Dallas Bragg, a recovery coach and gay man, created Recovery Alchemy after feeling isolated in traditional drug treatment programs. The program offers weekly one-on-one coaching and group meetings specifically for men who have sex with men struggling with chemsex, drawing on his belief that lived experience does about 80% of the therapeutic work.
I don't know if you've had this experience as a gay man in drug treatment, but sitting in a room with heterosexual men and women who were also court-ordered for drug treatment, but also there for alcohol and heroin misuse, left me feeling isolated and misunderstood when I was in early recovery. One day I did get vulnerable and mentioned water sports, and they had a special meeting at the drug treatment center to discuss my mental viability. After that, I clammed up and I never mentioned anything else. About the Tina world, because water sports was just the very tip, tiny tip of the iceberg. I became a recovery coach for gay men who were hoping to break free from crystal meth to fill in the gap I saw that existed in our drug treatment systems. There is a vast amount of healing and relatability that comes from lived experience. Often that is 80% of the work already done when I sit down in front of a man on Zoom for the first time, because we already know very viscerally What the other has been through. My program, Recovery Alchemy, has been specifically designed to meet the needs of men who have sex with men who want to stop or control chemsex. You'll have weekly one-on-ones, weekly group meetings, and a library of videos and resources tailored to you and your specific journey, all designed from someone who has been right there where you are. Stay there, stay there, we are diving into an area that might stretch. Came out on the other side. If you'd like to apply, comment or DM the word now to get started.
