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Therapist analyzes the lyrics of Sober by Tool to discuss the internal battle that many individuals experience when they are on the path of sobriety. The song gives us insight into how strong the addictive voice to be and encourages us to fight back against it by remembering what we want to achieve and who we want to be.
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Loved your reaction and you were spot on with interpreting the lyrics! Hope you keep doing more tool! This band is like no other.
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Please keep going down the Tool rabbit hole!!!
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Passive by A Perfect Circle; also look into the back story of the actual song
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Do skillet awake and alive
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Especially in your case, I would do Lyric videos or just listen to the audio. TooL have many songs about self evolution, healing, mind expansion, and harmony in the universe. This is right up your alley. And I am so here for it!
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pleaseeee do ones to songs off lateralus
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@heartsupport My problem with addiction is that like you mention this stupid addiction voice, but it isn’t necessarily about my feelings cuz I’m pretty content with what I have but like my envy of what others have and how much it hurts to try to connect with people today because it seems you need to lose or be the loss or better yet both to truly appreciate the current moment. It’s not about my self worth it’s about how fast my brain spins when I’m sober for more than a day. I just spin and spin until I’m out of energy and get overly frustrated and this begins the cycle again. Meds don’t give me much relief either because I’m addicted to new feelings whether good or bad and unfortunately in tune with my emotions and body so any unnatural change I’ll naturally reject. I feel I need to be at least partially intoxicated (marijuana) in order to not have that additional stress and just enjoy the current moment because maybe that little kid in my head is hurting really really badly but I can’t help that little void creature from sucking the fun out of everything. It’s not even that I’m pessimistic just too enthralled by what’s new. Recently my program is making me cut down to a much smaller amount than what I was consuming and the first day was actually way worse than I thought and I remember sending myself into a manic episode later in the day to get that same rush but after that it’s not like I’m physically ill or anything but my brain is such a poison sometimes when I’m sober that that’s actually when the self worth starts to beat me up over things I couldn’t control at a time where I didn’t have the tools or self guidance to be self sustaining. I can easily navigate these idea with even just the edge of sobriety removed but why do I feel guilty being sober?
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Official tool videos kinda mess with your head a bit! I would recommend audio only, most of the time. Except the live version of Sober! Check that one out just to get a sense of the performance Maynard gives in that one. Thanks for the commentary I always enjoy your breakdowns! 
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If interested in one of their songs inspired by a Carl Jung theory, try their song: 46 & 2. Many here are likely wishing you reacted to the ‘Live - 1993 Reading Festival’ video. Another song where ‘the addiction talks to the addicted’ is Master of Puppets (lyrics version if possible) by Metallica…and it’s a great song too.
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Your Tool journey continues, i recommend you try schism for a really deep video.
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Please react to “Exist” by Avenged Sevenfold
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Walk talk stop caring for addiction. Wish all well no matter ill brought your way wish all well. Today same person said I can sing didn’t know why others point of view mattered. Asked okay no response. I don’t know they might been going through stuff mental health wise.
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Personally even near a camera one really should be more alert. Was not a great singer really and think something was said that lead too the problem for the person. Can’t do anything but I personally think something has clearly fallen a part in the person’s life. Should more not be done to remedy the circumstances in the lives of others?
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I know people have considered him to be begging and I know that from social link. I am really not sure what is going on. I would thought asking if one okay their might be more of a response but his choice.
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Im in process of recovering from gambling. My last time in casino was on september 15th. Music is helping me to live right live. Thank you for your reactions. Any chance for checking Oliver Anthony “Ive got to get sober”? Love your channel. All best from Poland
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