#sobriety

Going on tour forced me to face my codependent nature.

Whether dancing with the Drag Race queens or raising HIV awareness, I began to feel hope for myself and others.

I didn’t realize how much HIV stigma affected me, until I got a golden career opportunity.

I felt powerful. And it wasn’t just from looking beautiful.

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.