It's w tears in my eyes that I admit to myself today is day 1- again. I had 4yrs 8months & I threw it all away. I can't believe this happened. But if I can be an example of getting sober- i can be an example of starting over. 1.21.21 🙏💖
When I was a tweaker it came down to getting sober or ending it all. I hated every second of my existence. I am so happy with my life now that I'm sober. If this addict can do it, you can too. Please remember that no pain is worth ending your life, and things can always change. Good luck my friend
6 years of sobriety in November and I find myself coming back to this song with a whole different feeling. Many MANY tearful night’s listening to this song and feeling like I could never make it but one person has stayed with me through it all and I’ll spend the rest of my days making it up to her. Find a reason bigger than yourself and when you are ready you will know because nothing else will matter. It has to become the only thing you want to do and it so worth it. to everyone that doesn’t feel like it now let me tell you, the high you get from freeing yourself is a better high than you’ve ever had before.
what a powerful and humble comment - i wish you all the best in recovery, and i hope if relapse ever becomes present, know youll have this comment and your replies to support you. ~
Sober nearly two years and just relapsed. This song gives me hope. " I'd rather live telling the truth then be judged for my mistakes than falsely held up". Thanks for the encouragement Macklemore
I wish my brother would have made it. His relapse took his life. I miss him so much. Heard this at the Macklemore concert Friday night and just started balling….
It has been 6 years and still feels like a knife to my heart. The pain comes and goes, over time I have healed some. And I can go months being ok. But at random times, for no apparent reason, he comes to mind.
I get my 1st year sober, and break my leg and back. In 2017. It’s 2019 and having an amputation. No matter what I gotta pull thru with minimal medicine and I feel like imma die, but it’s way better than dying again. Pray for me and my babies and wife.
I wrote this a year ago.... and since then I went back to being a heroin addict. I fucked up and now here I am 3 days in and hate what I’ve become. I lost my leg and etc... but I’m still here. Love all you addicts and alcoholics... big man had better plans. Did I mention I shot myself and tried other means to get rid of this pain... I’m back at it trying again . And that’s all we can do. Easy does it.
Keep your head up. You know the way. Trust me, I know that is easier said than done. I sometimes take for granted being away from that trash for 3 years. Then boom life reminds me that I need to be humble. I hope these words I wrote find you at peace with hope and love.
+Alexandra Rowan Remember never stop working the steps. no one can do this on their own. i have tried and failed, had six years now i'm back to three years all because of one slip. Thought i could do this on my own, turns out you can't
Great job to everyone on their sobriety!! It doesn’t matter if it’s 1 day, 1 month, 1 year, I’m so happy that you’re making/made the change. Everyone’s sobriety looks different, congratulations on yours !! Keep it up and love the life you’re blessed with from now on !
Otherside, starting over, Kevin , drug dealer = most realist, sincere and powerful songs in the world ( in my opinion ). I wish these songs received the credit they deserve, keep up the phenomenal work Macklemore !!!
This song saved me....thank you! You made me feel like I wasnt a loser when I slipped and fell along the way. This song needs more attention....this could save so many lives!
Seriously your 💯 on that! The radio doesn't play any good recovery songs and it's crazy. The amount of people struggle like us out there. What gives?? I've been clean for over a year now thank God! ❤❤
I have three years as of a few days ago, not without hurdles, shakes, urges, and fear of falling down and starting again. But this song - and reading all the touching and supportive comments here - constantly remind me that if I ever fail one day, it’s just for that: a failure for only one day. I’m proud of all of us and really glad we’re all doing this work on ourselves. We’re never incomplete, even if we stumble on the way to improving.
4 years without cocain, if i can be an example of starting over! Bless you all. Now I'm settled with a gf by my side, a baby on the way, full time headchef position and a place of my own, if I can make it... you can ! Don't give up friend
Listening to this every single day I get an urge because you gotta remember the pain that comes after the relapse is worse than the pain of fighting the relapse. You can condition yourself to fighting indefinitely but you cannot condition yourself into becoming a dissapointment.
+Jihad Claimon Pair it with "Otherside" and "Neon Cathedral" and you've got some of the best hip-hop songs in recent years. So powerful and so beautiful.
Back here again… one day clean and sober… I’m going through it. This was one of the songs I first bumped when I got clean 6 years ago… can’t believe how far I’ve fallen
I lost my cousin to addiction, we were born just a month apart so we were extremely close. Addiction is a awful thing that no one should go through! If you’re an addict whether recovered or not, I send you my love and wish you the best ❤️
I never did drugs...... But this song hit me so hard. I have no idea what a person who is struggling with this kind of issue goes through. But I hope that they can overcome what they are going through. They are not bad people they are people who made mistakes. And making mistakes make you human.
