i'll start be saying that i have ABSOLUTELY no regrets about quitting smoking. i'm just not super psyched about the weight gain. now i realize that one thing doesn't have to accompany thr other. but i was always convinced that it would ( great --ha-ha--excuse #1) ironically, i didn't gain the weight for about 3... Read more
i had dinner tonight with a friend of mine who smokes. a lot. and not just cigarettes. or just cigars. he also eats a lot. and drinks. he's a good friend and i wish that the time he spent visiting me in the hospital had had more of an impact. but as much as i fear for him, it's not my place to judge. or even do much more then nudge. but... Read more
i really liked the post turkey cigarette. it was part of the reason i ate the turkey at all. i was going for the tryptophan/nicotine serenity blanket. that's of course an exaggeration, but i did get lulled into the freedoms. eat as much as you want/can. and dessert. lay around and watch game, huddle... Read more
some times you can catch yourself completely off guard by your own actions. that seems contradictory; by the time you surprise yourself, you're usually in on it. but i sort of pulled the wool over my own eyes. i quit smoking back ( i love saying that. i quit waaaay baaaack) in april. i went 2 weeks cold turkey. ... Read more
in my last post i referred to the expression "like a broken record" as a metaphor. now i think it might actually be a simile. i was always afraid that not smoking would make me less of an intellectual (which has nothing to do, really with being smart) because not smoking is infinitely smarter. not smoking has made me more... Read more
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