It took 2 shots of Narcan to revive me — Five years ago, I was in the end stage of my heroin addiction. I lost job to support my habit and I was too sick to find another one. When I was high on dope everything was great. When I ran out, I’d be in withdrawals for the next two…

What my coworker did to get the ladies swiping right — Tinder is a dating app for the beautiful people. It’s a hookup app. One picture is all you get to convince her to pick you. I was in a relationship when Tinder became a thing, so I missed its golden era. My friends who weren’t getting laid on traditional dating…

Look at me! — A clout chaser will align themselves with people and trends for the purpose of being popular. They seek the attention of people with a higher social standing than them to raise their own profile. An attention whore will do whatever it takes for attention. It doesn’t matter if it’s positive…

The most terrifying animated Disney nightmare-fuel movies of all time — All Disney movies are about growing up. Growing up involves change, for better or worse. It’s learning to be responsible for your actions. As we get older, the bad decisions we make can have consequences that our parents can no longer protect us from. Parents should provide guidance in deciding…

My lifelong friends dumped me and I don’t blame them — We met in tennis class during our first day of high school. The four of us hung out every lunch on the far side of the quad. We weren’t the cool kids, we weren’t nerds. The other kids referred to us as the weirds and it stuck. Every weekend we…

What I’ve learned publishing 700 stories over 3 years on Medium — Thanks for the click. You are now reading one of thousands of stories published on Medium about writing on Medium. The difference between my stories and the others is I know what I’m talking about and have the stats to prove it. Followers are a vanity stat and mean nothing…

What I learned from working backstage at an all-gay wrestling show — Ever since I was a young boy, I’ve loved wrestling. My friends grew out of it, but I’m still a huge fan to this day. I’ll watch pro wrestling on TV, but I prefer the experience of a live show. Pro wrestling is theater to me. A play told with…

And I’m ready for it — There are two body types in my family, rail thin or lard ass. For most of my life I’ve been of the rail thin variety. For Hanukkah every year my mom would buy me these striped collared long-sleeved T-shirts a size too big. Into my 20’s she kept buying me…

Why The Isolation Detox Method Worked for me — The last time I quit heroin didn’t feel different than the other times. This was the dozenth time I’d tried to quit that year. But getting away from it all was the answer to the question of when I was going to stop doing heroin. Withdrawals are every bit as…