50 days sober today... May not seem like a lot to some but to me it's a lifetime. I hit my knees every night and thank God for another day sober. My prayers go out to the still sick and suffering.
I've been using again and just built up the courage to admit it yesterday and am going back to treatment. Just found this song and it is truly what I needed to hear right now. Thanks so much man we can only recover together
My rehab counsellor introduced me to this song 3 years ago, but I didn't really give it a listen until my most recent relapse. I'm 7 days clean today--feeling unstable, terrified. I have thoughts of ending it, but this song gives me hope that I'm not alone.
I'm right where you are but I'm only on my first day. I'm terrified and shaking and the pain is at times bringing tears to my eyes. But this is worth the life we have waiting for us. We can do this. Every single second that goes by we don't relapse counts. We are strong. We can do this.
@Amanda Armendariz that's great when you're right, but at least in my case you're wrong. i have no one. i havent had a friend in a decade. every day goes by i ask what there is to look forward to, nothing comes to mind. ive had enough failures to make it seem its just not worth the effort
Even tho I haven't gotten Completely sober a full a Day in years (even right now) I still find courage in this music to help me forgive myself for relapsing/impulse buying I use this music to help me move on somewhere else besides a bag and try work on myself better small steps are still steps
Found this song shortly coming back into the rooms after relapsing when I left working at a treatment center. Helped me stop beating myself up. Thank you
August 31st 1991 I decided I wanted something different. Since that day I have never found anything so painful that I had to use a mind altering substance to change the way I feel! Thank you for singing about real stuff!!
In my 35 years on this earth, mind altering substances have destroyed the life of many of my brilliant friends. From something as simple as pot...I've seen a near-olympic gymnast become a homeless nobody. It's best to avoid all simple shortcuts that will fuck with your brain.
Having relapsed, I can relate to these feelings. The shame and the things you do to hide it. The shame and stress start making you go deeper into depression
I listened to this on repeat in hospital. Love people telling me how he sells out. Well I don't think it's abad thing to earn money, especially when you are putting shit like this out, heartfelt, unfiltered. People are not ready for the kind of honesty he brings.
This song has gotten me through so many hard times fighting to stay sober.... I had a slip after 4 years sober ..... I knew what I had to do get back on that horse and keep riding its a little over 18 months now!!!!
"If i can be an example of getting sober, then i can be an example of starting over" got me through a lot of rough nights when i just wanted to relapse and cut again. 4 1/2 years clean because music like this keeps me going
The hardest part of relapse is facing the people that you love and that are fighting with you. it's the fucking worst feeling ever but what I have realized is I have learned from it and I do better and the folks that were there are still here and still fighting and the greatest... they still love....
For me, the biggest lesson from this song is to never even try to take any drugs. Because once you have started, it gets painful for everyone involved, and so hard to get out of it again.
i’m 1 year clean from EVERYTHING in 10 days 🖤 thank you for putting your story out there mack. i’m done letting a pill control my life. thank god for NA. i used to listen to this song while i was withdrawing. 15 and lonely with only a song to explain my entire life story. thank you again. i’m 18 years old, almost a year clean from opiates, benzodiazepines, and every other drug. therefore, you can get clean no matter what.
sinc650 dude stfu people can become addicted to many different things even if weed isn't very addictive... Stop trying to be some kind of keyboard warrior and leave people alond
You need to talk to your dad. Be open and honest about how you feel about him. Let him know why his use scares you and that you don't want to lose him. Tell him you love him, even if it feels awkward. Whatever you do, don't get angry at him. Shame and guilt are the reasons that a lot of us drink and do drugs. When friends and family would get mad at me for using, the shame and guilt would just drive me to use even more. Also let your dad know that true sobriety is awesome. Monday, July 14th will mark my 4th straight week completely sober after 15+ years of drug and alcohol abuse. It's the greatest feeling in the world to not feel like you're being controlled by these substances. I truly hope you can help your dad see that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Because I assure you, it's there.
adamky1 Your story absolutely inspires me. People who've been through hardships and prevail, those are my heroes. I really hope that you stay on the path that you've written for yourself.
In my 5th year of recovery, stopped reading and gradually found reasons to stop going to groups and meetings. What about a year doing it by myself, still didn’t turn out so good. Time to Kick and feel again. Back to the Eastside for the meetings. I saw my wife’s face go to shame and hopelessness when I walk in the door. She knew within 10 minutes, she’s got tears I haven’t seen in a while.
I’ve only been sober for 72 hours...been using heroin and pills almost everyday for 3 years...This song really speaks to me. I can’t listen to this without tears falling down my face...
Que gran tema, la primera ver lo escuché en ESPN como anuncio a un programa deportivo y de ahí no paré a conocer al grupo que la canta, al fin la encontré y debo reconocer ME FASCINA.
