Posts Tagged ‘The Ties That Bind Us’
Happy birthday to us! The Ties That Bind Us celebrates three years
Over the three years The Ties That Bind Us has been telling the recovery stories of musicians, it’s felt a bit like cartography. What I mean by that is this: Recovery is a mountain range, peaks so high it scrapes the clouds, crisscrossed with ravines and gorges, valleys and outlooks, forested meadows and desolate stretches…
Read MoreHappy birthday to us! Celebrating two years of sharing experience, strength and hope
The Ties That Bind Us, a weekly interview blog with musicians in recovery from addiction and alcoholism, marks two years of sharing experience, strength and hope this week. Steve Poltz The blog, sponsored by the Knoxville, Tennessee-based drug and alcohol treatment center Cornerstone of Recovery, features weekly interviews with artists from a broad cross section…
Read MoreRemembering those who fell: A Memorial Day playlist
There’s often a lot of confusion between Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day, at least among civilians. The men and women who wear the uniform understand, however. Oh, they bear our misguided salutes on the former and don’t mind at all if we honor the dead on the latter, but for the sake of clarification: Memorial…
Read MoreNineteen for 2019: A Labor Day playlist from The Ties That Bind Us
It’s a federal holiday, so hopefully most of you are enjoying time away from the workplace and, by proxy, the screens to which we all seem to be anchored these days. We’ve got an amazing lineup of recovering musicians on deck for the weeks to come — Jack Russell of Great White; singer-songwriters Morgan Wade,…
Read MoreThe Ties That Bind Us marks one year of telling rock ‘n’ roll recovery stories
It’s been one year since The Ties That Bind Us opened a new avenue of conversation about the intersection between addiction and creativity. The blog, sponsored by the drug and alcohol treatment center Cornerstone of Recovery, features weekly interviews with artists from across the musical spectrum. They vary by age, race, sex, sexual orientation and…
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