Recovery coach Dallas Bragg tells gay and bisexual men struggling with meth addiction to stop saying "I'm never using again." Shame from moral judgment makes relapse more likely. Instead, commit daily to showing up as your best self, which naturally excludes meth without the binary thinking that backfires.
Hey, I invite you to stop saying, I'm never using meth again, and here's why. Hi, I'm Dallas Bragg, recovery coach for gay and bi men who want to break free from the addictive patterns of crystal meth and live their best and highest life. Often I hear men, especially after a relapse, say, I'm never using meth again. And here's why this causes you to actually use meth again. When you say, I'm never using meth again, it assumes that using meth is bad and As much as you want to think that it is bad, the actual use of it is neutral. The way you are using it and the negative aspects that it has on your life is bad. And when you classify using meth as a bad act, you are also stating that you are a bad person. When you approach recovery thinking you are defective or bad or inherently flawed, that belief is going to draw you back into using because if you are a bad person doing bad things, you might as well use meth. Anyway, our focus shouldn't be on as much as the act of using, but on becoming a better version of ourselves each day. Instead of saying, I'm not using meth again, how about, today I am showing up as the best and highest version of me? That automatically excludes using meth, but also opens up the possibility of your life becoming so much more. Let me know what you think of this concept. Tell me in the comments.
