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Jimmy Mack: A Long Night's Journey Into Day

December 31, 1969

Jimmy Mack

A Long Night's Journey Into Day

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Living With Two Diseases: HIV and Alcoholism
July 28, 2009

I've spoken at length on this blog about the disease of HIV and how it affects me and my life. But I live with another disease that is just as devastating and deadly. It is also a disease that has no cure but can be "managed" with proper treatment. The disease I refer to is also one that I'm sure affects many of the readers of TheBody.com, it is the disease of alcoholism/addiction. This is a disease that I believe I was born with, just like I know I was born gay, and both have shaped by life in a big way.

Setting an Example
June 16, 2009

As many of you reading this know, I just did an interview on TheBody.com. I have to say that having my profile on The Body was a trip (around the world) as I got e-mails from Turkey, Costa Rica, Australia, Russia and Canada, as well as the U.S. All of them were so positive and supportive.

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