I was fascinated to read this article in The Guardian. One of the most common themes I’ve encountered with people seeking recovery who have an interest in the creative spheres, or who make their living through creativity, is the fear of creating without using – or rather if they will be able to create without using, here is what Dr Paul Hanel, from the University of Essex’s department of psychology has to say in the article“ , “It doesn’t do anything for creativity. People don’t benefit from it – it just has no effect at all. “What we hear about in the media is people who successfully enhance their creativity using drugs, but you don’t hear about the examples where someone took drugs and passed out and therefore their creativity was lower.”
Read the whole article, and check out these two older posts on ORA https://www.onlinerecoveryacademy.com/consequences-creative-curse/
https://www.onlinerecoveryacademy.com/writing-drunk-and-sober/(opens in a new tab)
