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

If you're in early chemsex recovery and you check into a hotel room alone with no apps blocked on yo

31 Jul 2026 · 2 min

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In this monologue, chemsex recovery coach Dallas Bragg warns men who have sex with men (MSM) that staying alone in a hotel room without blocking hookup or messaging apps constitutes a "premeditated relapse" during early recovery. He explains how everyday activities like travel or business trips become high‑risk triggers, describing the hotel environment as a "hot bed of triggers" that can activate environmental cues and euphoric recall, leading to rapid app use and drug use. Bragg emphasizes the necessity of digital safeguards—blocking apps such as Grindr, Telegram, and other platforms—before departure, and advises clients to test and reinforce these blocks, creating multiple layers of protection. He urges proactive planning, treating the situation as if one were already using, to ensure a regulated, enjoyable trip and to return home with gratitude for staying sober.

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If you're in early chemsex recovery and you stay in a hotel room by yourself without apps being blocked on your phone, that is what we call a premeditated relapse. Hi, my name is Dallas. I'm a chemsex recovery coach helping men who have sex with men. When you're in early chemsex recovery, every small act that a normal person would do, like travel, go on holiday, stay in a hotel for work, those things become a hot Bed of triggers. A lot of us know hotel rooms as the place we use, the place that we called home for 24, 48 hours a week, a month. So if you come to me and you said, "I relapsed when I went on vacation or that business trip," the first thing I'm going to ask was your phone blocked? Did you have access to the new grid on Grinder? Did you have access to Telegram? Did you have access to All of these doors that open up the possibility to use. And if you left doors open to use, then whether you know it or not, that's a premeditated relapse. You could feel so strong and so sure all the way on the plane and getting off. As soon as you get to that hotel, the environmental cue is gonna kick in, euphoric recall is gonna kick in, and all of a sudden you're on that app faster than you can put your bags down. If you want to feel regulated, if you want to enjoy your trip, if you want to feel that surge of gratitude on the way home knowing you didn't do it, put the safeguards and the blocks in place, no questions asked. Attempt to get around them before you leave. Act as if you are using— if you put on your meth thinking cap and try to get around those blocks every way possible before you leave and put more and more safeguards in place so that you can travel safely.