Sobriety, recovery and Good Clean Fun, as a non-sober person
November 25, 2025
Guest Blogger: Duncan McBride
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.
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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.
On Saturday 28th September Good Clean Fun welcomes Emma Diamond as Guest DJ for our Meditation Hour of the night…
The DJ duo (Amy Rodgers & Duncan McBride) played the Worldwide FM tent on Saturday afternoon alongside fellow Clyde Built Radio resident’s Pigeon Steve, Elanda & Sangoma!
Glasgow Caledonian University PhD candidate – and Good Clean Fun dancer – Beth Meadows explores the need for sustainable and accessible alcohol-free spaces in the LGBTQIA+ community…
On Sunday 30th June Good Clean Fun took part in the 6th annual Recovery Connects Festival at Queens Park bandstand in the Southside of Glasgow.
Here’s what we’re up to this Summer while we’re taking a break from the Party…