Recovery Art: The Duality of Addiction
Hey all, Ernesto here. Recovery Arts is proud to announce our first “Recovery Art” contribution. The submission was sent by Adrien of Arizona, who has less than a year in recovery. Thanks a lot for sharing your Recovery Art, Adrien. Hopefully this piece of art will serve to inspire other people to also express themselves in creative ways and to keep on trucking down the path of recovery. Please find the painting “The Duality of Addiction” below, along with some of Adrien’s sentiments on recovery and the role art can play to help someone in recovery that is seeking an alternative outlet to consuming:
“I’ve been clean for almost a year now. I always wanted to paint, because I’m a creative person, but when I was getting high there was always an excuse and distraction that kept me from the positive things that I wanted to actively pursue. Nonetheless, after I started attending group and staying away from bad influences, I found myself with more free time, so I picked up the brush and started putting my thoughts and feeling on the canvas. To me, “The Duality of Addiction” was one of the paintings that highlighted me trying to part with the dark side of myself that led me to using. The painting served as a way of saying goodbye to my addiction.”
Adrien
21/04/2009 at 3:41 pm Permalink
I think that it’s great that you have found on outlet to help you down the path of recovery. More people need to be aware of things like this to help them through the hard times. Even for those out there who are still using, and haven’t taken the step towards recovery yet, need to know that there are ways to help you through it, and that drugs aren’t going to help them in the long run. I wish I was able to find an outlet like this when I decided to get clean.
22/04/2009 at 3:58 pm Permalink
I enjoyed your painting, it reminds me of the same struggles I face and that there is really no way getting around the fact that addiction leads to death… Having lived in Mexico it reminds me of the November celebration Day of the Dead…the painting shows you have a lot of raw talent.
Santos