Dallas Bragg explains why men relapse on crystal meth: they hold two opposing beliefs at once, like wanting sobriety but fearing it will be boring or kill their sex drive. This internal conflict, which he calls buffering, keeps them stuck. Recognizing these contradictions is the first step to breaking the cycle.
All right guys, listen up. Here is something I'm seeing out there that's causing men to stay in a relapse loop, and that is competing beliefs, or you can say competing desires. So if you're watching this, you probably have a desire to be abstinent from crystal meth. That is maybe your heart's desire. It's here. Then over here is another belief or desire, a belief that if I get sober, life's going to be boring. If I get sober, I'm never going to enjoy sex again. If I get sober, fill in the blank. Or you, it could be, I cannot get sober. I am too much of a loser to be in recovery. Whatever this belief is and this belief, they're in competition. And it's like having a foot on the gas pedal and a foot on the brake. You are staying in place. It's what I call buffering. You are buffering in your life because you haven't taken the time to analyze and be introspective enough To know what your other
