ADDICTION MUSIC

WELCOME
ABOUT VIVIAN GALE
FART IN THE WIND
ADDICTION AND RECOVERY MUSIC
PUBLISHING AND DESIGN

.Welcome to My Music Site

Hi, my name is Vivian Gale. I have 16 Years Clean and Sober. When I had one year clean, I went to my first (NA), Narcotics Anonymous Convention. It was a life changing experience.

The first year of sobriety is the hardest.

About 5 thousand people attended that Convention in 1995. On the last night of the Convention, there was an Award Ceremony for clean time. Eveyone got something. It was amazing.

As I looked around that autotorium, I was amazed at how many people were there. I was happy they/we were alive, and celebrating that life.

I saw a young lady I was in Treatment with a year before; she had relapsed and now had "14 days clean." When I saw her she asked me how much time I had clean, I said, "a year." She said, "i only got 14 days clean.

I recalled how whenever I met someone there, we shake hands introduce ourselves, but the next thing they would ask is, "how much time you got?"

The person with the most time would proudly proclaim their time, and thus the one with the least time would say, " I only got .....days clean." I guess they felt less then the person with more.

I started responding by saying, if you only got one day clean, "Celebrate Life."

This became my first and theme song for my 1st Addiction/Recovery CD. I have written so much music since then and am proud to present it to the world.

We are all affected by alcoholism and drug addiction, directly or indirectly. Everybody has a friend or family member suffering from this burden.

Addiction is cunning, baffeling and powerful, but recovery is possible. I have seen the many faces of those who have overcome alongside myself. So can you or your friend or loved one can see it too and understand through these songs.

This music can help. I use my own experiences with addiction, plus experiences of others while composing this music. I've used it in professional setting with great response and results.

I have created a therapeutic workbook to go with the songs on the cd. Each song the lyrics are explained and how the song came into being. There are 4 exercises around each song.

1) RELAPSE PREVENTION, 2) A 12 STEP exercise 3) How can you relate exercise and 3) a group process sheet to go in the clients file stating what they got out of the group and how it will help them in their recovery. These exercises will help those dealing with addiction identify the emotions underlying their addiction face them and recover!