Dr. David Fawcett, the author of Lust, Men, and Meth, has a conversation with the translator of the book, Karl-Anton Gerber, discussing how this project came about, his own story, and the chemsex scene in Germany.

German title: Lust, Rausch und Crystal Meth: Wege aus dem Chemsex-Konsum bei MSM

TAKEAWAYS:

[1:50] A little bit about Karl. 

[3:20] Karl shares his introduction to drugs and how it has affected his life.

[7:10] Karl is HIV+ and shares how he first found out the news.

[9:10] Dr. David understands where Karl is coming from. For many gay men, they feel like “damaged goods.”

[9:40] What made Karl change his lifestyle and get clean? 

[12:45] Karl shares how this book, Lust, Men, and Meth, changed his life. 

[16:15] There are no reliable chemsex studies in Germany.

[20:00] Why did Karl decide to modify his foreword in the German version of his book? 

RESOURCES: 

Amazon link to German edition: https://tinyurl.com/bdhhj7n2

QUOTES: 

• “I had to admit I had a problem. That was the starting point to getting out of addiction.”

• “My stable life and [the drugs] were separate, but when I was driving down the German highway, there was a little window between those two universes and I couldn’t hide any longer.”

• “These new psychoactive substances are really scary. They’re just chemicals someone put together somewhere and now are selling it on the dark web.”