Dallas Bragg teaches a cue-exposure technique for meth comedown cravings: record yourself at your worst during withdrawal, address your future self about how terrible it feels, then watch it every morning for 90 days and whenever cravings hit. He warns against watching at night because it can trigger nightmares, and acknowledges the method is uncomfortable but says recovery from meth requires discomfort anyway.
Question for you: Is there anything more pathetic and sad than you in a comedown? The answer is no. But here's the trick, and this has helped many, many clients. Take your phone and video yourself in that horrible comedown state. You know when you can't stop crying, you look like you've been up for days, which you probably have, you sound hoarse. All the stuff, and you pick that phone up and you video yourself talking to your future self and say, "This is what you get from a night of chemsex. This is what you really get, not what you think you're going to get." When you have a craving and you have a trigger, remember, this is what you're going to be like. You save that video and you watch it every morning. Every— well, I wouldn't actually— don't watch it in the evenings because it can actually give you some nightmares. That has happened to some clients. Watch it every morning, and if you have a craving or if you have a trigger or you're in a danger zone, watch it then. Every day for 90 days. Just do it. Just try it, and I promise you it helps. It's cringe to watch. It's really cringe. It's really difficult. It's uncomfortable. But getting over meth is not comfortable. This is a technique that really works, so I want you to try it. And if you do, or if you are If you're already doing it, tell me in the comments.
