Free Mindfulness-Based Chemsex Recovery Course - 2024

Have chems, alcohol and/or other substances taken over your life? Do you struggle to assert your sexual boundaries and play safely? Do you want to bring your life back into balance?

MBCR is an intensive chemsex recovery programme that harnesses the power of meditation to help you achieve lasting change.

The course will take place over 4 half day retreats 1:30PM – 5:30PM, SUNDAY June 30th, and 1PM to 5PM SATURDAYS July 13th & 27th, August 3rd, 2024.

Course is FREE and subject to a returnable £25 deposit. £10 for qualifying concessions. Deposit will be refunded on completion of course and final evaluation feed back three months after the course finishes.

It’s non-judgemental, secular, evidenced-based and open to men aged 18+ who identify as gay or bisexual or who have sex with men. On this course you'll:

• Establish a daily meditation practice to re balance your life and support recovery
• Develop awareness of your triggers and learn how to work with urges, compulsions and addictive behaviours
• Learn how to respond skilfully to challenging thoughts, feelings and emotions without needing to medicate against them
• Foster a non-judgemental, supportive and compassionate relationship with yourself and others
• Feel more confident in re-engaging with sober sex and relationships and better manage sexual difficulties and performance anxiety.

Course is FREE and subject to a returnable £25 deposit. £10 for qualifying concessions. Deposit will be refunded on completion of course and final evaluation feed back three months after the course finishes. No refunds will be given if you cancel your place on the course with less than seven days notice.

NOTE: Participation on the course is subject to an initial half-hour assessment with one of the facilitators. Once you have registered on Eventbrite, a facilitator will be in touch to offer you an assessment slot. Please note if you are unable to attend the assessment we've offered you, we may not be able to offer you another slot and therefore we won't be able to enrol you on the course.

This course is intended as an aftercare programme for those who have already received (or are currently receiving) some support around their chems. We ask all participants to be sober at the time of applying and for at least a month prior to the course commencing. We then invite you to continue taking a break from chems for the duration of the course.

If you're living with a mental health condition we ask that you have appropriate support in place around this when you apply.

You need to be able to attend all the sessions in-person and be able to commit to 20-30 minutes of daily meditation practice between sessions.

If your circumstances are different to those outlined above please contact mindfulness@ spectra-london.org.uk before purchasing a ticket on Eventbrite and will be happy to discuss your situation individually.

Event Venue

Quaker Meeting House, 59 Wandsworth High Street, London, United Kingdom