MY LIFE WITH ALPHONSE Living with HIV

In September 2007, I will be HIV positive for 24 years. My life so far, has been varied, exciting, frustrating, sad, happy, interesting, boring, promising, and disappointing – and so what? Isn’t that how everyone’s life is? Why should mine be any different just because I carry a deadly virus? I have stayed alive because I have taken care of myself – although I have pushed the boundaries many times – and I have always been responsible about my situation. I do not blame anyone and certainly not myself. I hope my story will give hope. If it only touches one person, my purpose will have been achieved. If it breaks one person’s preconceived ideas about HIV and allows one sister to lend a hand to her infected brother, it would have been all worth it – tenfold! READ THE FIRST 15 PAGES FOR FREE!