Budding playwright alert! Helen Jeffery's Sober Scribbles 6 week online' Intro to Playwriting' course starts 15 April. All details here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-introdu...

Available on YouTube now is a conversation I had with artist Frida Foberg, curator of The Transformation Project at Arts Letters & Numbers. youtu.be/TTyhjzZUOf8 There's also en edited version of our conversation on the @performingrecovery.bsky.social website: recovery-arts.org/2026/01/12/t...

Interview with curator Frida Foberg of Arts Letters & Numbers

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All these artists and groups are vital parts of the addiction recovery arts movement. Appreciation to Chris Tait & Passenger Recovery, Victoria Klipova, Sophie Wilsdon & BDP & Fallen Angels Dance Theatre. Wishing you a great 2026! recovery-arts.org/2025/12/18/s... #recoveryarts #performingrecovery

It’s been quite the year for us at @performingrecovery.bsky.social ! - and there’s MUCH more to come in 2026 :)) In the meantime our marvellous editor Alex Mazonowicz has again pulled a blinder with the seasonal special. Fill your boots here: recovery-arts.org/2025/12/18/s... MERRY CHRISTMAS XXX

Thanks to @seandaniels.bsky.social and Danielle Tarento, hundreds of people in recovery were brought together for the @swkplay.bsky.social production of The White Chip. Here's our seasonal special with contributions from people across the recovery arts sector: recovery-arts.org/2025/12/18/s...

An edited version of @leonclowes.bsky.social's conversation with artist Laurie Green is available here: recovery-arts.org/.../a-neuroq... Our next magazine due February is a neurodiversity special. Subscribe to Performing Recovery for addiction recovery arts updates www.patreon.com/c/Performing...

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Available on YouTube is my video interview with artist Laurie Green about how neurodivergence, queerness and recovery informs their art and practice youtu.be/1TV2P5wz5ic An edited version of our conversation is available on @performingrecovery.bsky.social website recovery-arts.org/2025/12/08/a...

The wonderful Fallen Angels Dance Theatre have two upcoming online workshops on 9th & 16th December. You can book for those here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/move-meditate-transform-online-workshop-tickets-1760730685879 You can read about their work in our latest issue: recovery-arts.org/pr-magazine/...

Film and theatre director Victoria Klipova talks to @performingrecovery.bsky.social's @leonclowes.bsky.social about how her addiction play "On Thin Ice" has connected with audiences in Russia. WATCH the interview here: youtu.be/iMHt4UCd1v4 READ the blog edit here: recovery-arts.org/2025/12/02/s...

Artist Paul James Kearney spoke to @performingrecovery.bsky.social's @leonclowes.bsky.social about his chemsex digital practice artworks. You can read the edited veresion on our blog here: recovery-arts.org/2025/11/28/h... And the full interview is available to watch here: youtu.be/zlyQoJAnAiY

Hyperfocus and Vulnerability: Paul James Kearney interview

Paul James Kearney Galway city based contemporary painter by education and draughtsman by trade, Paul James Kearney combines these two disciplines in his digital practice. After seeing some of Paul’s…

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After seeing Paul James Kearney's artswork at ImpulseLDN's shows at @queerbritain.bsky.social and in Soho, on behalf of @performingrecovery.bsky.social magazine I spoke with the artist about how addiction, recovery and neurodivergence shape his practice. Full interview is here: youtu.be/zlyQoJAnAiY

Interview with artist Paul James Kearney

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In every @performingrecovery.bsky.social magazine we publish poetry. In our latest issue - recovery-arts.org/pr-magazine/... - it's Ameet Shah's "It's time to be me" Are you in recovery and have poetry you'd like to share? Subscribe (it's free!) and get in touch: www.patreon.com/c/Performing...

Brighton's fabulous New Note Orchestra is 10 this year! There's a bumper feature in our latest issue here: recovery-arts.org/performing-r... New Note are performing on 20th November as part of Forests Without Frontiers "Enchanting Forest" Book tickets for that here: brightondome.org/whats-on/LuR...

This Sunday is the brilliant Sober IS Fun at Backyard Comedy Club in Bethnal Green, East London. www.designmynight.com/london/bars/... Raising funds for Forward Trust the comedy club's founder Martyn Davies talks to @leonclowes.bsky.social in our latest magazine: recovery-arts.org/pr-magazine/...

In New York this weekend: The Transformation Project Exhibition: November 8–14, 2025 Location: Arts Letters & Numbers, Averill Park, NY Now in its third year, the Transformation Project creates a space of awareness, hope, and recovery in response to Substance Use Disorder (SUD).

THIS SATURDAY DO NOT MISS LOOSE ENDS • Sober Open Mic 🎤✨ Sat 1st Nov Doors 6:30pm ⏰ Show: 7:00–9:00pm 🕘 Poetry 📝 • Music 🎶 • Spoken Word 🗣️ • Comedy 😂 • Mentalism 🧠 Sacred Grounds Coffee Shop☕️ 📍 54 Dean St, Soho, W1 6AF Tickets www.tickettailor.com/events/theen...

