Why I Gave Up Bottoming for Almost a Year (and What I did to Gain My Confidence Back)

Last year, on this exact weekend, I quit bottoming.

A bit dramatic, sure. But I was done with it.

Bottoming had become a chore. An endless cycle of cleaning out without ever feeling like l like I was truly ready.

And I don't know about you, but I'm not the type of guy who leaves it to chance.

That photo of me, the one where I look disapointed, douche in hand, was taken just after an hour long prep marathon followed by a less than 3-minute performance from a local top.

It was then I decided the work I was putting in wasn't worth it:

- Starving myself before dates
- Spending half the evening in the bathroom
- Then still worrying whether I was actually clean enough during

I loved the idea of bottoming, but in practice I couldn't relax enough mentally to enjoy it.

I figured I’d just stick to being a side. Mouth, hands, whatever.

The crazy part is that I’d done everything “right.” Metamucil, fiber pills, detox teas, trust me, I tried them all.

They either did nothing or made me more bloated (no surprise when I checked the ingredients to find they were full of sugar and artificial colorants that wrecked my stomach).

My gut was constantly inflamed.

And my digestion was completely unpredictable - like had a mind of it's own. And it ruled over my sex life like an evil dictator.

So when I had to choose between food and sex, food won (sorry tops).

But then, by chance, two weeks ago my uncle Stephen came to visit. He’s the only other gay person in our family, and the first person I ever came out to, so we’ve always had that honest kind of bond.

After a few drinks, I told him the whole thing:
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The prep nightmare,
The gut frustration,
The two-pump chump from Grindr... everything.

He laughed.

I cried.

Then he said, “You are being dramatic but you're right about one thing: your gut DOES have a mind of it's own. It's called the gut microbiome.”

Turns out when he hit thirty, he had the exact same problem: the same digestive chaos, and the same exhaustion from trying to fix it the wrong way.

And what he told me next changed everything and finally put me on the right path.

He said, “You need two things: the right bacteria in your gut, and something to feed them.”

‍That night, I went down a research rabbit hole and found out what he meant about those two ingredients:

‍Probiotics are the bacteria that live through your gut and keep things moving.

‍Prebiotics are the specific fibers that feed those bacteria and bulk up your poop.

Think of the prebiotics as the train that picks up everything in your gut, and probiotics are the tracks that move the train along and make sure it leaves the station on time.

Together, they’re called synbiotics - the combination that actually restores your microbiome.

Looking back now it seems so obvious - my gut microbiome was totally depleted!

And when I finally started focusing on that instead of just “more fiber,” everything changed.

Within two days, my bloating dropped.

Within four, I was regular and clean.

Every morning, same time the train left the station. One wipe, done. Nothing left behind.

The inflamed feeling was gone, and I stopped feeling ruled by my gut.

Finally, I was back in control.

The difference was finding a product built for this - not a laxative, not a sugary fiber drink - a real synbiotic that fed and replenished the gut the way it’s meant to.

The product in question is Peachy Clean. It’s built on the same science: a prebiotic fiber that forms the right texture, plus a probiotic strain (Bacillus coagulans) that actually survives the whole way through your gut to rebuild your microbiome.

You have to take it daily, but it's literally two tasty gummies. That’s it.

No more prep marathons. Just predictability.

Clean, consistent, and effortless.

Every. Single. Time. 

I didn’t plan on writing any of this, but the truth is Peachy Clean gave me my confidence back, and I thought others should know.

Oh, and yes, I did put it to the test!

Last weekend I was out with a friend having drinks... I really wasn't even expecting anything but... well let's just say the dry spell is well and truly broken.

So if you’ve ever been where I was that day last year, wondering if it’s all worth it, you deserve to feel this kind of ease too.

DO NOT wait like I did, and don't put yourself through an almost year-long dry spell just to find out that the problem can be fixed with just two daily gummies.

Grab yours here whilst it's still on sale. This is the special link I bought from - it's got an additional discount for new customers applied that you won't find by just Googling the brand.

It's not available on Amazon or anywhere else except their website.

Happy bottoming ;) 

- Harry