Diary of a Gay Skinhead
Brotherhood means answering when your friend has the courage to ask. A excerpt from Pedro Serrano’s book, Pride—Diary of a Gay Skinhead. I felt naked. The 27 degree wind seemed to pass through my...
View ArticleWhat I Learned from 9 Weeks of Sobriety
Why Mike Nicholson took a self-imposed hiatus from drinking, how his friends responded, and what he learned from the experience. The following is a common conversation I endured this year when I did...
View ArticleHow to Get Drunk
Josh Bowman is spending the next couple of weeks offering tips on how to do basic activities (you’re welcome). Today: getting drunk. Know your limit. By limit, I mean that moment where if you have one...
View ArticleWhy Colleges and Universities Need To Stop Pretending They Can Handle Sexual...
Past a certain point, institutions lose the benefit of the doubt. Trigger Warning: Some of the links in this post lead to stories that may be difficult to read and/or include mentions or descriptions...
View Article“Society won’t let me have the sex I want, but Johnnie Walker will.”
This is a comment by Alyssa Royse on the post “Nice Guys Commit Rape Too“. Alyssa Royse said: “I think it’s smart to suggest there is a link between people drinking and shame / fear about not only...
View ArticleI’d Rather Risk Rape Than Quit Partying
Alcohol and drugs dissolve clear boundaries of consent. Mostly that works out okay. Sometimes it doesn’t. Editor’s note: This is a difficult article to read, and to publish. It is a frank, open...
View ArticleThe Place for Beer Is … in Hell?
This is the “Beer in Hell” edition of “Church Sign Epic Fails” with Christian Piatt! This week, I go all “Colbert” on you and start dropping product placements as if someone was actually watching. Hey,...
View ArticleWhy I’m Quitting Drinking in 2013
I’ve finally realized I’m no longer ‘one of the lads’ but a ‘binge drinking father figure.’ I’ve been working in 16-19 education for ten years now, and in all this time, one of the yearly highlights...
View Article7 Tips To Bring Back Your Virility the Natural Way
Dr. Stephen Petteruti talks about some non-pill-based ways to address erectile problems. If you’re a man past age 30, you’re probably wondering “is this as good as it gets”? Remember the good old days...
View ArticleMaker’s Mark Broadens Target Audience for Their Whisky
Will watering down their whisky water down Maker’s Mark’s reputation? The premium whisky distiller becomes a case study in branding. By jiggering with the alcohol content of their whisky, Maker’s Mark...
View ArticlePlum Island
Norm Appel was terrified to have children while drinking and taking pills. He discovered why. – I didn’t want children when Wendy and I married. I was afraid I wouldn’t be a good father, and for...
View ArticleThe Teetotal Consciousness Shift
Joseph Gelfer found that when he became a teetotaler, he became genuinely free to be who he wanted to be. I used to enjoy alcohol, a lot. I was never one for moderation. I knew it was not really...
View Article“I go to AA to hear other’s experience, strength, ideas and to share my own.”
If you are a teetotaler, what things have helped you stay sober? If you aren’t a teetotaler, what helps you say in control of your drinking habits? Robert West says that the AA meetings he attends are...
View ArticleWhat Has Been Found Guilty in Steubenville?
An entire set of unspoken assumptions has been dragged out into the light. — Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond have been found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl, bringing an end to a case that has...
View Article“People tend to have more success replacing harmful drugs with less harmful...
If you’ve ever been addicted to something, were you able to break the addiction completely? Or did you end up just changing the object of your addiction? tendrecroppes, Protagoras, and Hank Vandenburgh...
View Article5 Questions from the Steubenville Rape Case
Once I get beyond my initial feelings about the whole situation, I’m left wrestling with a number of questions that still feel terribly unresolved. (Note: This post contains some frank and graphic...
View Article“We already have ‘Friends don’t let friends drive drunk.’ Why not extend that...
How does fatal drunk driving compare socially to the things that happened in Steubenville? If campaigns against drunk driving don’t work, how do you design a consensual sex campaign? What effective...
View ArticleDrink Like a Union Man
Jesse Kornbluth learns to suck it up like the big boys. In my parents’ house, alcohol was for goyim. On rare occasions, my mother took a nip of Manischewitz Cream Red Concord—“a sweet but balanced...
View Article“The kids that bullied me had no idea they’d play a part in 12 different...
Mike Potter shares his personal experience with bullying and how it impacted the rest of his life. Were you bullied when you were younger? How did it affect your life when you look back? Share your...
View ArticleAgainst the Current, With the Stream
When it comes to getting high, John Paschal chooses to stand alone. We had just pulled the rafts to shore and escorted our passengers to the riverside lunch spot when one of my fellow guides, pleasant...
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