Dallas Bragg, a chemsex recovery coach, explains why quitting meth leaves you numb to taste, music, and touch for months. Your nervous system is recalibrating. It feels like grief, but it's temporary and normal, not a sign you made the wrong choice.
Listen, you may have had the misconception that quitting meth would mean life would immediately be great. That is not how it works. Hi, my name is Dallas. I'm a chemsex recovery coach helping men who have sex with men. Most people don't warn you about this, and even if they tried, you probably wouldn't have listened anyway. But in early recovery, food doesn't taste the same. Music doesn't move you the same way. Touch doesn't feel as electrifying. Your nervous system has been retrained by years of chemical override, and that calibration takes a long time. You're not just chemsex-free, you are also numb. And that numbness itself is a loss. It's grief on top of grief, grieving the version of pleasure you used to have access to, even knowing that that pleasure came at a devastating cost. And this is all normal. This is part of the process. It is not permanent. Nothing in life is permanent. We tend to think in absolutes and we assume that this feeling of numbness is forever. Just hang in there. It is real and it deserves to be named instead of silently endured, but it is temporary. If you'd like to work with me on this, I want you to comment the word group below and we'll send you the application to our next group coaching cohort.
