Tawny Lara

Author

Tawny is a New York City-based writer, public speaker, and entrepreneur. She’s the founder of SobrieTea Party™ and Readings on Recovery™, co-host of Recovery Rocks podcast, and songwriter/creative mentor with Road Recovery. When she’s not working on all of the things, she’s doing yoga, analyzing song lyrics, or eating tacos - sometimes simultaneously.

www.sobrieteaparty.com/

Celebs Like Mandy Moore Give Back via Cameo - and Help Ease COVID Anxiety

I was supposed to see Mandy Moore at the Beacon Theater on March 24th. As a lifelong Mandy stan (Standy?!?), I was looking forward to her comeback tour. This would have been her first tour in 13 years; she was promoting Silver Landings, the long, long, long awaited follow-up to 2007's Wild Hope....

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What Alanis Morissette Taught Me About Anger - Now That I'm Sober

Alanis Morissette plays Jagged Little Pill at the Apollo (YouTube screenshot). ONLY NOISE explores music fandom with poignant personal essays that examine the ways we’re shaped by our chosen soundtrack. This week, Tawny Lara details how a landmark '90s album allowed her to feel a brewing childhood...

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ONLY NOISEAudioslave's 'Doesn't Remind Me' is my Sobriety Anthem

ONLY NOISE explores music fandom with poignant personal essays that examine the ways we’re shaped by our chosen soundtrack. This week, Tawny Lara navigates sobriety with a reminder from a musician who lost his battle with addiction. May 18th marks two years since the world lost Chris Cornell. The...

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