We get a drink with friends and delve into the atmosphere of jokes and sharing stories only to forget the concerns of the day that brought us there. It's so intoxicating that you forget why there was a heavy weight on your shoulders throughout the day. That weight was discarded along with your jacket as you entered the establishment, and a smile drew across your face when you saw your friend across the bar. As you see the reciprocal smile run across your friends face, you feel validated, thus...

I come from a middle class family, born and raised in suburbia. As my father always said, you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth, boy. While that is not entirely accurate, the saying does ring true in many aspects of my life. I have never had to fight for anything in my life, I have never had to worry about the next time I would get a meal, and I have never worried about where I would sleep that night. In a certain sense, I am spoiled.

Based on this premise, neither I...