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Feeling the Blues (collage)

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Funk spill 

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First steps

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Sharted my way through dinner tonight. Enjoy my shart art. 

I have stomach issues due to post acute withdrawal syndrome and apparently, sharting my way thru dinner and pretending it didn't happen is one of the issues.

<div class="md"><p>Sharted my way through dinner tonight. Enjoy my shart art. </p>

<p>I have stomach issues due to post acute withdrawal syndrome and apparently, sharting my way thru dinner and pretending it didn&#39;t happen is one of the issues.</p>
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Does this count?

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Feeling’ it lately
Chumbawumba though
Peace 
And love

<div class="md"><p>Feeling’ it lately
Chumbawumba though
Peace 
And love</p>
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every body hurts (by me), markers and pencil JUNE 2024

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Sorry I haven't posted in awhile. Been trying to take better care of my mental health. I quit smoking weed, and I feel great now. Still dabble with booze and well tobacco (I'll probably never quit lol) but I did switch to pipe and it's a little better not gonna lie. Anyways Pax Tecum everyone and have an awesome week Carpe Diem!!

<div class="md"><p>Sorry I haven&#39;t posted in awhile. Been trying to take better care of my mental health. I quit smoking weed, and I feel great now. Still dabble with booze and well tobacco (I&#39;ll probably never quit lol) but I did switch to pipe and it&#39;s a little better not gonna lie. Anyways Pax Tecum everyone and have an awesome week Carpe Diem!!</p>
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Hello everyone. Hope all is good.

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[I need to work on my reflections a bit 😊](https://preview.redd.it/k9qyk31w8vjc1.jpg?width=3488&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8fa03e02546710a4775e8cb9eaed4d818b6aa7be)

<div class="md"><p>&#x200B;</p>

<p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/k9qyk31w8vjc1.jpg?width=3488&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=8fa03e02546710a4775e8cb9eaed4d818b6aa7be">I need to work on my reflections a bit 😊</a></p>
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My first attempt at any art since I was in school. This was done in rehab (clean for a year now)

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I grew up as a Jehovah witness until 18
Seeing all the images of doom as a child I think was a big influence on my art at that time 
Now I’m coming back to art and here’s a quick sketch today

<div class="md"><p>I grew up as a Jehovah witness until 18
Seeing all the images of doom as a child I think was a big influence on my art at that time 
Now I’m coming back to art and here’s a quick sketch today</p>
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Escape

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1. “Self portrait”: sketch + song lyrics (hexagram - deftones, like spinning plates - radiohead)

2. Just drawing practice, used a google reference.

<div class="md"><ol>
<li><p>“Self portrait”: sketch + song lyrics (hexagram - deftones, like spinning plates - radiohead)</p></li>
<li><p>Just drawing practice, used a google reference.</p></li>
</ol>
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32 days clean from fentanyl

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i was in a 3 year long (and terrible) relationship in high school (sophomore year to senior year) and the girl i was dating is an artist. she took her art very seriously, and is attending college for art if i’m not mistaken. she made it a point when i would sketch and such to comment about how my work is ugly, and the proportions are bad. it tore me down so much and i quit doing art all together. i’ve been struggling very hard with my depression the past week and woke up with the urge to do art. pulled my apple pencil out and redownloaded procreate and did this sketch.. currently working on coloring it. art is not something super serious to me, but it distracts me from my mental illnesses. it’s not perfect, but i’m a psychology major, not art. i’m so proud of myself for starting art again, although i’m very self critical. my current partner really loves it and asked if i could draw him something for his birthday. that made me realize that i am loved… long story short, for every person that tears you down, exhausts you, and abuses you, there’s someone to love, cherish, and appreciate you.

<div class="md"><p>i was in a 3 year long (and terrible) relationship in high school (sophomore year to senior year) and the girl i was dating is an artist. she took her art very seriously, and is attending college for art if i’m not mistaken. she made it a point when i would sketch and such to comment about how my work is ugly, and the proportions are bad. it tore me down so much and i quit doing art all together. i’ve been struggling very hard with my depression the past week and woke up with the urge to do art. pulled my apple pencil out and redownloaded procreate and did this sketch.. currently working on coloring it. art is not something super serious to me, but it distracts me from my mental illnesses. it’s not perfect, but i’m a psychology major, not art. i’m so proud of myself for starting art again, although i’m very self critical. my current partner really loves it and asked if i could draw him something for his birthday. that made me realize that i am loved… long story short, for every person that tears you down, exhausts you, and abuses you, there’s someone to love, cherish, and appreciate you.</p>
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finally pursuing art again

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<div class="md"><p>First piece of 2024</p>
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Horrid Homes. 10x14

A drawing of my addiction, and a short story of how it helps me.

Cyclonic Defeat -me (open image to see full poem)

Sorry to re up load. Pictures didn't load...so here's some more!! Mainly been doodling all work to prepare for spring festivals.

<div class="md"><p>Sorry to re up load. Pictures didn&#39;t load...so here&#39;s some more!! Mainly been doodling all work to prepare for spring festivals.</p>
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Random doodles.

