Failing Upwards.

Sex. Drugs. Heartbreak. Hesitation Marks. Substance Abuse. Virginity. BDSM. Failure. At 17 years old, I was a devout Catholic who refused to use profanity and was insistent on saving himself for marriage. At 27 years old, I thought about the person I once was while snorting cocaine off of his passport until the early morning at a hotel in West Hollywood. Failing Upwards is the classic coming of age story. Sort of. I spent a decade of my life depressed, angry and aimless. I responded to that...