Joey was funny. I couldn’t be with a guy who isn’t funny. He was also very good-looking, and he had dimples when he smiled. When he thought something was funny but tried not to smile, he was even cuter because that’s when his dimples were most prominent.
Joey wasn’t perfect but who is? We all have our vices, but drug addiction is a battle of both the body and mind. It was difficult to watch him struggle, as anyone knows if they’ve had a loved one caught up in this torment.
Most of our four-and-a-half-year relationship was long-distance. He lived in the St. Louis area, and I was almost four hours away. I had a full-time job, and he was working when he could.