Alcohol, Drugs, Creativity, & Mental Health | Feat Sleaford Mods, Annie Leibovitz, +++

Oh sobriety - how you infiltrate the creative space entirely. Listen to interviews with ten of your favourite artists, and a good six or seven will probably mention a strained relationship with the many altered states on offer. So what can we deduce then? Well, that this sobriety we speak on, is an issue we must discuss and share about. In this podcast episode specifically, I explore the idea that artists & creatives themselves, might be more susceptible to the kind of obsessive or self-destructive patterns of drug or alcohol abuse, and also that sobriety might open the door to a kind of authenticity, and work ethic, which can offer the most durable approach to actually achieving your hard and interesting creative goals. What do you think? I hope you enjoy it at least, I loved making it, and at this time of year… boy is it good to drill these ideas around intentionality and measured action in a little. Best,WillCan you help support this work? I believe Creative Minds is inherently more valuable if everyone can access everything for free. But I’m balancing building this and paying my bills, and need your help to keep growing this.I get messages every week from people who say my work is helping them move forward with their projects and feel better about their journey and wellbeing around their creative life. If you can support here, and you think this kind of work matters, please consider dropping me that help, and be part of the engine that allows me to continue this… Get full access to The Creative Minds Newsletter at insidecreativeminds.substack.com/subscribe