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

You can be sober and still relapse without ever touching the pipe.

7 Jul 2026 · 2 min

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In this video, Dallas Bragg, a chemsex recovery coach for men who have sex with men, warns that using geosocial dating apps such as Grindr, Sniffies, Telegram, BBRT, and Ritmen can trigger a full‑body relapse experience even when a person is sober. He describes how the environmental cue of opening the same app used during meth use can recreate the intense craving, instant‑gratification drive, lowered standards, and commodification of partners that characterize chemsex. Bragg outlines the physiological and psychological signs of this relapse state and emphasizes that it is a genuine relapse despite the absence of drug consumption. He then offers concrete, immediate interruption techniques—splashing cold water on the face, taking a brief walk, pinching the skin, consuming sour or spicy flavors, and physically distancing from the device (deleting the app, turning the phone off, or moving it to another room)—to help users pause, regain control, and avoid acting on the urge. The overall message is to use these apps consciously and cautiously as part of a sustainable recovery plan.

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If you're in early chemsex recovery, there's more than one reason to monitor your use of geosocial dating apps like Grindr and Sniffies. Hi, my name is Dallas. I'm a chemsex recovery coach helping men who have sex with men. Once you get to a point where you can be on Grindr if you want to be, or Sniffies, and not be tempted to use, that's great. Um, and using the app in a conscious way is also great, but I want you to be really careful about the relapse that happens. Um, it's in a— it's a full body experience when you are in that, that mode. You know what I'm talking about? When you're desperate to hook up, when all your messages are, wanna fuck, wanna fuck, wanna fuck, here's my pictures, here's my pictures. Then as the night goes on, your standards get lower, just like they do on chemsex. You just want to have sex no matter who it is or what it is or what you do. Um, you start to say different things that you're into that maybe you're not into. People just become commodities. They're, they're just images, and you become just sell— trying to sell yourself. Just somebody hook up with me, right? There's— there is this insatiable instant gratification energy that comes along that reminds you of how you are while you're on meth. That truly is a relapse. There's the environmental cue of using the same application that you used while using meth, whether it be Grindr or Sniffies or Telegram or BBRT or even Ritmen for that matter. Your body, your brain, all the chemicals are flowing. Everything is occurring just like you used. So I want you to be very, very careful about how you utilize these apps if you want to get back on them. And when you find yourself In that place, some things you can do: splash cold water on your face, take a quick walk outside, pinch your— pinch your skin, put something sour or put something spicy in your mouth, and, and to, to just kind of get your subconscious distracted. Whatever you can do to put a pause in there so that you'll be able to delete the app or put the phone down, turn the phone off, put it in another room, Get some space between you and this device, because in your body, in your brain, you have relapsed at that point.