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Read the mail Jack receives from men who have responded to this information. If you're a tweaker, you really should read these personal tales and confessions.
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There are roughly 34,000 pages on the internet devoted mostly to
the dangers associated with using crystal. That's an awful lot of bad press for a drug most users think of as a
relatively harmless "party favor". Hmmm... perhaps there's a good reason for all that bad press after all, huh? Here are but a few of the pages I found useful.
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Personal accounts and stories
Addiction Counseling & Recovery Support Guide
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Life Or Meth.com
http://www.lifeormeth.com/
A Bareback Jack Recommended Site
This newer website contains good information about the dangers of meth, its effect on the gay community, its part in creating new HIV cases, and other sensible reasons why you should stay away from the shit. Site also features a forum, polls, and other interactive features.
Note: This is not the same site as www.lifeormeth.org.
Crystal Meth and Other Stimulants
http://www.doitnow.org/pages/101.html
Author Jim Parker uses easy-to-understand language and a dry wit in this
direct-hit report on crystal meth and other legal and illegal stimulants.
Crystal Meth in the Brain
http://www.kci.org/meth_info/sites/meth_psycho.htm
A Bareback Jack Recommended Site
The Koch Crime Institute has amassed a lot of information on crystal meth. This
page in their site diagrams the effect meth has on the brain. See what may be
looming in your future if you use crystal.
Know Crystal: Harm Reduction
http://www.knowcrystal.org
A Bareback Jack Recommended Site
An excellent site that takes the same stance on crystal meth
use as we take on barebacking. Rather than nagging, they provide information on what crystal does to you and how the meth user
can develop healthier habits to either quit using, or minimize physical harm to the body and risk of acquiring HIV and other
diseases. Interactive site also features music listening options.
Crystal Meth: When Using Just Isn't Fun Anymore
http://www.thebody.com/apla/dec00/crystal.html
AIDS Project LA webpage contains concise but effective information showing the link
between crystal use and HIV infection. Includes some local resources and recovery houses.
Life Or Meth.org
http://www.lifeormeth.org/
"It's A Simple Choice. Live for yourself or live for the drug..."
And so beginneth this webpage full of information.
Note: This is not the same site as www.lifeormeth.com.
Amphetamine-Related Psychiatric Disorders
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3114.htm
Psychiatrists sound off on psychiatric effects of meth on the mind.
Land of Oz: Sex, Drugs and HIV
http://www.tpan.com/publications /positively_aware/
mar_apr_02/land_of_oz.html
"In many parts of the U.S., Crystal Meth decides what we actually do in bed as well as the risks
that we will take." Author Michael Barnett explores our self-medicated party subculture.
Methamphetamineaddiction.com
http://www.methamphetamineaddiction.com/
Here you'll find pretty much everything you ever wanted or needed to know
about meth, from its history to its distribution growth in the US, stories, resources, news
articles, and more. Sponsored by Narcanon Arrowhead Center.
Letters from users and loved ones
http://www.kci.org/meth_info/meth_letters.htm
Letters (and many of them) written by meth addicts and the
people affected by meth addicts.
sfJaye's Recovery Story
http://sfjaye.freewebspace.com/index.html
A straight man's confession of his addiction and recovery. Interesting personal perspectives, quitting techniques, and a look inside the mind of the addict.
The Other Woman
http://www.barebackjack.com/crystal.html
Bareback Jack's personal story about crystal, and how his lover's use
of the drug brought tragedy into both their lives.
Ms. Crystal Meth
http://208.106.143.80/pages/Letters3.php
This isn't so much a personal story, but a sobering poem by Samantha Reynolds
that tells it like it is when you allow Crystal into your life. The original page no longer exists, but here is the poem in full with changes and notes by the author.
CMA Anonymous Online
http://www.crystalmeth.org/
Crystal Meth Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women for whom all drugs,
specifically Crystal Meth, have become a problem. The only requirement for membership is a desire
to stay clean and lead a sober life. There are no dues or membership lists - each group is expected
to be self-supporting through its own contributions. The Twelve Steps of our program were developed to
provide us with a plan with which to build a sober, better life. We believe that if we work these
simple steps we will live a life free of active addiction.
Worldwide CMA Anonymous Meeting Schedule
http://www.crystalmeth.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=9&Itemid=120
If there's a CMA organized in your area, you'll find the meeting schedule here.
APLA's Crystal Meth Program
http://www.apla.org/prevention/crystal_meth.html
APLA’s crystal methamphetamine program aims to reduce the risk of HIV infection
and the social isolation caused by the use of the drug. The program creates and coordinates free
community forums and two different sets of trainings for crystal users and their friends and sexual partners.
Southern California Gay 12-Step Recovery
http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/2521/recov.html
This site, designed specifically for the gay community, features links to 12-step meetings
"of various styles and flavors" located throughout the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area.
