Dallas Bragg challenges the belief that sober sex can't satisfy, arguing the real problem isn't losing a substance but measuring sex by an impossible standard shaped by addiction. Redefine intimacy around genuine connection instead.
I hear it every day, probably. I can't have sex without using Tina. It just doesn't work. And underneath that statement is a belief that sober sex is somehow inferior, somehow broken, somehow vanilla, somehow impossible. You've convinced yourself that the substance unlocked something real, and now without it, you're stuck with some lesser version of intimacy. But here's what I need you to hear. The problem isn't that sober sex doesn't measure up. The problem is the ruler you're using is designed to make you fail. You're not struggling. Struggling because sobriety took something away from you. You're struggling because you've accepted a definition of sex and intimacy that was never real, never sustainable, and never about connection
