When I was 12, I stopped seeing my mom because of alcoholism among other things for 8 years. We only reconnected this year, and that experience has made me reflect a lot on my own habits and tendencies …
Cycles can so easily repeat themselves but they can also be the perfect reminder to keep you on track with who you want to be.
I’m really excited to hear your guys take on this. It is such a unique experience and pain to feel those feelings towards a parent, or to see those parts of them in yourself.
Glad you both have reconnected and can begin in your healing journey. Thank you for sharing your story with us and being a part of ours. See you tomorrow :)
There's this brand of chocolate milk that's supposed to be for protein and after you work out, but I've always got a box or two of them. I pop one in the fridge so it's nice and cool and after I get back from a hard day of school, or just whenever I get the craving, I take one from the fridge and chug it down. Sometimes I misplace the bottle I was drinking and I freak out a little bit trying to find it, sometimes throwing things off my bed in case it got covered.
...I feel like there's some sort of parallel to my relationship with chocolate milk....
I am still a minor so I can't drink, but I probably wont drink alcool when I'll get old enough. I just don't think it's necessary to have a good time and it's really not that great on your body.
I'm 14 currently, and I just recently told my mom about my dad giving me alchohol 2 years ago and it's been really hard because he's like seriously mad at me and i don't get to see him anymore and i just feel like such an asshole right now so this song has been a good vent one for me( ik it's sounds cringe but it has been so wtv) so I just want to say THANK YOU JAMESY BOYYYY!! WE LOVE YOUUUU!!!
Also, i would like to mention the fact that my significant other, Ryker, has been a fan since the band first released Rare Americans, and he watched Rare Americans 2 come out so, I feel like he deserves a shoutout because he introduced me to this amazing band and I've been in love with Rare Americans ever since so, yea... Have a fantasmagonical day folks!! Stay curious!!! ;3
I grew up with a lot of my family genetics drinking fairly heavily, many of which were alcoholics. Throughout mostly college, I found myself to go through my ‘party phase’ and drink quite heavily. Though it never got out of control or impeded my life, I often felt ‘invincible’ on it.
It wasn’t until years later that I actually started to recall and understand the things I did while I was intoxicated. It took me a long time to actually realize how bad some of the stuff was. Again, nothing out of control, just not within what I would do sober. It changes you.
So after seeing (most) of my family struggle with addiction, I’ve been really contemplating if it’s even worth keeping it in my life.
Even if it doesn’t have its reins on you as hard as this song describes, it still changes you in ways you wouldn’t really understand in the moment (or even years after)
Not sure if it’s worth drinking anymore. Where is the line? Is a drink occasionally okay? Or should I do my best to break any ties?
I’m going to a brewery for my friends birthday this month…not sure if I should drink…or at all…
I never drank alcohol except for maybe half a glass once or twice to get a taste of it as I'm only 17 at the moment. Unfortunatelly, most of my classmates like to drink till they literally gey wasted and womit for hours which I don't get resulting in me being excluded from this main class group and not being invited to any parties or events cus I don't drink and "am no fun". Fortunately, in all this chaos, I have my girlfriend who is also against drinking which helped me get through it and not get dragged into this whole nasty bs. Thanks to her I can be myself and enjoy real company who doesn't relly on alcohol to have fun.
As always I'm super excited for this song to come out! I'm really interested to hear the execution of such a personal experience and such a relatable topic though it's rather sad that so many people myself included have had to deal with alcoholism impacting their lives be that personally or through someone they care about, I'm looking forward to RA's take on this topic though it may be a more mature topic I'm ecstatic to hear this song! Can't wait! Keep up the spectacular work!
When I was 12, I stopped seeing my mom because of alcoholism among other things for 8 years. We only reconnected this year, and that experience has made me reflect a lot on my own habits and tendencies …
Cycles can so easily repeat themselves but they can also be the perfect reminder to keep you on track with who you want to be.