I continue to keep finding my self listing to this when I start to realize how I can take everything for granted...I started my journey of "wanting" recovery back in 2013 I did well, this track helped me wake up..I came to south Florida with only 25$ in my pocket..I remember the excitement of gathering 3,6,9 months and even upwards of a year...I had a small fall after celebrating a year I gathered everything I wanted back into my life.. my mother's trust.. working in the field..a community that loved me.. great and loyal friends but I slowly started to forget where I came from I can't even go into detail how hard it is for me to gain the same motivation I had when I first came down to south Florida.. this disease is life or death and I've learned that almost every other week I just don't want to end up loosing myself...if you or someone you know is struggling speak up you could save your own life or someone else's..
i struggle everyday with alcoholism, i have to stay sober or it will kill me i barely heard this song and it made me cry real shit if youve never been there u dont know . if u have we know we have a problem im doing 30 meetings in 30 days got a big book and really going to try this time.
You can do it! I believe in you, know that you are never alone even if it feels like it. I don't even know you and I want you to succeed! :) Stay strong.
Thank you I've been doing great curving old friends left and right it seems all they wanna do is drink but they don't understand that I simply don't have the means to stop if u start
Amen man. I hope you find the strength. Just know that God loves you so dearly. I've been sober for a month and a half from heroin and I will never walk alone again. Amen
I was 3 and a half years sober I broke my sobriety last night and I feel dumb for doing it I woke up went to a meeting and have been listening to this all day
I'm so proud of each and every one of you for sharing your inspirational tales of sobriety. I remember hearing this song for the first time in 2013, & thinking about my brother with alcoholism. Then I experienced addiction thru 3yrs of heroin/Fent abuse. And this song hits way harder when you've been thru it. Proud to say I'm 8 months clean, and so glad my last overdose was nearly fatal b/c I'd prolly still be using today if it wasn't. God bless you all here ❤
subject matter aside, this is one of the best beats I've heard in a long time. The guitar and vocals transitioning into a pizzicato chorus, it fits the song so naturally
This tells so much about Macklemore. He puts so much effort into his music! I respect him so much! He is one of the best! I find myself listening to each of his songs at least three times! His lyrics are unmatched!
I do need to start over this song relates so much. Ended up going back to old ways this year :/ have no support from anyone so it's very hard all alone
4 days off lean again, was sipping liquid hydromorphone these last 7months. I almost died the first couple days, so happy to be starting over again. Please stay away from opiates , anything that doesn’t positively affect you. LOVE
Clean and sober 6 days over a year today. Celebrating at my homegroup tomorrow. Having 9yrs recovery from 18, and relapsed last year. Almost lost my life like all my friends before me, but I had to find a way to tell them. God helped me, so as I've been told, it's one day at a time again. Much love to those who suffer, you dont have to suffer alone or in silence anymore.
@Gabriel C I know but Sam's comment was rather rude to me for someone who relapsed multiple times from cutting at such a young age. age doesnt mean anything. just because hes 16 doesnt mean it had to be drugs or alcohol because that's what most people think automatically when they hear relapse but then the age 16 is like what 16 year old (but he was 15 at the time) is gonna be doing drugs or drinking ? like theres no specific. relapse is relapse doesnt matter what from. I find "what were u taking at 16 years old" quite rude to be honest.. I took offense to that and was just sticking up for John. he doesnt have to answer anyone. the end of the story is whatever it is he struggled with, this song helped him
Ben u still my hero big dog.. I'm bouta cross the 7 year mark from shootn h.. This song was my starting point. I'll never forget that!!!!! I love you BEN... you the man bro. I pray I can meet u one day
I was convicted of 2 felony sales with a firearm and spent 4 months in jail and am currently on house arrest. I've suffered from addiction that has taken everything from me for 9 years. I now have 149 days clean and never thought life could be like this. I'm learning patience, acceptance, and now have a piece of mind. I'm slowly. gaining back everything I've destroyed because of drugs. This song has resonated with me on so many levels and has gotten me through so much. Thank you, Macklemore, for helping me do that.
After 7 years of sobriety, I graduated to go fast substances last year. Never has my life been turned upside down and I come full circle to realize that all these experiences were to help others. The song here brought me to tears. I've never had the burning desire to jump back into the program as much as I do today. It's amazing how substances can turn everything upside down and it's such a short period of time. But God willing I'll be a better person when I'm at the top of the mountain.
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Going to my first meeting tonight after years of relapse. Thank you Macklemore for giving me strength to make this step through your music
37 months of sobriety... then a relapse... so if I can be an example of being sober, I can be an example of starting over! Thanks
I have one day clean today.. and for once in my life I feel like I have hope.
