New York is tough on lonely people.
A father's disappointment can be a very powerful tool.
I'd been around women who put me down, made me feel bad, or said things to fuel my insecurity.
Thank God for little miracles, right?
I spent two weeks prancing around a studio in Queens in my underwear with nine other guys. They were long days. But what the hell, it was Calvin Klein.
I wasn't even 20 at the time, but it taught me something about drugs. They can take a good man, a warm, funny, loving family man, and turn him into a loser and worse.