Issue 12 has landed! Our twelfth step… In this issue: Fallen Angels Dance Theatre @drdavidpatton.bsky.social Speakbeat Collective Sober IS Fun Jem Tovey Ameet Shah New Note Orchestra Daniel Leyton READ HERE: recovery-arts.org/pr-magazine/...

Performing Recovery Issue 12

Featuring Fallen Angels, New Note Orchestra, (UP)BEAT, Sober IS Fun, Jem Tovey talks about Recovery Tattoos, Dr David Patton on New Central Media, News, Poetry and Art.

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To hear about what's happening in addiction recovery arts, subscribe to @performingrecovery.bsky.social magazine. Our next issue is out later this month. Subscribe on Patreon for free - or pay what you can: www.patreon.com/c/Performing... Read previous issues: recovery-arts.org/performing-r...

To those organizations assisting in recovery, Thank You! To those fearful of the road to recovery, your family and particularly children in your life will now have a different future. I’m the spouse of an adult child of an alcoholic. Her story: nacoa.org.uk/learning-to-... tonibellon.com

Learning to lie as the child of an alcoholic - Nacoa

Author Toni Bellon shares about learning to lie as the child of an alcoholic and healing her 'mother wound' through her new book L.E.A.P

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National Recovery Month concludes today. Here, we highlight what our friends at Outside Edge Theatre Company do every week, and to our directory of addiction recovery arts organisations in the UK and beyond. There's so much going on throughout the year! Take a look at our website: recovery-arts.org

Recovery arts isn’t just for September. Got an event, workshop, or project? Comment, DM, or contact us: recovery-arts.org/contact/ We’ll amplify it in our newsletter + magazine.

Two great events are happening at the end of this National Recovery Month: Sun 28th Sep: Sober Is Fun's Comedy Night in Liverpool's Brink Cafe, doors 6pm, starts at 7pm Tues 30th Sep: @porecovery.bsky.social's African Objects: Psychoactives, Spirituality & Mental Health at Manchester Museum, 6-8pm

Good People of Manchester! Come see me at @contactmcr.bsky.social this Saturday afternoon for Word of Warning's Emergency 25. I'll be giving alcoholic misfortune tellings between 12-4pm on the first floor landing. See you there Xx

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It's National Recovery Month and this Saturday 27th September is a big one! STIRLING Scottish Recovery Consortium: Recovery Walk CHESTER Fallen Angels Dance Theatre: Big Recovery Social ‪LONDON @recoveryfilms.bsky.social‬: Award Ceremony MANCHESTER @leonclowes.bsky.social‬: The Alcoholic's Tarot

It's National Recovery Month and this Saturday 27th September is a big one! STIRLING Scottish Recovery Consortium: Recovery Walk CHESTER Fallen Angels Dance Theatre: Big Recovery Social ‪LONDON @recoveryfilms.bsky.social‬: Award Ceremony MANCHESTER @leonclowes.bsky.social‬: The Alcoholic's Tarot

Thank you recovery organizations! To those fearful of the road to recovery, your family and particularly children in your life will now have a different future. My wife, Dr. Toni Bellon EdD,is a survivor of an alcoholic and abusive mother. This is her story nacoa.org.uk/learning-to-...

Learning to lie as the child of an alcoholic - Nacoa

Author Toni Bellon shares about learning to lie as the child of an alcoholic and healing her 'mother wound' through her new book L.E.A.P

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As we draw towards the end of National Recovery Month, Recoverists will gather in Manchester this Thursday 25th September for @porecovery.bsky.social's National Chaordic Symposium at The Whitworth Art Gallery. Information about the event can be found here: portraitsofrecovery.org.uk/whats-on/the...

Upcoming events in National Recovery Month: 19th: The Post Recovery Community's rave 22nd: Oscar Wyndham Lewis & @porecovery.bsky.social animated film 23rd: New Note Orchestra & @lporchestra.bsky.social concert 25th: Tracey Ford's book launch See our guide here: recovery-arts.org/2025/08/28/r...

Recovery Month Events Guide

With details of events from across the UK, including sober raves, concerts, recovery walks, comedy, classes and films, this is your free guide to everything going on over recovery month…

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Volunteering alert: Internship at New Central Media with @drdavidpatton.bsky.social. Supports marketing, social media, and digital outreach for our decolonial publishing platform and the upcoming LERO book. Unpaid, but with mentorship, remote-friendly, and real impact. Apply by Sept 17.

Opening today (Weds 10 Sep) is "Your City, Your Recovery", Revival Network's art exhibition at Newcastle Cathedral. On Sat 13th Sep, the UK Recovery Walk is in Wolverhampton organised by @suitwolves.bsky.social. Here's our guide to National Recovery month events: recovery-arts.org/2025/08/28/r...

Also this weekend .... This weekend from @porecovery.bsky.social and @venturearts.bsky.social, Will Belshah's Artefacts of Interaction exhibition opens at HOME Mcr ....and LOST SOULS EVENTS are at the Exhibit Bar in Balham. Our recovery month guide is here: recovery-arts.org/.../recovery...

Tonight in Winchester the latest Loud & Clear sober party is happening! See here for our guide to events on across the UK during Recovery Month: recovery-arts.org/2025/08/28/r...