Don't judge this post by its title; that's the first thing I'll say before jumping into this topic. Something that's strange to me, is the lack of songs that are written about addiction. I realize that yes, there are a good handful, but I'm going to break down into specifics. I think it's odd that there's so few songs about addiction affecting families through the parents... particularly since "Seventy six million Americans, about 43% of the U.S. adult population, have been exposed to alcoholism in the family. Almost one in five adult Americans (18%) lived with an alcoholic while growing up". What I've noticed in music is that if addiction is covered; it's almost always directed onto the fathers. It's odd to me that even addiction has gender roles and it disgusts me in a way because I actually know more people who have mothers with addiction problems than fathers. That's besides the point though; everyone's experience is different and I just say that about the music industry's personification of addiction. I'd never discredit anyone of their experience with addiction... then again; I'd never wish it upon anyone to experience addiction within their family. It's a horrible thing and it's terrifying. In any case, for any new readers to this blog... my mom was an alcoholic who suffered from addictive personality disorder and multiple eating disorders. She passed away 3 years ago; a result of her poor life decisions and mental illness but most prominently because of her addiction. Prior to that, her addiction split apart my family and I stood witness to everything she did for my entire life; beginning to understand things at 7. This post is semi-inspired by my dad's post from yesterday. He's written numerous posts about my mom, and I have too- I'm sure of you scroll back enough (or go through the carefully organized categories he's put together) you can piece together my life's story. Due to the gender roles that have been slapped onto addiction in pop culture; I've always found it hard finding music that deals with mothers with addictions. However, recently I've been listening to an artist named NF (I believe I've mentioned a few of his songs in previous posts) and I've found 2 of his songs that actually do cover a very similar situation to mine, Upon doing some research; I discovered that the 2 songs I had found were inspired by his own experience as he had lost his mother to an accidental drug overdose. While my mom (thankfully) was never hooked on any hard drugs; the alcohol was bad enough. I honestly do consider alcohol to be a drug, at the end of the day. In any case, I greatly appreciate the two songs because I find them to be quite relatable, even though the lyrics are pretty heavy. If you aren't into rap, at least read the lyrics. I'll leave a link to the songs below. - maddie Miss You - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtRy75dqzGc How Could You Leave Us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9tqvCYlZSQ
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