@@rebekahalesna5884 how you going
5.5 years then a relapse
One day clean today
@@brandonmcintee2517 You got this bro
@@rogan6947 right on bro I'll check back with you soon.
Do you do meetings?
It's w tears in my eyes that I admit to myself today is day 1- again. I had 4yrs 8months & I threw it all away. I can't believe this happened. But if I can be an example of getting sober- i can be an example of starting over.
1.21.21 🙏💖
2-25-21
We got this
Still struggling with my sobriety. We can do it guys.
@@vyrusnationgaming1999 🙏
Hope can I start today..
Just checking in, How are you doing :)?
I’ll never have the words to describe what this songs means to me. All the nights I’ve spent crying to this.
Been addicted for 6 years to Xanax. I can’t stop. But this gives me hope. Some days I jus wanna end it all then I remember Macklemore.
Hang in there it'll get better if that's what u want, it starts with you
Ethan I know this is a year later. But I hope you have found help. Find a meeting in your area. Meeting Makers Make IT!!!
How are you doing man?
@D Bo how you doing ?
When I was a tweaker it came down to getting sober or ending it all. I hated every second of my existence. I am so happy with my life now that I'm sober. If this addict can do it, you can too. Please remember that no pain is worth ending your life, and things can always change. Good luck my friend
6 years of sobriety in November and I find myself coming back to this song with a whole different feeling. Many MANY tearful night’s listening to this song and feeling like I could never make it but one person has stayed with me through it all and I’ll spend the rest of my days making it up to her. Find a reason bigger than yourself and when you are ready you will know because nothing else will matter. It has to become the only thing you want to do and it so worth it. to everyone that doesn’t feel like it now let me tell you, the high you get from freeing yourself is a better high than you’ve ever had before.
I celebrated 5 years in August and I can’t agree more. I was a young buck when I got clean and sober
what a powerful and humble comment - i wish you all the best in recovery, and i hope if relapse ever becomes present, know youll have this comment and your replies to support you. ~
Sober nearly two years and just relapsed. This song gives me hope. " I'd rather live telling the truth then be judged for my mistakes
than falsely held up". Thanks for the encouragement Macklemore
Hope you picked it up again. I needed 5 times... Take care!
Keep coming back :)
Come back home. We need you here 🙏❤️✊️
I wish my brother would have made it. His relapse took his life. I miss him so much. Heard this at the Macklemore concert Friday night and just started balling….
Mel hugs sweet! x
addiction is more than tough...but no one is alone or unique to who it chooses. we are all the same...lost but not alone.
It has been 6 years and still feels like a knife to my heart. The pain comes and goes, over time I have healed some. And I can go months being ok. But at random times, for no apparent reason, he comes to mind.
Mel I'm so sorry for your loss
So sorry for your loss Mel
21days after a bust. My 14yr old daughter just rang and told me to listen to this. Thank you Abbey, Macklemore, the Fellowship and God
Love to all addicts.. in recovery or still active. Keep up the fight brothers and sisters. One day at a time.
Kurt Maclellan back at ya brother. Had two years and just now trying to start over
@@nicolaschase4100 you got this dog👊🏻
God bless you beautiful people
@@nicolaschase4100 one day at a time borther !❤
7 months sober♡
4 years sober, it's been a long journey. Ups and downs. Dont ever give up!!!!
I get my 1st year sober, and break my leg and back. In 2017. It’s 2019 and having an amputation. No matter what I gotta pull thru with minimal medicine and I feel like imma die, but it’s way better than dying again. Pray for me and my babies and wife.
I'm sobbing. I hope everything went well for you and your family
I wrote this a year ago.... and since then I went back to being a heroin addict. I fucked up and now here I am 3 days in and hate what I’ve become. I lost my leg and etc... but I’m still here. Love all you addicts and alcoholics... big man had better plans. Did I mention I shot myself and tried other means to get rid of this pain... I’m back at it trying again . And that’s all we can do. Easy does it.
Keep your head up. You know the way. Trust me, I know that is easier said than done. I sometimes take for granted being away from that trash for 3 years. Then boom life reminds me that I need to be humble. I hope these words I wrote find you at peace with hope and love.
first song I heard when I got out of wilderness therapy and started rehab. 5 months now. fuck yes.
Congrats man! Good job!
Well done
+Ross Meldrum thank you! little over six now and though it'll never get easier, it gets more manageable
+Alexandra Rowan Remember never stop working the steps. no one can do this on their own. i have tried and failed, had six years now i'm back to three years all because of one slip. Thought i could do this on my own, turns out you can't
+Alexandra Rowan you still good?
21 days clean. Thank u Macklemore this song has helped me thru all the lack of control of emotions I been having. We got this. We can do this.
