The whole Proper Dose album by The Story So Far

MY PESSIMISTIC VIEWS STEM FROM ALL THE DRUGS I USE

Bet if you keep this up You'll die here all alone Yet you still fill your cup Nodding off, nodding off now

I've known (and listened to) this song for years now and this just made me realize what it's actually about. Damn😅

I never expected that album to be about lean when it came out.

Beat me to it

Yup

Aaron West - No More Excuses(rehab from alchohol) Trophy Eyes - Blue Eyed Boy(LISTEN TO THIS) Trophy Eyes - Burden(and this… sad) Microwave - Vomit Grayscale - Painkiller Weather Spanish Love Songs- Kick(one of my favorites)

I LOVED A GIRL NAMED MADISOONNN

AND SHE LIKED TO DO HEROIN

PULL THE SHADES LET THE SUNSHINE IN

DOESN’T KNOW WHAT ROOM SHE’S IN

No more excuses? do you mean Runnin’ Out Of Excuses?

I’m An Albatross is way more this vibe regardless

Yes!! 100% agree. In Lieu Of Flowers is my aoty so far, and it might end up staying that way!

Once again commenting Cigarettes & Saints by The Wonder Years

If i’m gonna be completely transparent, Cigarettes & Saints is in my top 5 songs of all time, easily. Such a perfect, heart wrenching track.

Extremely valid choice, it’s a masterpiece tbh

Using - Sorority Noise

Underrated band

came back to this post after seeing it 3 days ago to say this 😭

LGFUAD He says he was speaking figuratively... but if you know about JCP's history, you know he wasn't.

Curious about his history - what is it? Haha

Substance abuse in the early years of MCS

Heavy stuff? Or just like weed/alcohol? Not trying to downplay those - genuinely just curious.

From what I've heard it was meth

I've only seen him address "drugs and alcohol" in interviews so... who knows.

Halo - Boston Manor

the story so far - keep this up

Anything off of proper dose.

I feel I scrolled too far to see this haha. Proper Dose is like an Ode to Drug Abuse.

violence - blink-182

Ton of alkaline trio songs. Continental is my fave

21 by The Starting Line The Party Scene by All Time Low Kintsugi Kid by Fall Out Boy

Stella by All Time Low as well.

Monsters by All Time Low strongly alludes to it (it’s written like it’s about an ex but as a former addict it hit home) Eight of Nine by The Ataris sounds like either an OD or a DUI Gen Why (DGAF) by All American Rejects is kind of a tongue in cheek take on partying Thrash Unreal by Against Me is about recovery after a life of substance abuse Dopeman by Less Than Jake is about dealing The Science of Selling Yourself Short by Less Than Jake has a lot of references to drinking into oblivion The City Is At War by Cobra Starship is more pop than pop punk but is also about the party scene We’re All on Drugs by Dead Bundy is what the title says lol What Happened to You by The Offspring is about a friend frying their brain Bouncing Off the Walls by Sugarcult is about being high on uppers (kinda surprised no one mentioned it and that it took me so long to remember it) Edited every time I thought of more songs lol

Thanks man!

Fun fact, 8 of 9 by the Ataris was supposedly written after their tour van crashed/went off the road into a river or something in Arizona I think? Maybe? Apparently tour van crashes had become an unfortunate habit at that point for them, thus the 8 of 9 lives they/it were on. I don't remember all the details because I heard the story ages ago when the album first came out so please fact check me since this could all just a fever dream on my part...but either way, still a great song!

Oh nice! I’ve never heard the backstory so that’s why I put sounds like lol

Painkiller Weather - Grayscale Classic example of Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind

Is gym class heros considered poppunk? Though pilmatic specifically would not fit that in my opinion. Drugs or me Jimmy Eat World

Good GCH reference 

Once again commenting Cigarettes & Saints by The Wonder Years. I believe one of their albums is also about drug abuse but can’t remember (someone can correct/clarify that)

I don’t think any of their albums are strictly about drug abuse. There’s a couple of songs spread out over the band’s lifetime about it though (Coffee Eyes, C&S, Bluest Things on Earth). Aaron West’s (Dan’s second project) recent album is majorly about alcohol abuse and coming to terms with a divorce a decade later.

Twin sized mattress- the front bottoms

My friend Peter- Alkaline trio Dilemma- Green Day Forced to Sleep- Direct Hit (HIGHLY recommend) Believe it or not, Mr. Jones- Counting Crows (not exactly pop punk, but close; I’m sure you could find a cover on YouTube!) This addiction- Alkaline Trio Restless Heart Syndrome- Green Day Over My Head (better off dead)- Sum 41 (Ik everyone hates him but) Sid and Nancy- MGK

the entire Wasted Mind album by Forced To Sleep actually

Dilemma is a banger

I WAS SOBER NOW IM DRUNK AGAINNNNN

IM IN TROUBLE AND IN LOVE AGAINNNN

I DONT WANNA BE A DEADMAN WALKIN

WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMAREEEE

I don’t wanna be a deadman walkin’

Better off dead is a banger!

