Dallas Bragg argues that unprocessed grief, not just craving, drives relapse in recovery. People struggle to grieve losses they're supposed to be happy about losing, and without tools to hold that sadness, they turn back to drugs.
Unprocessed grief is the silent relapse trigger that no one's talking about. That fuck-up moment when you drop all of your recovery habits and you run head-on into chemsex, it's not about craving, Myth. It's about unbearable sadness that you feel like you're not allowed to have, that you don't know how to hold. So how do we grieve what we're supposed to be happy about losing?
