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5 Soul-Deep Ways to Unpack Your Triggers

What is your number one trigger? And I don't mean trigger to use drugs. Just simply: When do you find yourself the most angry? Pause for a minute and answer the question. Whenever I ask this to my clients, there is always one commonality in their answers: it is always someone else's problem...

Mar 31, 2025 addiction recovery crystal methamphetamine lgbtq trauma triggers

7 Steps For Accepting Your (Meth-y) Past:

After receiving my number from the front desk, I found a seat in the crowd. The atrium was packed, but I managed to find a solo chair. Chatter echoed across the A-frame ceilings, occasionally interrupted by the shrieks from unruly children. Their mothers yelling commands in vain. Recognizing ...

Mar 10, 2025 addiction recovery crystal methamphetamine lgbtq radical acceptance

You're Lying to Everyone (especially yourself)

Ever listen to the labels we give ourselves? "I'm a morning person." "I'm not a reader." "I'm just not a foodie." When did we decide what we are? At what point did we accept our role in life? I used to say that I did not like to camp. Years later, after going camping a few times, I realize...

Feb 24, 2025 addiction recovery crystal methamphetamine gay lgbtq

What Does it Take to Transform?

5:30am comes early when you are catching the public bus. Homeless and on my way to the courthouse to pee in a cup, then to treatment. Once settled in my seat, I would close my eyes and lean my head back. This would be my hour of escape into the future while we made our way to the City of Charl...

Feb 17, 2025 addiction addiction recovery crystal methamphetamine

7 Insights for Chemsex (Tina) Recovery:

Season 1 is over, y'all! I'm rounding out the season with a solo pod: My overall insights for how to stop using crystal meth for men who have sex with men. This is not all-inclusive, but, in my opinion, the most important insight for setting yourself free and embodying your highest self. When w...

Feb 06, 2025 addiction recovery chemsex crystal methamphetamine

From the Vault: Wide-Eyed Christmas

On Christmas morning, 2017, my kids came into my bedroom, where I was buried in blankets, drifting in and out of sleep. I had been in bed for more than three days. I looked out from under the blankets to see two wide-eyed kids. They asked me if I was okay and if I wanted to come watch a movie. ...

by Dr. Dallas Bragg — Dec 28, 2024 addiction recovery holiday

She Almost Lost Her Son to Meth Addiction

"Anyone with six months clean?" It was key tag time at the Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meeting. I looked proudly at my royal blue prize and hugged a few necks. Before I sat down, someone asked me to share what's been working for me. I replied, "Psilocybin and Ayahuasca ceremonies have both changed t...

by Dr. Dallas Bragg — Dec 28, 2024 addiction addiction recovery recovery

How Many Masks Are You Wearing (aren't you tired?)

Noticing my hand visibly trembling, I gripped my pen and squeezed. I could feel my chest pounding, too. A bead of sweat plingo-ed down my spine. Using my periphery, I strained to catch any sign that the person next to me at the boardroom table noticed my body language. I adjusted my position in t...

by Dr. Dallas Bragg — Dec 28, 2024 addiction addiction recovery chemsex recovery

Cold Full Moon: Keep Your Guard UP!

I've braced myself for panicked phone calls, emergency texts, and disappearing clients. I see an uptick in relapses in my clients every time a full moon hits on a weekend. Don't be a part of this statistic. The Cold Full Moon is approaching, reaching its peak on December 15th, and with it comes a...

by Dr. Dallas Bragg — Dec 28, 2024 addiction addiction recovery recovery

Tantra Over Tina: Rediscovering Sex and Intimacy

When Tina spit me out on the other side of active addiction, I felt gutted. Emotionally, physically, spiritually, mentally, financially, and especially sexually. I was the husk of the man I was, completely hollowed out as if by a gigantic excavator that carried my identity away. My entire beingne...

by Dr. Dallas Bragg — Dec 28, 2024 addiction addiction recovery recovery

Creative Expression in Recovery

The day of my last 'job' as a sex worker. I drove home to a house full of unpacked moving boxes. Standing there, my body seemed to deflate in relief. I did it. Four months prior, I got out of jail, homeless, and began my sober journey. The kids and I needed a home. With an eviction and four felon...

by Dr. Dallas Bragg — Dec 28, 2024 addiction addiction recovery recovery

Let's Add Altitude to Your Gratitude

Who was the person who introduced you to crystal meth? I'll bet every detail surrounding those circumstances is permanently etched into your memory bank. I've re-lived that faithful Sunday afternoon so many times. What if I had said no? What if I hadn't been on Grindr? What if I had sought help i...

by Dr. Dallas Bragg — Dec 28, 2024 addiction addiction recovery recovery

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