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What’s up! My name is Brandon and I am 26 years old.

I currently live in the Chicago neighborhood of Edgewater (north side), but I am a transplant of Boystown.

I moved to Edgewater to get away from the craziness of Boystown. I got too involved in enjoying all the bars, the hot men and the drugs. I found myself having sex without any regard to anything else. One day, I had an epiphany and I decided that I did not want to live that type of life and so I decided to separate myself by moving.

After my move to another part of town and in an effort to make positive change, I made attempts to use condoms every time I had sex. I kept on trying but there was something evil that got in my way that prevented me from using condoms and it was my challenging addiction to drugs. I am not saying this is an excuse for my actions, but I must admit the drugs made it more difficult. It’s hard to use condoms every time you have sex when you are sober let alone while you are high.

Eventually I was able to use condoms most of the time with most of my guys. I slowed down on my drug use which made me aware of what I was doing. It became easier to use condoms because I was able to take back control.


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