Another Journey Now

Another Journey Now

It was an instant high. I started using drugs because of the things I was facing. I was drinking, and somebody turned me onto crack. That’s what got me started selling my body to get my money to get my drugs. I wasn’t using protection. It was 1999 when they let...
Make The Change For Yourself

Make The Change For Yourself

I used to loathe the thought of taking a pill every day for the rest of my life, and I would hate taking my vitamins. I was hesitant only because my parents would tell me not to take medications growing up. It was only due to ignorance and stigma. They would tell me...
Breaking Through: Finding my Truth

Breaking Through: Finding my Truth

At 29, my life changed forever with three words: “You are positive.” But that wasn’t really where my story began. For years, I’d been living a double life dating women, but secretly meeting men, carrying the weight of my bisexuality like a...
It’s Part of Physical Wellness

It’s Part of Physical Wellness

I decided to get tested because a friend explained that it’s a part of my physical wellness. It wasn’t something I had ever put much thought into, I guess. I had been in a long-term relationship for the past five years, and before that I didn’t have much sex. My...
You Deserve a Happy, Healthy Life

You Deserve a Happy, Healthy Life

I started using drugs at like 17 years old, in high school. My friends were doing it, and I wanted to be like them, I guess. It went from weed to pills and by the time I was 21 I was using heroin. I didn’t have that bad of an upbringing. My parents were divorced, and...
Your Life is Worth It

Your Life is Worth It

I discovered I was HIV positive during a routine medical screening when I was incarcerated. That news hit me hard – really hard. I had never seriously considered this could happen to me. Looking back, I hadn’t been taking care of myself for years before...