Dallas Bragg explains acceptance in recovery after chemsex: not feeling happy about loss, but stopping the fight against your new reality. It means becoming your 2.0 self completely, viscerally connecting with a new identity and closing the door on the old one for good.
Acceptance is not happiness about what you lost. It's not gratitude for the pain. Acceptance is the moment you stop fighting the reality of your new life. It's calling you. Your new identity, your new life is pulling you forward. It is the moment you fully embody and emotionally connect with the 2.0 version of yourself. You have viscerally connected with your new identity, and you have a clear idea of how you're going to show up after myth. You start asking yourself, what would this version of me do right now? What would he be thinking? How would he spend his day, his time, his energy? Acceptance is when you have taken your vision and embraced it with every cell of your body. The chemsex identity is gone and you are still here. You're still alive. You're still worthy. The guys, the dealer, the community, the rush— that chapter has closed. And you do not have to keep one foot in that doorway hoping that it opens again.
