Dallas Bragg warns that meth creates permanent neurochemical changes in the brain, even with months between uses. Recovery takes 12 to 24 months, and feeling normal doesn't mean the drug's influence has ended. He's angry about the destruction he sees daily and urges users to stop.
Okay, I have to say this to crystal meth users. I've been reading my DMs this morning and this needs to be said, especially for you infrequent users. I've said this over and over. Crystal meth, Tina, is a different kind of drug that does different things to your brain than any other. The first time you puff or inject or whatever you do, snort it, it lights up your brain Like fireworks and alters the chemistry of the way you think, behave, perceive, and feel. You may wait 2 or 3, 4 months between usages, but your thinking, your reasoning has changed forever. And each time you use again, it solidifies and imprints, and you are turning Studies show that it takes 12 to 24 months before your brain heals itself enough to function properly and not kill itself trying to get that dopamine fix again. This is why I say you have to be extreme when you want to get sober from this drug. You can't trust what's going on up here. I don't care if you feel like you're functioning normal and you're sober and it's been 3, 4, 5 months. You are still Under the influence of this drug. It is not alcohol. It is not heroin. You think you have it under control, but you don't. I'm sorry to be so angry, but if you were on the calls and the DMs that I am on every single day, and you see the destruction and the death and the way people are dying, you wouldn't fucking play with this.
