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

Feeling stuck in sobriety. #soberaf #addictionrecovery

19 Jan 2024 · 1 min

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In this YouTube monologue, Dallas Bragg describes a common experience among people in early recovery: feeling stuck, which he labels “buffering.” He likens the nervous system to a computer that lacks internal bandwidth, causing the individual to merely avoid substances without a clear direction for life. Bragg explains that this state arises from a transition between identities and a shock to the nervous system, leaving life vague and unfamiliar. To break out of buffering, he proposes expanding one’s internal capacity by harnessing the power of imagination, encouraging viewers to dream big and actively create a new reality beyond mere avoidance of the addictive behavior.

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What I hear most when people reach out to me from addicts in recovery is that they feel stuck. Their life is in transition from one identity to another, and it's a state of being that I call buffering. The nervous system is in shock, and there's not enough internal bandwidth to generate momentum. So if you think about a computer when it's buffering, you got the wheels spinning there on the screen. It doesn't have the internal bandwidth, the capacity to handle what it's facing, what it's been told to do, right? All a buffering person knows is how to avoid the substance or the behavior, but beyond that, life is unfamiliar and it's vague. How can you stop buffering? By expanding capacity through the power of your imagination. This is your opportunity to create reality and dream as big as possible.