Dallas Bragg describes the "heterosexual Harold" archetype: a married man who uses methamphetamine to work harder and provide for his family, but gradually becomes irritable, sexually dysfunctional, and unable to stop despite multiple rehab attempts. Bragg argues that real masculinity means being vulnerable enough to ask for help.
All right, this week's Tina archetype is heterosexual Harold. Harold discovered the power of amphetamines to make him feel like a super workhorse. He has a family to support and a business that depends on him. He found that Tina can help him work longer and harder, and after a while, he can now sleep and eat on it. He feels like he is an unstoppable husband, father, and breadwinner. But he also finds himself slowly becoming more irritable with his family, experimenting with other men sometimes, and frustrated because as horny as he is, often he experiences erectile dysfunction. Ironically, the drug that made him feel like Superman has slowly robbed him of his manhood. He is on a treadmill that he doesn't know how to stop because he cannot stop using. Because he can't experience the comedown. He can't leave his family for rehab, or he's already been several times, and his wife tells him that she doesn't even know who he is anymore. There seems to be no end in sight. If you are Harold, it is time to be truly masculine by admitting that you need help, being vulnerable with your family and your friends, and asking for help, asking for assistance. Gather your friends and your family together and transition off Tina. As a whole unit and community before they lose you.