“We must never forget that we may also find meaning in life even when confronted with a hopeless situation, when facing a fate that cannot be changed. For what then matters is to bear witness to the uniquely human potential at its best, which is to transform a personal tragedy into a triumph, to turn one’s predicament into a human achievement.”

- Viktor Frankl, in *Man’s Search for Meaning*

Edit: search for that title and “free pdf” and you’ll find a few sources, including one at archive(dot)org

<div class="md"><p>“We must never forget that we may also find meaning in life even when confronted with a hopeless situation, when facing a fate that cannot be changed. For what then matters is to bear witness to the uniquely human potential at its best, which is to transform a personal tragedy into a triumph, to turn one’s predicament into a human achievement.”</p>

<ul>
<li>Viktor Frankl, in <em>Man’s Search for Meaning</em></li>
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<p>Edit: search for that title and “free pdf” and you’ll find a few sources, including one at archive(dot)org</p>
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On the Meaning of Suffering

I used to loathe myself drowning, and staring at this quote from Socrates, but now I use it to remind myself of the reasons I will never go back there. I hope that wherever you are in your journey of recovery, things like this will give you the strength to become the best you can be.

<div class="md"><p>I used to loathe myself drowning, and staring at this quote from Socrates, but now I use it to remind myself of the reasons I will never go back there. I hope that wherever you are in your journey of recovery, things like this will give you the strength to become the best you can be.</p>
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Wanted to post this here for you

Insomnia. 2023.

Kinda goofy.  I've never shared this before, but to me it illustrates a return to being Me, and the long road i had ahead of me, when i first started in recovery.

<div class="md"><p>Kinda goofy.  I&#39;ve never shared this before, but to me it illustrates a return to being Me, and the long road i had ahead of me, when i first started in recovery.</p>
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Return to myself. 2019, Digital

Melancholy. 2023.

I am struggling with addiction and mental health and I am a beginner artist. I want to know how does art affect your mental health/how do you use art to help with it?

<div class="md"><p>I am struggling with addiction and mental health and I am a beginner artist. I want to know how does art affect your mental health/how do you use art to help with it?</p>
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How do you use art to help your mental health?

blue

Strong hand. 2022, collage, moi 🤠

Dark Fall of 2020 - me, collage (non-digital)

Anxiety. 2023

Ollie

It's not the same maybe, but this is what I'm doing while being incapacitated by benzo withdrawals and processing way too much PTSD. (As if there's such thing as just the right amount of PTSD.)

Learning how to make sourdough. This is my second loaf.

I mean it's art kinda, right? 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️

<div class="md"><p>It&#39;s not the same maybe, but this is what I&#39;m doing while being incapacitated by benzo withdrawals and processing way too much PTSD. (As if there&#39;s such thing as just the right amount of PTSD.)</p>

<p>Learning how to make sourdough. This is my second loaf.</p>

<p>I mean it&#39;s art kinda, right? 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️</p>
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Fucking Bread

Mental illness and addiction related I guess. 2018 I dealt with my drinking. Recently started ketamine treatment for my depression and it’s working so well I can clearly see I have a big problem with my adderall. Like… very big. Now working on that and feeling scared? Excited? So many emotions it’s like if you put them in a blender and then poured the contents into my brain and it’s just sloshing around? (That feels about right) 

Idk but above all consistently asking this question so TLDR: what the drawing/painting says 

Why do I feel the need to torture myself?

(Why do we feel the need to torture ourselves? Because you have no idea how grateful I am for this community rn so making it an all inclusive question that anyone can answer if they feel it helpful) 

——————- side note —————
Posted the second picture to remind myself art has always been a part of my life even before my addictions and mental health issues (or atleast the more severe aspects)  think I sketched just the hand  back in 9th grade (14yo, 29 now) and traced it into my tablet way later and then years later here we are and it served as some inspiration for this other drawing  

Hopeful stuff

<div class="md"><p>Mental illness and addiction related I guess. 2018 I dealt with my drinking. Recently started ketamine treatment for my depression and it’s working so well I can clearly see I have a big problem with my adderall. Like… very big. Now working on that and feeling scared? Excited? So many emotions it’s like if you put them in a blender and then poured the contents into my brain and it’s just sloshing around? (That feels about right) </p>

<p>Idk but above all consistently asking this question so TLDR: what the drawing/painting says </p>

<p>Why do I feel the need to torture myself?</p>

<p>(Why do we feel the need to torture ourselves? Because you have no idea how grateful I am for this community rn so making it an all inclusive question that anyone can answer if they feel it helpful) </p>

<p>——————- side note —————
Posted the second picture to remind myself art has always been a part of my life even before my addictions and mental health issues (or atleast the more severe aspects)  think I sketched just the hand  back in 9th grade (14yo, 29 now) and traced it into my tablet way later and then years later here we are and it served as some inspiration for this other drawing  </p>

<p>Hopeful stuff</p>
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<div class="md"><p>A community to share recovery-related artwork </p>

<p>Show us your journey.</p>

<p>Welcoming all visual creations (eg, paintings, drawings, collages, sculptures, wood work, needle work, etc) reflecting recovery from addictions, trauma &amp; PTSD, mental illness, phycial injuries, grief &amp; loss, and other adverse life challenges. </p>
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