Dallas BraggFormer crystal methamphetamine user, I help men who have sex with men break free from the addictive patterns associated with Chemsex. Currently expanding my expertise by seeking to become a Certified

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12 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, Dallas Bragg explains a core psychological mechanism that fuels ongoing addiction and relapse. He argues that people often adopt a self‑defining identity—such as “I always relapse” or “I can’t stick with anything”—and that once this identity is accepted as true, it creates an automatic excuse for future behavior. The identity‑excuse loop turns a perceived justification into a factual self‑belief, which then predicts and reinforces the same destructive actions, trapping the individual in a self‑fulfilling cycle of relapse.

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So here's the mechanism underneath all of it. You attach to an identity. I'm the guy who always relapses on this. I'm the one who can't stick with anything. And once that identity is set and you accept it to be true, the excuse is already written in it. It doesn't even have to feel like an excuse anymore. It feels like a fact. Because when you decide, I always do that, then that becomes exactly what you'll always do. The identity makes the excuse effortless. The excuse confirms your identity, and around and around and around.