DIGGING DEEPER
NEWMEDS THE TRUTH COMES OUT WHEN YOU’VE HAD A DRINK... I've been the vocalist for Hull punk/alt rock band NEWMEDS for around 3 years now, but I also own and run a bar called ‘Dive Hu5’ in Hull with our drummer Joe Brodie. Our band, bar and lifestyles have all been driving forces in our ‘out in the open’ approach to mental health since we started. Our band started in our bar, and our first song was based around a customer who frequently drank and spilled her guts. Almost every person I know likes a good drink, and some have struggled with drug problems. I know
a lot of people that are very susceptible and go to very dark places, sometimes even from day to day.
"FROM MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, THE TRUTH DOES CERTAINLY COME OUT WHEN YOU DRINK, BUT IN A MORE POSITIVE WAY."
drinking together from a social point of view; I've also seen some beautiful things happen too. For example, someone I know had the courage to contact her father for the first time in 27 years after a heavy night. She admitted she would never have done it sober, and only good has come of it.
Many times we’ve heard the phrase 'the truth comes out when you’ve had a drink', but it’s usually meant in a negative light. From my own personal experience, the truth does Personally, I've seen and certainly come out when you done some ugly things when drink, but in a more positive booze is involved, but I do way. Many friends have believe there is some use in us appeared fine on the surface, 22