I’m really excited to hear your guys take on this. It is such a unique experience and pain to feel those feelings towards a parent, or to see those parts of them in yourself.
Cant wait , see y’all tomorrow !
Glad you both have reconnected and can begin in your healing journey. Thank you for sharing your story with us and being a part of ours. See you tomorrow :)
I kinda feel this im not a big drinker. But i do have a very bad habbit of coke cola addiction ik its not the same 😭
Sugar is equally as addictive!
There's this brand of chocolate milk that's supposed to be for protein and after you work out, but I've always got a box or two of them. I pop one in the fridge so it's nice and cool and after I get back from a hard day of school, or just whenever I get the craving, I take one from the fridge and chug it down. Sometimes I misplace the bottle I was drinking and I freak out a little bit trying to find it, sometimes throwing things off my bed in case it got covered.
...I feel like there's some sort of parallel to my relationship with chocolate milk....
At least you're getting your protein in
Is it just me or is the girl on the album cover the same one from run the world the one the kid is holding hands with at the end of the music video
Good eye!
Reminds me of Deja Vu or Cold Wind Blows by Eminem. It's a great guitar riff!
it's nice to see that you guys are talking a pretty serious topic. i feel like we need to stop the stigma of addiction and how it effects children.
I am still a minor so I can't drink, but I probably wont drink alcool when I'll get old enough. I just don't think it's necessary to have a good time and it's really not that great on your body.
I'm 14 currently, and I just recently told my mom about my dad giving me alchohol 2 years ago and it's been really hard because he's like seriously mad at me and i don't get to see him anymore and i just feel like such an asshole right now so this song has been a good vent one for me( ik it's sounds cringe but it has been so wtv) so I just want to say THANK YOU JAMESY BOYYYY!! WE LOVE YOUUUU!!!
Also, i would like to mention the fact that my significant other, Ryker, has been a fan since the band first released Rare Americans, and he watched Rare Americans 2 come out so, I feel like he deserves a shoutout because he introduced me to this amazing band and I've been in love with Rare Americans ever since so, yea... Have a fantasmagonical day folks!! Stay curious!!! ;3
I grew up with a lot of my family genetics drinking fairly heavily, many of which were alcoholics. Throughout mostly college, I found myself to go through my ‘party phase’ and drink quite heavily. Though it never got out of control or impeded my life, I often felt ‘invincible’ on it.
It wasn’t until years later that I actually started to recall and understand the things I did while I was intoxicated. It took me a long time to actually realize how bad some of the stuff was. Again, nothing out of control, just not within what I would do sober. It changes you.
So after seeing (most) of my family struggle with addiction, I’ve been really contemplating if it’s even worth keeping it in my life.
Even if it doesn’t have its reins on you as hard as this song describes, it still changes you in ways you wouldn’t really understand in the moment (or even years after)
Not sure if it’s worth drinking anymore. Where is the line? Is a drink occasionally okay? Or should I do my best to break any ties?
I’m going to a brewery for my friends birthday this month…not sure if I should drink…or at all…
Thanks for listening
I never drank alcohol except for maybe half a glass once or twice to get a taste of it as I'm only 17 at the moment. Unfortunatelly, most of my classmates like to drink till they literally gey wasted and womit for hours which I don't get resulting in me being excluded from this main class group and not being invited to any parties or events cus I don't drink and "am no fun". Fortunately, in all this chaos, I have my girlfriend who is also against drinking which helped me get through it and not get dragged into this whole nasty bs. Thanks to her I can be myself and enjoy real company who doesn't relly on alcohol to have fun.
As always I'm super excited for this song to come out! I'm really interested to hear the execution of such a personal experience and such a relatable topic though it's rather sad that so many people myself included have had to deal with alcoholism impacting their lives be that personally or through someone they care about, I'm looking forward to RA's take on this topic though it may be a more mature topic I'm ecstatic to hear this song! Can't wait! Keep up the spectacular work!