Stopping drugs doesn't fix everything; emotions often get worse first. You need real support—therapists, friends, honest conversations—to survive the turbulence. Stigma still lingers, especially in gay communities, but talking about it openly matters.
People have to remember, even after you give up the drugs, it doesn't solve the full problem. It's because everything will come flooding back to you, and it'll be times 100. Mm. But that's okay, because you will get through it. You just have to make sure that you've got the right support system around you. And it's great that this is being talked about more, because it was very taboo. A couple years ago. Yeah. And like, it was like, I kind of— I think that's kind of the way sometimes us gay men are. Like, we like to do things that are like, ooh, we're naughty or something. I don't know. We're all— I always say everybody in the world, no one's perfect. Like, we've all— we're all a bit mad, aren't we? Maybe just me. I don't know. Yeah. But that's what I would take from it. Just get your support around you, look after yourself. Um, not everyone's opinions on you are going to be completely correct. Like, I've had to go to multiple different therapists. You have different friendship groups too. Um, I will be honest to people just so that they know there is a lot of things that you do have to deal with alone.
