Many thanks to our friends Harold Owens, Ivan Neville and our partners Imagine Recovery for facilitating a very inspiring conversation surrounding the struggles & the joys of achieving and maintaining sobriety as a creative at our November Lifeshop. Balancing music, sobriety: How Ivan Neville, Anders Osborne got sober and now help others > words by Keith Spera, photos by Chris Granger | The New Orleans Advocate #haroldowens #ivanneville #musicares #press #imaginerecoverynewor

Send Me A Friend’s mission is to support musicians and creative professionals who face unique challenges while in early recovery and on the road to a new way of life. Starting as a network of sober “Friends” that are on call to come to a gig and offer a helping hand and source of support, SMAF now has over 1,500 volunteers throughout the country. In 2018, SMAF opened its office in New Orleans at Imagine Recovery (728 Nashville Ave), where they now host monthly “Lifeshops,” ga