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The AfterMeth: Gay Men Recovering from Crystal Methamphetamine and Chemsex Addiction
Vision:
To eradicate crystal meth addiction and chemsex misuse, especially among the gay male population.
Mission:
Using the power of social media, The AfterMeth will increase awareness around the characteristics and effects of crystal meth and chemsex on the community of men who have sex with men, provide stories of hope to inspire struggling users and produce a repository of tools to be used by the loved ones of men who want to break free from the addictive patterns of chemsex.
Join Dr. Dallas Bragg every other week. You can find The AfterMeth Podcast anywhere you listen to your favorite podcasts. Find answers to:
How can I stop relapsing?
How can I heal my addiction?
How does crystal meth addiction affect gay men?
How can I get sober?
The AfterMeth: Gay Men Recovering from Crystal Methamphetamine and Chemsex Addiction
EP 2:40 The Sociology of Chemsex with Chris
Supplimental Study Guide: https://www.drdallasbragg.com/newsletters/blog/posts/sociology
In this episode, host Dallas Bragg sits down with Dr. Chris Conner, Stephen O Murray Faculty in Residence at Michigan State University. Dr. Conner has taught Drugs and Society for 7 years, and shares insights from research on Chemsex use in the gay community. He identifies two particularly vulnerable age groups: 15-24 year-olds and those 40 and older. For younger men, substance use often provides a way to manage anxieties around coming out, potential homelessness, and navigating sex in a society uncomfortable discussing gay intimacy. For older gay men, crystal meth becomes a response to feeling invisible and sexually undesirable after turning 40—a pattern that traces back to when meth first entered the gay club scene in the 1990s and 2000s, affecting this generation when they were in their twenties.
Dr. Christopher T. Conner
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Missouri-Columbia
Stephen O. Murray Scholar-In-Residence at Michigan State University
📧 Chris.Conner@missouri.edu
📞 573-882-8331
🌐 www.chrisconner.net
Resources:
Party Boi Documentary https://partyboidocumentary.com/
Chemsex (Vice Documentary). https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5073738/
Do I sound Gay https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3997238/
Tea Room Trade https://www.amazon.com/Tearoom-Trade-Impersonal-public-Observations/dp/0202302830
Something for the weekend: Life in The Chemsex Underworld https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/36002677-something-for-the-weekend
The complex social, cultural and psychological drivers of the ‘chemsex’ experiences of men who have sex with men... https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1422775/full
Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Behavioral Health: Results from the 2021 2022 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health. https://web.archive.org/web/20250125022513/https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/file
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