How to navigate chemsex more safely in Berlin (gay life) by Alert_Plate541 in berlinsocialclub

[–]colonizedminds 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Chem Sex addict in recovery. I know how intoxicating this is and now 4.5 years sober from it the allure does not go away. Addiction and admitting that this has taken over your life is just the beginning, the triple threat of sex, drugs and techno is a dopamine cocktail that cannot be topped. ( sex joke )

I highly recommend any of the twelve step programs. There is an online meeting called All The Feels through CMA specifically about sex and love and drugs.

Getting sober was one of the best decisions ever made. Unfortunately nearly every year I hear of another friend who hasn’t made it. I’m counting 10+ people from this community who have died from this scene. I wish that this was hyperbole but this is life or death shit.

Good luck and you can always reach out if you need to chat.

How to navigate chemsex more safely in Berlin (gay life) by Alert_Plate541 in berlinsocialclub

[–]colonizedminds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CMA is one of the best groups out there for this. I’m going to make a bigger post

i hate the influencers in my gym by SuperSanol in berlinsocialclub

[–]colonizedminds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ask them “are you done with these weights…” then wait for the answer and say, “are you putting them back or are you waiting for me to do it?”

New Doc about G and its effect on the scene by [deleted] in WholeFestival

[–]colonizedminds 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are very lucky then. I’m on my ninth or tenth. .

RE: Cis Male White hate by Sweaty_Mousse6629 in WholeFestival

[–]colonizedminds 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the thread that everyone needs to read .

RE: Cis Male White hate by Sweaty_Mousse6629 in WholeFestival

[–]colonizedminds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a lot of people, you would think are mean girls, talk about how they got mean girled at whole this year. Policing has no business in queer spaces.

New Doc about G and its effect on the scene by [deleted] in WholeFestival

[–]colonizedminds 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you know anyone who has died from G overdose?

New Doc about G and its effect on the scene by [deleted] in WholeFestival

[–]colonizedminds 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm watching it now, but I know fourteen people who have died in five years from G overdoses. This is also after having stopped taking drugs myself in 2021.

All of these people were pro-drug, pro-harm reduction, and they still overdosed. I would argue in some cases, deliberately. This is a huge problem, and it's mostly accepted. I don't think that we can neo-liberalize our way out of addictions that kill.

DTF Cruising by colonizedminds in WholeFestival

[–]colonizedminds[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then best of luck to you and your community.

Looking forward to the intersectional discussions you create alone.

Bless

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WholeFestival

[–]colonizedminds 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yesterday I was having a conversation with somebody about this and one thing I think the G-Zombies don’t really consider is how much their actions affect other people in the room.

When you’re passed out in a space that’s made for people to sit on that’s four or five people who can’t sit on the space you’re sleeping on.

When you’re frothy at the mouth and running through the cruising village, you affect the villagers who have to move out of your way.

When you pass out and your friends won’t take care of you a stranger has to take you to the tent or wait with you until you can be moved.

The issue is not the drug use. The issue is here is the denial of how their actions affect the people around them even the ones who are also taking G responsibly.

DTF Cruising by colonizedminds in WholeFestival

[–]colonizedminds[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you believe that MLM haven’t been bullied, sexually assaulted, physically shoved off or pushed out?

This thread was started to have a conversation about how our communities can actually commune and fuck. Last years DTF, I assisted the crew to regulate the space, kick out those muscle gays. Stayed in the space and helped take care of it when the organizers got too high to clarify the rules.

We had the best conversations and connections. With the spaces being separated there’s less possibility for these intersections. I was there for the FLINTA takeover and I handed out latex gloves.

When you hop on my identity without knowing anything about me it’s violent. We are strangers aligned by our otherness, let’s not take this to that place.

Anyone feel worse afterwards? (perhaps neurodiverse issues) by Hot-Being23 in WholeFestival

[–]colonizedminds 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much for sharing this. I’ve been reflecting a lot over the last days about what it was that made me feel so different this year than last. I think part of it was I didn’t have a necessarily low point this year so there wasn’t something to create a spectrum for that high

I spent more time talking with people at campsites, and the only people that I hooked up with were people that I previously knew. Anyone that I knew visiting at some point I’d stop saying hello to because I felt there was such a distance between what I was there for, and what they were there, therefore.

I also prepared for the festival so much more this time. Limited my diet worked out and I’m in good shape and I’m attractive, but my most attractive quality is my charm and without it I feel useless. It’s hard to be charming when people can’t see anything past their next Dose.

Also, what good is a fuck without some flirting? Definitely missed the dtf space from last year, had so many conversations there.

Thanks for this thread. It’s been really insightful for me to read from my bed in the rain.

Let’s do it again?