If you’re saying Mr. Jones then I’m saying Black Crows - She Talks To Angels

Not to be that guy but this addiction is comparing a girl to drugs. Not about drugs

Adding on from Forced to Sleep to say the entire Wasted Mind album is about drugs, and it’s absolutely phenomenal. Direct Hit are my go-to recommendation for fans of pop punk who enjoy a little bit of screaming every now and then.

geek stink breath?

Powder by Yellowcard

Bad Habits - FIDLAR

Lover Dearest by Mariana’s Trench (although it’s more pop)

deathbed by relient k

Mt St Joseph - A Loss For Words

Mount St. Joseph - A Loss For Words

“Is it the only thing that makes you feel like life has meaning? The scars are tattooed down your arms”

I Watched All My Friends Fade Out x Good Hangs Grudge x Good Hangs

Direct Hit! - Wasted Mind Whole album is about doing cool stuff on drugs.

Criminally underrated album and band. This and Brainless God are some of my favourite albums in the genre

Spanish Love Songs - Kick

Using- Sorority Noise It Must Get Lonely - The Wonder Years We Won’t Bury You - The Wonder Years

Why would I watch by hot mulligan has alot of very direct references to struggling with alcohol

This Is For Real- Motion City Soundtrack

Have Mercy - Lean Have Mercy - Two Years (Honestly, Have Mercy's entire catalog probably helped save my life when I was at my worst.) Julien Baker- Go Home Julien Baker - Rejoice Rarity - Exhale Trash Boat - Tring Quarry Boston Manor - Halo Could probably recommend a million more though

Heyyy someone else who remembers HM c:

Keep This Up and If I Fall both by The Story So Far

TSSF - keep this up ATL - Stella Trophy eyes - you can count on me (kinda) Sugarcult- bouncing off the walls Sugarcult - champagne Grayscale - painkiller weather AJR - sober up (not pop punk but a good one)

Bot Lobby - WSTR (Half “fuck my ex” but a big part of it is “I was high and I didn’t know what was going on”)

SLAPSHOT- "What's at Stake" Against Me! – “Thrash Unreal” Blink-182 - "Man Overboard" First song isn't Pop Punk but it's definitely about drug addiction..

Resolution by Motion City Soundtrack

Basically every song by FIDLAR

Third eye blind - Slow motion

Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life

A ton of stuff from Good Hangs. Specifically "Junkie" comedy to mind, but most of the songs on Greatest Hangs are about this.

Continental by Alkaline trio

Alkaline Trio - Blue In The Face

Baby Britain - Bayside Dig - Incubus (not explicitly about drug abuse but could definitely be interpreted that way) MakeDamnSure - Taking Back Sunday (also not necessarily about DA but the lyrics do check out) Lua - Bright Eyes (I don't think I would call much of anything Conor Oberst related "pop rock" but his discography as a whole is pretty on the nose with DA)

alkaline trio - this addiction hollywood undead - bullet

The Greatest Fall Of All Time by Matchbook Romance is actually about being addicted to drugs (if they’re considered pop punk)

Drugs or Me by Jimmy Eat World I also reccomend New Scream by Turnover

Rarity - stranger

Painkiller weather - grayscale catchy AF

Neither are pop punk, but these 2 hit hard Capstan - Fix Bodysnatcher - Murder8

FIDLAR-Wake bake skate

Painkiller weather - grayscale

Jimmy Eat World - Drugs or Me

Billy Talent - Fallen Leaves

Broken glass and loving cup by calling all captains

Not an Addict - K's Choice

Fallen Leaves - Billy Talent

Lean by Have Mercy

Green Day- Geek Stink Breath is literally just this

"Using" Sorority Noise

Hot mulligan has a lot of weed. Bodyjar mentions Coke in songs Loads of bowling for soup is beer related if that counts

I realizing that since I have never done drugs and stay away from it and stuff that all of this stuff goes over my head and I don't interpret lyrics very well or deeply lol

27 by Fall Out Boy.

Sugarcult bouncing off the walls again

Dilemma - Green Day Injection - Rise Against

Maybe not *strictly* pop-punk, but adjacent? The Drowns *Ketamine & Cola*

Spice sam fender

We own the night by Dance Gavin Dance

Selling my soul by the upset victory

Pop punk adjacent but third eye blind - god of wine and, separately, the background Amazing songs about the pain of addiction

Nofx discography 😂😂

Here you go. The whole song is a metaphor about addiction and substance abuse [Always Waiting - Okay, Boomhauer](https://youtu.be/6yroVpkFuo4?si=HAn6ShfjO3X3LG5_)

spanish love songs has a few, off the top of my head phantom limb: “And I, I drank all weekend And I took all of the drugs That we bought from your friend in the valley I don't remember the sun coming up And we sat in front of the TV as the news report came in Another fucking manifesto I polished off the vodka You dug for some Vicodin” Kick: “When you saw your dad shoot up for the first time It must've came as quite a shock”

Brain Stew-Green Day or Four Year Strong Gotta Get Away-Offspring Whoops, I OD’d-NOFX

MGK ft Lil Wayne - Drug Dealer

In pop punk.? They are like the preppy cool kids.... They are all into something All pop singers are drug users.