EP 3:46 Chemsex Recovery: You Already Want it Enough
The AfterMeth: Gay Men Recovering from Crystal Methamphetamine and Chemsex AddictionShow Notes
Send us Fan Mail Supplemental Study Guide: https://www.recoveryalchemy.org/newsletters/blog/posts/enough In this solo episode, Dallas Bragg retires a question he spent years asking his clients: "How bad do you want it?" He opens with the story of one of his first clients — a "flight risk" who, with his phone locked down, would drive to Walmart late at night to buy a track phone and get back on the apps. At the time Dallas told him he must not want it badly enough, a response he now names...
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