I wanna know the update in 3 years
Thank You for this song and Otherside.
Great job to everyone on their sobriety!! It doesn’t matter if it’s 1 day, 1 month, 1 year, I’m so happy that you’re making/made the change. Everyone’s sobriety looks different, congratulations on yours !! Keep it up and love the life you’re blessed with from now on !
Otherside, starting over, Kevin , drug dealer = most realist, sincere and powerful songs in the world ( in my opinion ). I wish these songs received the credit they deserve, keep up the phenomenal work Macklemore !!!
I legit dropping tears to this song
This song saved me....thank you! You made me feel like I wasnt a loser when I slipped and fell along the way. This song needs more attention....this could save so many lives!
Seriously your 💯 on that! The radio doesn't play any good recovery songs and it's crazy. The amount of people struggle like us out there. What gives?? I've been clean for over a year now thank God! ❤❤
I have three years as of a few days ago, not without hurdles, shakes, urges, and fear of falling down and starting again. But this song - and reading all the touching and supportive comments here - constantly remind me that if I ever fail one day, it’s just for that: a failure for only one day.
I’m proud of all of us and really glad we’re all doing this work on ourselves. We’re never incomplete, even if we stumble on the way to improving.
4 years without cocain, if i can be an example of starting over! Bless you all. Now I'm settled with a gf by my side, a baby on the way, full time headchef position and a place of my own, if I can make it... you can ! Don't give up friend
Listening to this every single day I get an urge because you gotta remember the pain that comes after the relapse is worse than the pain of fighting the relapse. You can condition yourself to fighting indefinitely but you cannot condition yourself into becoming a dissapointment.
This is honestly one of his better songs it should be more popular.
+Jihad Claimon Pair it with "Otherside" and "Neon Cathedral" and you've got some of the best hip-hop songs in recent years. So powerful and so beautiful.
Agree heavily. Sad and weird that songs like thrift shop are the first to get attention. Not that it's a bad song, it just shoes how numb people are.
Jihad Claimon this one and neon cathedral
Inhale deep as well! He's early stuff are strong af
It should
Back here again… one day clean and sober… I’m going through it. This was one of the songs I first bumped when
I got clean 6 years ago… can’t believe how far I’ve fallen
You gonna make it! We belive in you, stay strong man !
You got this we love you
You can do it. Stay strong! ♥️
Don't forget your supporters are never too disappointed to be proud of another Day One.
I lost my cousin to addiction, we were born just a month apart so we were extremely close. Addiction is a awful thing that no one should go through! If you’re an addict whether recovered or not, I send you my love and wish you the best ❤️
I never did drugs...... But this song hit me so hard. I have no idea what a person who is struggling with this kind of issue goes through. But I hope that they can overcome what they are going through. They are not bad people they are people who made mistakes. And making mistakes make you human.
50 days sober today... May not seem like a lot to some but to me it's a lifetime. I hit my knees every night and thank God for another day sober. My prayers go out to the still sick and suffering.
Good job bud keep up the good work if nobody else tells u this I will I am proud of u I have 8 and half months
I've been using again and just built up the courage to admit it yesterday and am going back to treatment. Just found this song and it is truly what I needed to hear right now. Thanks so much man we can only recover together
Don't be ashamed in bettering yourself. Be proud . Keep your head up king.
After throwing away 4+ years this song helped me get back to the rooms of NA. I'm on day 2 clean and it's a struggle. Macklamore, THANK YOU!
whats up, how you doin?
what mike said!
I hope you doing well man
Update?
My rehab counsellor introduced me to this song 3 years ago, but I didn't really give it a listen until my most recent relapse. I'm 7 days clean today--feeling unstable, terrified. I have thoughts of ending it, but this song gives me hope that I'm not alone.
You Got This Beloved!!
Stay strong! The sun always brings lights to the darkest nights
I'm right where you are but I'm only on my first day. I'm terrified and shaking and the pain is at times bringing tears to my eyes. But this is worth the life we have waiting for us. We can do this. Every single second that goes by we don't relapse counts. We are strong. We can do this.
NOT ALONE! Reach out. Find a meeting. Get phone numbers. You will find people who will love you and care about you.
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
― André Gide, Autumn Leaves
Thank you for that
Pig Hanny Amen
Kurt Cobain said this as well....
@Amanda Armendariz ♥️
@Amanda Armendariz that's great when you're right, but at least in my case you're wrong. i have no one. i havent had a friend in a decade. every day goes by i ask what there is to look forward to, nothing comes to mind. ive had enough failures to make it seem its just not worth the effort
Even tho I haven't gotten Completely sober a full a Day in years (even right now) I still find courage in this music to help me forgive myself for relapsing/impulse buying I use this music to help me move on somewhere else besides a bag and try work on myself better small steps are still steps
Found this song shortly coming back into the rooms after relapsing when I left working at a treatment center. Helped me stop beating myself up. Thank you
August 31st 1991 I decided I wanted something different. Since that day I have never found anything so painful that I had to use a mind altering substance to change the way I feel! Thank you for singing about real stuff!!
