Sophia Archontis (Founder and Curator of Electronic Experimentations) chats with Meredith MacLeod Davidson, Performer for Good Clean Fun x Electronic Experimentations (November 2025)
As the music transitioned and the night began, I could tell I was becoming a small part of something incredibly special.
Getting sober is hard and change is scary. You lose so many parts of yourself and discover new ones. You oscillate between mourning your old life and feeling deeply grateful you are no longer living it. You feel every emotion under the sun and find that you can in fact survive them.
If you’re reading this thinking, “I could never do that alone,” trust me, you can.
This collaboration is the meeting of two worlds that were already walking the same path.
Guest Blogger: Duncan McBride
Yes, this Good Clean Fun blog author is dancing with you. It might not look like it. People visiting the GCF bubble ask if I
For over 30 years, Garnethill Multicultural Centre / Rose Street Recovery Hub has been more than a building — it’s a home for hope, healing, and human connection. Recovery isn’t just about quitting; it’s about finding a space to belong.
A brand new collaboration for our Good Clean Fun Parties, check our Electronic Experiments…
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I am incredibly grateful to the workshops, they helped me channel my anxious ‘loopiness’ into a creative outlet, giving me confidence.
The whole DJing thing has been such an amazing exercise, an exercise in just being myself, loving what the soft animal of my body loves.
To describe and promote Good Clean Fun as a party for people in recovery then is a move towards making it as open-ended and accessible as possible. It’s a great leveller: we may be in recovery from different illnesses, addictions, relationships, situations or traumas that are unique to us- but the feelings and the processes are similar.
It lights me up to see people walking about with a cup of tea or any other soft drink, smiling, and being able to hold a conversation, share their experience and knowledge, or just have a wee dance and connect without words.
There’s something very special happens when communities come together. People from all different walks of life, with different life experiences. It’s even more special when the space where it happens is safe.
Both recovery and solidarity are these never ending nonlinear ways of being, relationships with the world and forms of study.
I’ve come to understand how addiction isn’t just about the addict…
Being able to have fun sober initially made me feel more exposed, but it also filled me with pride, as I could finally embrace my true self…
For too long recovery and what came before it has been stigmatised and hidden away in society.
Musician, writer and artist Robbie Houston discusses his experience of Good Clean Fun and his journey in learning to dance sober.
