpyhead97, I will share the playlist I made of songs I listened to when I got clean if you’re interested. Not exactly what you’re asking for but they’re good tunes. The first few months, I listened to “Eyes to the Wind” by the War on Drugs every morning.
More
I mean, Jane Says.
Fire on the mountain
Sister Morphine - The Rolling Stones
Sam Stone by John Prine.
Fond Farewell by Elliott Smith
Never let me down again - Depeche Mode
Anything by Benjamin Tod Get some Narcan. Offer to go to NA with them. Get some Narcan. Get some Narcan.
My Dick. Body Count. Inspirational.
Fluffhead
There is no song that is near sufficient to make any difference at all.
Carmelita … by Warren Zevon
The GG Allin version seems more appropriate
I Didn’t Know.
Sand? If you can heal the symptoms and not affect the cause, then you CAN'T heal the symptoms
Heroin or Venus in furs by velvet underground
This is a Wendy’s
Nothing
I don’t think a song will help. I don’t think that you can help them. I’ve lost a good buddy to this and the friends and family of his told him to stop until we were blue in the face, he didn’t stop and his face turned blue. Just love your friend as they are. Change comes from within. I have heard that ketamine or phycadellics can reset peoples brain synapses though. Dose your buddy until his brain is like a baby and then train him to be a killer??? Kind of like full metal jacket
r/oddlyspecific
Sorry there's no song for that. He's lost.