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

Surviving a bender #addictionrecovery #recoveryispossible

12 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief recovery‑coaching monologue, Dallas Bragg addresses viewers who are emerging from a weekend drinking binge. He first urges them to become a "compassionate witness" to their emotions—recognizing feelings such as shame, guilt, and regret without spiraling into them. After this emotional acknowledgment, he emphasizes basic physical self‑care: getting adequate rest, proper nutrition, and hydration to restore mental clarity. Once the body is stabilized, Bragg advises a reflective practice: ask the subconscious what the binge can teach, how it might serve the recovery journey, and then write those answers down. This journaling step is presented as the bridge to the next stage of sustained recovery.

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Happy Monday. If you're coming off a weekend bender, I want you to listen up. Here's what I'd like you to do. Become the compassionate witness. When you become the compassionate witness of your emotions, you recognize them, feel them. You feel the shame, the guilt, the regret, whatever else you're feeling. You appreciate that they're there, but you don't get carried away with them. Don't get caught up in a spiral. Just see that they're there, but don't follow them. Now, after you've got some rest, nutrition, hydration, your mind is a little clearer, your brain's back online, that's when you start asking yourself questions. Because you have the answers to all of this. I help facilitate that, but you actually answer these questions on your own through your subconscious. You ask, what was I to learn from this experience? How was this experience the best thing that could have happened to me and my recovery? Put pen to paper, ask your subconscious those questions, write down the answers. Now you're equipped for the next stage.