Dallas Bragg walks through four strategies for staying sober while traveling: lock down your phone by blocking apps like Sniffies and RentMen, schedule video check-ins with your recovery team before and after the trip, write a personal mantra on note cards and post them in your hotel room, and visualize yourself waking up the next morning having stayed true to your goals.
Okay, as a reminder, when you are traveling and you are in recovery from chemsex, a hotel room is going to be one of, if not the biggest triggers. Also, expect to be triggered when you return home. Some men are making the chemsex plans on the airplane before it lands. Here's some things to do. Number 1, and this will be obvious, Have the apps blocked, and I'm talking about sites too, like Sniffies and sites like RentMen. I'm not saying don't have them on your phone. I'm saying block access to download them. Have your phone set up as if it's for a teenager. That's what you have to do. Second, check-ins. Have check-ins scheduled with your recovery team before, During, after. These need to be scheduled check-ins. This is what time I'm checking in with you. This is what time we're going to talk. It's going to be by video. You have to be very specific. Your recovery team needs to understand the importance of this. Number 3, come up with a mantra. Something that creates a visceral emotional reaction in your system that gives you an incentive not to use. It could be, I am my higher self, or just one word, freedom. Something, something that reminds you, grounds you, takes you back to your goal. You want to have this mantra ready. You want to be repeating it before you go on the trip, during the trip. You want to write it down. You want to, as soon as you get in the room, put them on note cards and put them around your room to surround yourself with reminders of who you are and what you want to remain in alignment with that. And finally, use visualization. Imagine yourself waking up that next morning, waking up that next morning and knowing that you made the right decision. You made a decision. You casted a vote for your best and highest expression. You casted a vote for who you want to be. Imagine that gratitude, that appreciation, that relief of waking up Instead of dragging your ass back to the room at some point, missing your flight, doing all the things we do, becoming a sex zombie. Visualize that at least every night for a week before you leave, because you are giving your subconscious a plan. You are creating the future. You are remembering the future when you do that. What have I left out? What do you do when you travel to keep yourself from using?
