Dallas Bragg explains why people keep using drugs: pleasure still beats pain. Real change happens when pain gets stronger, but waiting for rock bottom doesn't work. Instead, imagine your life in six months if you keep going, then decide to quit now.
You keep going back to chemsex because the pain has not outweighed the pleasure. Until the pain outweighs the pleasure, you are not going to stop. And then it's on a spectrum. You've experienced some pain, so you want to stop somewhat, but you haven't experienced enough yet. Pain in our life, in any facet— doesn't have to be addiction— pain creates the desire for something new. You're not going to change a habit. You're not going to change anything about yourself until the pain outweighs the pleasure. The pain has to be strong enough. And guess what? You're going to feel more and more pain to give you more and more desire to quit. I advise you to not wait until the pain forces you to stop. That's called the rock bottom, right? And you think you may have hit the rock bottom, but you probably haven't yet if you're still using. So ask yourself, if I look ahead 6 months, where will my life be if nothing changes? Ask yourself that question and then make a move now, today, to stop.
