I was nearing the end of my junior year in college. I was casually drinking on a Tuesday night, trying to pass  the time before summer started, enjoying some darts and $5 pitchers with a group of fraternity brothers at our favorite local tavern. I began talking with a new brother, Will, who I hadn’t [...]

I thought this time was different. Everything I had went through before should have prepared me for this moment. There were beeping sounds, lights were flashing, everything went black. I did everything I was trained to do, everything I thought was right, but it wasn’t enough. I needed help. I thought the first time it [...]

It was Friday, and naturally I was hungover. Thursday nights are an excellent time to sip/guzzle free wine at art gallery openings and I had capped the night off with rounds of $5 PBR and shot combos at a bar my friend works at in the Lower East Side. Tequila has for some reason been [...]

I don’t drink coffee. When I wake up, I enjoy watching other people rush past me to the corner store to satiate their craving for the molten hot, albeit highly aromatic, bean-based liquid. Likewise my decision making is free from the burden of deciding how many creams or sugars I need in my cup that [...]

I find myself waking up to the drone of the alarm clock, and like every other day, lean over and smack the top of it. I lay quietly, hoping I landed my blow on the snooze button like a soldier who just tossed a grenade and is waiting for the explosion. The silence reassures me [...]

It began in college. Two young men from different worlds came together to learn about life outside their homes, technology and, honestly, to party. One lived on a semi-tropical island, skim-boarded every day, and gave tourists rides around the island on a boat. The other hailed from upstate NY, ran track, played guitar and sang [...]