Men with the Men?

I came to the rooms of AA (this time) with not only a drinking problem but issues with drugs and sex as well. I grew up in the Midwest, gay and closeted until I left high school. I started drinking at 14 with the “winos” down by the river. I was then introduced to drugs and “cruising.” These things stalked me in the shadows like an after-party. I survived quite well being what some would call a functional alcoholic, but I was quite messy and uncontrollable.