In my 35 years on this earth, mind altering substances have destroyed the life of many of my brilliant friends. From something as simple as pot...I've seen a near-olympic gymnast become a homeless nobody.
It's best to avoid all simple shortcuts that will fuck with your brain.
In rehab for the first time after being on pills for 15 years this is going to work and I'm going to do it for me and my son
You have a reason...make sure you use that to drive your success.
Most people don't have a reason, and tend to fail.
Hey how’s your journey going?
@@datruthsetufree298 .. honestly I'm doing better than ever I've been out 7 months I'm 60 lb heavier and I have almost 11,000 saved up
@@jeffreyk9970 damn you’re an inspiration now! Great work!
YOU GOT THIS 👏
other side and starting over are Macklemore's best songs....most meaningful and has helped so many people
I agree. Listening to them back to back just hits me so damn hard...
Amen. People just like to reflect their inner demons on others so they dont feel so bad.
Yea they really are for sure. Helps you look at the brighter side of being clean.
Drug dealer is very powerful too
as well as drug dealer
Love to all those in the struggle. Recovery is hard. You are loved
113 days sober!!! one day at a time. x
33 days sober ( rehab #5)
@@rudolf88 well done!!! :)
Proud of you
Having relapsed, I can relate to these feelings. The shame and the things you do to hide it. The shame and stress start making you go deeper into depression
17 months today! Grateful for good music and good people to help me through! ❤
Can't get enough of this message... Love you Macklemore
This song has gotten me through a really hard time. Sometimes you have to hit rock bottom to even get a glimpse of life at the top...
I listened to this on repeat in hospital. Love people telling me how he sells out. Well I don't think it's abad thing to earn money, especially when you are putting shit like this out, heartfelt, unfiltered. People are not ready for the kind of honesty he brings.
This is true...
Doing it for my son
This song has gotten me through so many hard times fighting to stay sober.... I had a slip after 4 years sober ..... I knew what I had to do get back on that horse and keep riding its a little over 18 months now!!!!
"If i can be an example of getting sober, then i can be an example of starting over" got me through a lot of rough nights when i just wanted to relapse and cut again. 4 1/2 years clean because music like this keeps me going
The hardest part of relapse is facing the people that you love and that are fighting with you. it's the fucking worst feeling ever but what I have realized is I have learned from it and I do better and the folks that were there are still here and still fighting and the greatest... they still love....
For me, the biggest lesson from this song is to never even try to take any drugs. Because once you have started, it gets painful for everyone involved, and so hard to get out of it again.
One month of being sober my dreams and head is starting to come back. It's definitely a ride. I forget how crazy my mind was. 😂😂 Pray for me.🙏🙏
Struggled with alcoholism for over 20 years. Im now 42 and have 30 months sober. To say there have been relapses is an understatement.
3 years and 8 months sober. Stay strong. There is a way out. Everyone out their addict or not you matter. Keep your head up. You will prosper.
i cry everytime at the pregnant lady verse. shit's so intense. bless yall. real music right here
relapsed last night... feeling so lost. this song helps.
i’m 1 year clean from EVERYTHING in 10 days 🖤 thank you for putting your story out there mack. i’m done letting a pill control my life. thank god for NA. i used to listen to this song while i was withdrawing. 15 and lonely with only a song to explain my entire life story. thank you again. i’m 18 years old, almost a year clean from opiates, benzodiazepines, and every other drug. therefore, you can get clean no matter what.
Macklemore we love u I feel this god bless! An anointing is a difficult thing! Can’t fight that we’ve been chosen! Gods glory
I recently quit smoking weed on July 5th, 2014 and I also stopped drinking. I feel so much better now, sober. Two weeks today and going strong.
How's that going so far?
Wow your so strong for not smoking weed.
sinc650 dude stfu people can become addicted to many different things even if weed isn't very addictive... Stop trying to be some kind of keyboard warrior and leave people alond
Alone*
+Chase Im proud of you man.
My dad started drinking again tonight and I'm scarred for him. This song gives me hope that drinking won't control him
good luck
i hope everything works out man just hang in there and keep praying for the best
You need to talk to your dad. Be open and honest about how you feel about him. Let him know why his use scares you and that you don't want to lose him. Tell him you love him, even if it feels awkward. Whatever you do, don't get angry at him. Shame and guilt are the reasons that a lot of us drink and do drugs. When friends and family would get mad at me for using, the shame and guilt would just drive me to use even more.
