#sobriety

I’d be more vulnerable than ever before. Something told me it was time.

And it all began with a questionnaire and a Cookie.

One day it hit me: I was addicted to chaos.

I rinsed away my six months of sobriety and I could only think about how free my first few moments of being high again felt.

A moment of grace—and some amazing advice—from a police officer. Would I take it?

A descent into decadence. But why, and at what cost?

“I feel guilty for outliving all of you.”

I made it through Black Party weekend sober, but a bigger temptation awaited.

In “I Favor My Daddy,” Jamie tells his conservative father Daddy Poo about sex with priests, crack addicts and dwarves.

How doing my first show as a sober man changed my perception of myself.

Was the “Jackass” star at risk of contracting HIV? Plus: the other link between HIV and cocaine.

Mr. Man made a decision for me that I initially resented, but it would prove to benefit me more long term.

A hot hookup with Mr. Man left me feel nothing but respect...and tingles.

My first sober New York City Pride changed my life thanks to Miss Hell’s Kitchen and the untampered enthusiasm I felt in the Pride Parade.

Just ask Nicholaus Johnson, a former “junkie” with AIDS who is now a sober college student helping the HIV community.

Welcome to the debut of my POZ blog. I hope you’ll join me on this adventure.