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I need to work on my reflections a bit 😊

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

First piece of 2024

“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

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.

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.

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?

All the medications listed are ones I’ve been on (I started with Paxil at age 8, and I’m 27 now). The pills are the side effects I’ve experienced.

Made with Adobe Express a few months ago

I’m really pleased with the activity and growth in this community so far, especially with the amount of unique and powerful works of art that everyone has shown here so far.

That said, Reddit’s art and recovery communities encompass millions of people and all of us here know there’s a ton of overlap between those groups.

I’ve put out notices to almost two dozen subreddits between those spheres but the more we can get the word out there, the more we can grow this community and expand the range of experiences, perspectives, and artistic expressions in that space where those two spheres meet.

I hope you all can feel that this space is truly yours. When you’re visiting other art or recovery related subreddits and see something that would fit in the vision of this space, point them in this direction and invite them in! There’s nothing else like it on Reddit and my hope is that we can build it into a robust, meaningful, and dynamic space of collective healing and collaborative growth.

But even if it never grows further, I’m damned glad you all are here on this journey with me. You cats are kicking ass!