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The Addiction Recovery Arts (ARA) Network, through its magazine and podcast Performing Recovery, and on and offline events brings together artists, groups and practitioners in the addiction recovery arts sector https://www.patreon.com/c/PerformingRecovery
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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:

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Interview with curator Frida Foberg of Arts Letters & Numbers
YouTube video by Leon Clowes
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January 12, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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!
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#recoveryarts #performingrecovery
December 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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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
December 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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:

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December 19, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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...
December 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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/...
December 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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...
December 2, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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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November 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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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
YouTube video by leon clowes
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November 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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...
November 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Brighton's fabulous New Note Orchestra is 10 this year!
There's a bumper feature in our latest issue here:
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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...
November 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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:

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November 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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).
November 3, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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...
October 29, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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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October 23, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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...
October 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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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-...

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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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September 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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
September 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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.
September 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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
September 27, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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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
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
September 25, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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
September 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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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
nacoa.org.uk
September 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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...
September 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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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September 18, 2025 at 7:59 AM