Dallas BraggFormer crystal methamphetamine user, I help men who have sex with men break free from the addictive patterns associated with Chemsex. Currently expanding my expertise by seeking to become a Certified

AI to Aid Recovery

17 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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In this segment of the YouTube video “AI to Aid Recovery,” the speaker explains how artificial intelligence tools, together with insights from David Fawcett’s book Men and Sex, led to a reconceptualization of chemsex and meth‑related sexual addiction. Rather than viewing the problem as an emotional addiction, the speaker frames it as a cue‑initiated, arousal‑based addiction where methamphetamine and sexual activity are tightly fused. The speaker critiques traditional 12‑step programs for focusing on emotional issues and neglecting the sexual “template normalization” component, noting that participants can remain abstinent from meth yet receive no guidance on their sex lives, leaving a critical gap in recovery support.

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And it was only really through the use of AI, AI and through David Fawcett's book, Men and Sex, that I came to realize that it was less of an emotional addiction, but largely a cue-initiated drug and sex addiction. So it's an arousal-based addiction as opposed to one that is emotional. And the 12-step program is typically is largely orientated around dealing with emotional issues, and that's going through the 12-step program. Whereas the arousal part of the chemsex addiction, where the meth is the sex and the sex is the meth, the two are completely fused. One is without the other. There isn't really ever very much dialogue about, about your sexual template normalization. So, you know, you might be able to go for long periods of time within the traditional 12-step program and be abstinent from crystal meth and be celebrated as someone who's doing really, really well, but at no point is someone asking you about your sex life, or not in my experience.