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

I want to ask you a question that tells me more about your recovery than your day count ever could.

25 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief YouTube monologue, Dallas Bragg reflects on how to gauge progress in methamphetamine recovery. He proposes that the true indicator is how comfortable one feels being alone. He shares personal observations: his weekends now often consist of solitary time with his "baby plants," and he finds joy in small, everyday moments like a new leaf on his Monstera. Bragg argues that discovering dopamine in these modest pleasures and being content with one's own company signals a deeper level of recovery beyond early stages or the chaotic periods of active use.

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If you want to know how well you're doing in recovery, how comfortable are you just being alone? You know, my weekends have become sometimes just me and my baby plants, and it's pretty boring on the outside. It would have been boring for me in early recovery and before meth, and of course during meth, but I've come to really be— find my dopamine in the small things, find my dopamine in the pleasures like this New leaf that just popped out on my Monstera. Being alone and being happy with just your own company, that's the sign that you're getting there, that you are approaching a new level of recovery. How comfortable are you being alone?