Dallas Bragg asked five men in his chemsex recovery program what changed. One stopped lying to himself. Another realized cravings signal unmet needs, not weakness. A fifth quit chemsex entirely by adopting a new identity.
Hey there. I asked 5 men who've been through my program one question, the same question, and it had 5 different answers. And here's what they said. Hi, my name is Dallas. I'm a chemsex recovery coach helping men who have sex with men. The first guy said, I stopped lying to myself. He meant the small lies, the ones you don't even notice anymore because they've been running so long. You know what I'm talking about. The second guy said, I find out— I found out I wasn't the only one. He'd convinced himself that his story was too dark, too specific, too embarrassing, that he sat in a room with 9 other men and heard his own life come out of their mouths in my program. The 3rd guy: I learned that craving isn't a weakness. This one hit very different for me because he'd been told his whole life that wanting the drug meant he was broken and bad. Turns out, It meant he had needs that weren't being met. That's all. I realized that I wasn't powerless. In fact, I found my inner power. Gay men have been told they're worthless and powerless and different their entire life. That shouldn't happen in recovery spaces. I stopped being somebody who participates in chemsex. That's it. And that changed everything. Once you embody a new identity, everything from your thoughts to your actions evolve into somebody who does not use chemsex. You've been doing this alone. I want you to comment group below, and I'll tell you about our next cohort start.