Also let your dad know that true sobriety is awesome. Monday, July 14th will mark my 4th straight week completely sober after 15+ years of drug and alcohol abuse. It's the greatest feeling in the world to not feel like you're being controlled by these substances. I truly hope you can help your dad see that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Because I assure you, it's there.
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Thank you. I just hope I can stick with it. One day at a time...
adamky1 Your story absolutely inspires me. People who've been through hardships and prevail, those are my heroes. I really hope that you stay on the path that you've written for yourself.
Just lost my job.. And alomost overdosed yesterday.. Feeling really lost rn but i always come back to this song.. gives me hope. #thankyoumacklemore
David Cardinal I hope you made it through those dark times ❤️
In my 5th year of recovery, stopped reading and gradually found reasons to stop going to groups and meetings. What about a year doing it by myself, still didn’t turn out so good. Time to Kick and feel again. Back to the Eastside for the meetings.
I saw my wife’s face go to shame and hopelessness when I walk in the door. She knew within 10 minutes, she’s got tears I haven’t seen in a while.
Kyle... don't disappoint the people that believe in you.
@@RK-kn1ud Been clean since I made that post
I just want to thank u from the bottom of my heart, ur music, words and presence brings my soul joy and my eyes tears, thank u Mack ❤
I’ve only been sober for 72 hours...been using heroin and pills almost everyday for 3 years...This song really speaks to me. I can’t listen to this without tears falling down my face...
Que gran tema, la primera ver lo escuché en ESPN como anuncio a un programa deportivo y de ahí no paré a conocer al grupo que la canta, al fin la encontré y debo reconocer ME FASCINA.
I continue to keep finding my self listing to this when I start to realize how I can take everything for granted...I started my journey of "wanting" recovery back in 2013 I did well, this track helped me wake up..I came to south Florida with only 25$ in my pocket..I remember the excitement of gathering 3,6,9 months and even upwards of a year...I had a small fall after celebrating a year I gathered everything I wanted back into my life.. my mother's trust.. working in the field..a community that loved me.. great and loyal friends but I slowly started to forget where I came from I can't even go into detail how hard it is for me to gain the same motivation I had when I first came down to south Florida.. this disease is life or death and I've learned that almost every other week I just don't want to end up loosing myself...if you or someone you know is struggling speak up you could save your own life or someone else's..
i struggle everyday with alcoholism, i have to stay sober or it will kill me i barely heard this song and it made me cry real shit if youve never been there u dont know . if u have we know we have a problem im doing 30 meetings in 30 days got a big book and really going to try this time.
You can do it! I believe in you, know that you are never alone even if it feels like it. I don't even know you and I want you to succeed! :) Stay strong.
Thank you I've been doing great curving old friends left and right it seems all they wanna do is drink but they don't understand that I simply don't have the means to stop if u start
We believe in you bro, get sober, stay strong, and always think about a brighter future.
Amen man. I hope you find the strength. Just know that God loves you so dearly. I've been sober for a month and a half from heroin and I will never walk alone again. Amen
were in the right place friend..
To everyone out there struggling, I feel your vibe. Stay strong, I promise there is light at the end of the tunnel
3 years later and I am still listening to this Often. :) So grateful for it
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I was 3 and a half years sober I broke my sobriety last night and I feel dumb for doing it I woke up went to a meeting and have been listening to this all day
This is me today. hurting, avoiding, fighting these fucking demon. nothing but tears in my eyes.
I'm so proud of each and every one of you for sharing your inspirational tales of sobriety. I remember hearing this song for the first time in 2013, & thinking about my brother with alcoholism.
Then I experienced addiction thru 3yrs of heroin/Fent abuse. And this song hits way harder when you've been thru it.
Proud to say I'm 8 months clean, and so glad my last overdose was nearly fatal b/c I'd prolly still be using today if it wasn't. God bless you all here ❤
subject matter aside, this is one of the best beats I've heard in a long time. The guitar and vocals transitioning into a pizzicato chorus, it fits the song so naturally
This song is what I needed today.
This tells so much about Macklemore. He puts so much effort into his music! I respect him so much! He is one of the best! I find myself listening to each of his songs at least three times! His lyrics are unmatched!
🙏🏾 this song helped me get back. It's not were I was that matters, only were I want to be. And what am I willing to do to get there. Thank you Mack!
Thanks Macklemore. God bless you and everyone that hits home with this song
65 days sober from fentanyl listen to this song 10 + times a day
I do need to start over this song relates so much. Ended up going back to old ways this year :/ have no support from anyone so it's very hard all alone
As to June 2020, 1,800,000 million people have seen this video and support you.
Let that sink in for a bit.
I’m in rehab right now “starting over” and this song is so relatable
you can make it!
9 months today.
