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EP 3:12 Why You Are Failing at Sober Sex

Content Warning: This guide discusses pornography, sexual performance pressure, objectification within queer culture (including racialized and body-based exclusion language used on hookup apps), and the intersection of sex and substance use. If you're in a fragile place with any of this, take it...

May 18, 2026 chemsex gay men lgbtq meth methamphetamine sober sex

Episode 3:11 Meth-Induced Psychosis and Paranoia with Dr. Patrick Lockwood

Content Warning: This episode discusses meth-induced psychosis, paranoia, hallucinations, traumatic experiences during use, and a near-death encounter. Please listen and read with care, and pause when you need to. A Note From Dallas I want to take you somewhere I don't talk about often. There...

May 14, 2026 crystal meth gay men meth methamphetamine msm psychosis

EP 3:10 The Difference Between Knowing and Doing

What happens inside a man's head when he decides to go back to meth after a substantial amount of time steering clear of relapse? Why is it that he turns back to substances after feeling so good and doing so well? I have many theories around this subject. From a broad perspective, I hold true t...

May 11, 2026 addiction addiction recovery chemsex gay men lgbtq methamphetamine msm

EP 3:9 Feeling is Healing: A Trans Woman’s Perspective with Amanit

A Conversation with Amanita Calderon-Cifuentes Dear Friend, I want to be honest with you before you read a single word of this guide: this episode challenged me. Not because I disagreed with my guest — but because she said things out loud that I've been circling around for years, and she said t...

May 07, 2026 chemsex meth methamphetamine msm recovery transgender

Chemsex-Free Days: To Count or Not To Count?

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May 04, 2026 chemsex gay gay men lgbtq meth methamphetamine msm shame

The Fuck-Its: When Your Nervous System Is Asking for More Than You're Giving It

Apr 27, 2026 chemsex chemsex recovery gay men meth methamphetamine msm

Why You Plateau (and how to maximize it)

A Note Before We Begin One of the basic tenets I teach in my program is that Recovery = Life. There is no differentiation between recovery skills and life skills. Not sure when we learned to separate the two. A basic life experience is reaching a plateau. This could be in your fitness journey...

Apr 13, 2026 chemsex gay men lgbtq meth meth recovery methamphetamine msm recovery

The Seduction of Euphoric Recall

by Dallas Bragg — Feb 02, 2026 chemsex chemsex addiction euphoric recall gay men lgbtq meth methamphetamine msm

The Moral Lessons of Chemsex

This week's episode explores the complex cultural dimensions of chemsex through the lens of Maurice George Nagington's groundbreaking research. Rather than viewing chemsex solely through medical or pathological frameworks, this guide invites you to examine the rich moral and social structures th...

Sep 04, 2025 addiction recovery chemsex crystal meth lgbtq methamphetamine

Understanding Loneliness and Chemsex

Reading a book with one eye on the Grindr grid. Stopping in the middle of cleaning my house to take the perfectly angled Snapchat. Broadcasting my hookups via my personal Zoom room. Before my active meth use, I couldn't stand to be alone for more than an hour. If I couldn't have physical compa...

Aug 11, 2025 addiction chemsex lgbtq loneliness methamphetamine

Turning Your Pain Into Purpose

Ben Kaye's story demonstrates that recovery isn't just about stopping substance use—it's about transforming your pain into purpose and your experience into expertise. As a therapist with lived experience in chemsex recovery, Ben has spent years building bridges between the underserved and the sy...

Jul 10, 2025 addiction recovery chemsex lgbtq methamphetamine

Why You Do What You Don't Want To Do

It can feel maddening when you are trying to quit using meth. Each day, each hour, each second feels like you are a different version of yourself. You don't want to use, you want to use, you hate meth, you will stop nothing until you have it. You have a stellar day of feeling happy and accom...

Jul 07, 2025 addiction lgbtq methamphetamine recovery

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