NYC (Manhattan) NYCMA Anonymous
http://www.nycma.org/
Crystal Meth Anonymous Meeting Info for gay men in New York City. Meetings
also held for users of other addictive substances.
CrystalNeon.Org
http://www.crystalneon.org/html/meth/drugtreatment3. html
The Crystal Meth Program @ Stonewall, for helping meth users manage their habits
in the Seattle, WA area. Free services. NEON = Needle and sex Education Outreach Network.
GLBT Health, King County
http://www.metrokc.gov/health/glbt/resources.htm
Northwest (Seattle) GLBT organization features links for gay men, lesbians,
bisexuals and transgender-ites, including counseling links, hotlines, clinics, and HIV/AIDS resources
both nationally and in King's County.
Meth Madness
http://www.methmadness.com/
Website with info and a message board for recovery sites, support, Q and A,
posting personal stories, and discussions regarding breaking the addiction.
Addiction Resource Guide Online
http://www.addictionresourceguide.com/
An online register of chemical addiction recovery facilities and services
online. Many links.
Recovery Zones
http://www.recovery.8m.com/
Whatever you're addicted to, be it alcohol, tobacco, drugs, or food, this
page has recovery sites for you!
Recovery Resources
http://www.recoveryresources.org/
Another very comprehensive recovery site. RR includes personal stories, articles,
poems and readings, and links to everywhere!
JACS: Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically Dependent Persons and Significant Others
http://www.jacsweb.org/
Finally, a recovery program for people of the Jewish faith. Resources for the U.S.,
Canada and Brazil. Includes a page of statistics about addiction in the Jewish community. JACS is
based in New York City.
SoberRecovery.com
http://soberrecovery.com/
Another online resource for chemical addiction recovery facilities, treatment,
and services.
Stopaddiction.com
http://www.stopaddiction.com/
Sister site to the Narcanon site, this one features the services at Narcanon
Arrowhead, a drug treatment center which claims a 76 percent permanent success rate with
patients.
Drugs & Terrorism
http://www.theantidrug.com/drugs_terror/und erstanding_impact.html
Website discusses the link between terrorist groups and illegal drug trafficking,
and demonstrates how American's drug use is fronting money to anti-American terrorists, including the Taliban.
Nat'l Council on Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity
http://www.ncsac.org/
Are you a sex addict? This site defines sexual addiction, sexual compulsion,
and sexual offense. See where you fall in their guidelines.
Recovery Greetings
http://www.recoverygreetings.com/
Here's a site with recovery-oriented greeting cards and free e-greetings, as
well as virtual chips to e-mail and other recovery gifts you can buy online.
Need an extra kick in the pants?
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Have YOU danced with this Devil?
Do you have a personal story about your struggle with crystal
addiction and recovery that you would like to share? If you've gone into Crystal Hell and
come back, tell us your story so others may learn from your experiences. Your words could
end up helping your gay brothers!
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or on the Devil to submit your story.
Thank you!
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Why this page?
The most important thing I feel this website presents is information on engaging in "safer"
behavior during "Unsafe Sex". I have never stood behind the reckless transmission of HIV, and have always
felt that the decision to have unprotected sex should be a decision arrived at under rational circumstances.
The current trend shows a rise in new HIV cases, mostly among the youngest members of our GLBT community. That
rise corresponds to the wildfire-like spread of party drug use within the same age group.
While I have designed this site as a glamorization of unprotected sex, I also have a conscience, a sense
of responsibility toward the community I represent, and a heart. And I do not advocate the kind of sexual
recklessness crystal meth users promote or engage in. It is for these reasons I present a shitload of
free information and education on this site about health and healthy behavior, instead of creating just one more
responsibility-free, devil-may-care website about barebacking.
Knowledge is empowerment, and knowledge about the risks involved in having unprotected sex along with the many dangers associated with the chemicals which reckless
individuals put into their bodies can empower you to make reasonable decisions about how you want to conduct your life. Ignorance, not silence, equals death.
I would hope that you, the visitor to this site, will make responsible decisions based on fact
rather than "sperm-of-the-moment" decisions you may (or may not) live to regret. It's why I
work so hard to break down the old propagandist messages borne of hysteria instead of fact.
I have always fought against those institutions and individuals who try to take away our power
to think for ourselves. For this reason I fight the war against crystal meth as well. When you use meth, IT makes your decisions. You don't.
We all have to live with the consequences of our actions. If we let drugs like crystal meth
make our decisions for us, the consequences will never be good for ourselves nor for others, nor will they be good for our community at large.
Ill-made consequences are never easy to live with.
I have spent the time and energy to put this information together for you because I care. In return I ask that you please make all your
important decisions about sex, and how you go about having fun, wisely.
~ Bareback Jack
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