Ill have one today for ya
4 years 9 months?
5 years 9 months or nah
I hope you’re still counting those days man. I only have 72 hours.
I hope you’re still fighting brother🤙
4 days off lean again, was sipping liquid hydromorphone these last 7months. I almost died the first couple days, so happy to be starting over again. Please stay away from opiates , anything that doesn’t positively affect you. LOVE
Damn relapsing for real feels so shameful, especially after everyone is being proud of you "being sober"..
Big facts bro. I picked up again when I hit 8 months. 90 days sober again today
@@nathanpeterson9537 uhhnlmn
@@nathanpeterson9537 uhhnlmn
Nathan Peterson keep your head up we,be all been there l blew 8years but lm back to 2yrs u can do lt
Truth
Well said! Cannot help but realize the reality of really never being alone in the fight!
I heard this song when I was like 11 and I didn’t know what he was talking about now I’m 14 and I finally understand what he is talking about.
Clean and sober 6 days over a year today. Celebrating at my homegroup tomorrow. Having 9yrs recovery from 18, and relapsed last year. Almost lost my life like all my friends before me, but I had to find a way to tell them. God helped me, so as I've been told, it's one day at a time again. Much love to those who suffer, you dont have to suffer alone or in silence anymore.
This proves this man is so much more than just a pop rapper
I'm only 16 and been sober for a year and half and relapsed in the beginning this song has helped me so much
relapsed from what? what were u taking at 16?
@@Sam-me5pl could be cutting... relapse is not specified to drugs or alcohol
@Gabriel C I know but Sam's comment was rather rude to me for someone who relapsed multiple times from cutting at such a young age. age doesnt mean anything. just because hes 16 doesnt mean it had to be drugs or alcohol because that's what most people think automatically when they hear relapse but then the age 16 is like what 16 year old (but he was 15 at the time) is gonna be doing drugs or drinking ? like theres no specific. relapse is relapse doesnt matter what from. I find "what were u taking at 16 years old" quite rude to be honest.. I took offense to that and was just sticking up for John. he doesnt have to answer anyone. the end of the story is whatever it is he struggled with, this song helped him
Ben u still my hero big dog.. I'm bouta cross the 7 year mark from shootn h.. This song was my starting point. I'll never forget that!!!!! I love you BEN... you the man bro. I pray I can meet u one day
I was convicted of 2 felony sales with a firearm and spent 4 months in jail and am currently on house arrest. I've suffered from addiction that has taken everything from me for 9 years. I now have 149 days clean and never thought life could be like this. I'm learning patience, acceptance, and now have a piece of mind. I'm slowly. gaining back everything I've destroyed because of drugs. This song has resonated with me on so many levels and has gotten me through so much. Thank you, Macklemore, for helping me do that.
Most beautiful comment section on CZcams (:
Most unoriginal maybe...
Sadly enough some of us don't get the chance to start over. Mac Miller. 1992 - 2018.
He's a loser
Mac Miller died?!!!
@@lindsaybrewster1049 yeah, he died
@@lindsaybrewster1049 bro where were you😂
Marshawn Lunch high apparently. Lol. Sorry, not funny.
Never give up...never give up...if you do..well...start over...one day at a time.....we all mess up.....NEVER GIVE UP
AMEN 👍
I just came back to the rooms and I had that 3+ yrs your song spoke volumes to me man
I like to think of this song as more broad, and basically that if you can be a good example, your struggles will be worth it. Love the song!
+Adam Borison Same brother :)
Macklemore and eminem are one of the best rappers of all time and they all have been forgotten😔😞
Every song by Macklemore is a blessing to me.I listen and understand every struggle he has been through.LOVE YOU MACKLEMORE!!!!!!!!! #MusicIsMyLife
2:20 im crying so hard...sending my prayers out to everyone struggling with addiction
I keep coming back to this, we all struggling in one way or the other, the fight continues.
A truly inspiring song. Helps a person focus on the goal a head of them.
Had ten months clean, back to one day today but no way I'm gunna let a lapse make me go backwards. Keep carrying on♥️
Getting treatment for 4th time now. 4yrs clean and then relapse. It is like falling form the sky. I want to take recovery back home.
After 7 years of sobriety, I graduated to go fast substances last year. Never has my life been turned upside down and I come full circle to realize that all these experiences were to help others. The song here brought me to tears. I've never had the burning desire to jump back into the program as much as I do today. It's amazing how substances can turn everything upside down and it's such a short period of time. But God willing I'll be a better person when I'm at the top of the mountain.
2019 still my hero
05.12.16 - a day at a time ...
keep coming back!
Hope this date is still relevant, congrats if so
10 days sober 10/10/18
congrats! Awesome.
9 days until 3 years i hope your staying strong