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The Chemsex Recovery Summit: Breathe Life Healing Centers / La Fuente Hollywood / No Matter What Recovery

Survival to Recovery: Rethinking HIV and Chemsex in Modern Care

David Fawcett, PHD, LCSW, CSAT
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This panel explores the evolving relationship between HIV and chemsex through the lens of recovery. Panelists will examine how the legacy of the HIV epidemic continues to shape substance use, intimacy, and coping, alongside the impact of advances like PrEP and U=U. The discussion will look at chemsex not just as a behavior, but as something tied to connection, trauma, and survival—and what that means for treatment. Panelists will highlight gaps in traditional recovery models and offer more grounded, harm reduction–informed approaches. The session will also explore what effective, realistic recovery can look like moving forward in this space.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Describe how the legacy of the HIV epidemic influences current patterns of substance use and recovery.

  • Explain the role of chemsex in relation to coping, trauma, and connection.

  • Identify practical, recovery-oriented and harm reduction strategies for working with individuals engaged in chemsex.

Educational Goal

To deepen understanding of how HIV history and chemsex intersect to shape recovery needs, and to strengthen effective, recovery-oriented responses.

Target Audience

  • Addiction Professional
  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker

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Financially Sponsored By

  • Sero Mental Health: Breathe Life Healing Center