The Brady Bunch Effect—Rebooting My Mind, One Rerun at a Time




Blog Post for Eric Protein Moseley’s “Recipe for Recovery” Series
Title: The Brady Bunch Effect—Rebooting My Mind, One Rerun at a Time

By Eric Protein Moseley

Some people need silence to think. I need nostalgia.

Recovery isn't always about finding some profound new truth. Sometimes it's about going back—way back. Back to a time before the chaos, before the streets, before the addiction. For me, that place lives in the comforting, slightly corny, and always predictable world of The Brady Bunch.

That’s right. When I’m fighting the temptation, when my mind starts wandering into dangerous territory, I don’t go looking for something new. I hit rewind on my life—and I land right in front of a small television, watching Mike and Carol Brady sort out whether Greg should be allowed to keep a goat in the backyard or if Marcia is ever going to get over that broken nose.

Why? Because The Brady Bunch reminds me of a world where things had structure, where people talked it out, where there was laughter in the background and a sense of resolution by the end of every episode. It's not that my childhood was like theirs—but watching it now helps reboot my mind. It slows the storm down. It gets me back to baseline.

I call it “The Brady Bunch Effect.”

It’s part of my recipe for recovery:

  • Reboot your mind with something familiar and harmless.

  • Redirect the chaos to something structured—even scripted.

  • Remind yourself of the calm, even if it’s from a TV screen.

  • Reinforce your routine, even if it starts with a rerun.

Because let me be clear: I don’t care if I have to climb on top of a roof in the middle of July with a Santa Claus suit on—if that’s what it takes to stay clean just for the next 24 hours, I’ll do it. This isn’t a lifetime promise. It’s one day. Then another one. And another. Until you look up and realize you've got a streak going.

I’ve had to fight for every clean day I’ve earned. I've had to fight through withdrawal, grief, flashbacks, and the gut-wrenching guilt that can knock the wind out of you. But recovery isn't about winning a war. It’s about winning today.

Sometimes that means sitting down, breathing deep, and letting 1970s sitcom music wash over me while I laugh at Jan's meltdown over Marcia getting all the attention. ("Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!") Sometimes that’s the medicine I need. It's strange, I know—but healing isn’t always logical. It just has to work.

So whether your Brady Bunch is reruns, old-school gospel, crossword puzzles, cartoons, or just staring at the ocean—find what reboots your mind and run with it.

Because staying clean doesn’t require perfection.

It just takes whatever it takes.

Even if that means being Santa Claus on a rooftop in July.

—Eric Protein Moseley
Formerly homeless. Forever healing.#BradyBunchEffect #RecipeForRecovery #AddictionRecovery #OneDayAtATime #SoberLife #SoberCommunity #CleanAndSober#RecipeForRecovery #BradyBunchEffect #StayCleanToday @MandateAChange 



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