Smokers Anonymous

Originally Posted by Encephalon

I'm a habitual smoker, but I did quit when I started college and only started again when I broke up with my last girlfriend.

Dang, I've got the same exact story.

Having only recently started smoking, I'm still trying different brands to see which I like the best - right now it's Winstons. I started with stealing a Winston light from my parents, so I figure I may as well continue the trend.

I only smoke about 3 a day on a normal day. On a stressful day or a day at home when I can smoke in my room, I can smoke as many as seven. Still, it takes me about a week to get through a whole pack.

Anyway, I've got this lame excuse about it being a genetic deficiency in glutamate or something. Everybody in my extended family smokes, and to top that off I'm 1/8th Native American (same a Chuck Norris, whoopty-doo). I mean, it's probably just placebo, but I feel much more sane now that I'm smoking again. It's like there was something missing.

Actually, I'd like to smoke a pipe instead, but I've got to wait until I'm older so I don't look like a complete tool doing it.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by AliceNWondrland

Stop now before you get too addicted. As an ex-smoker I can tell you that it's not easy to stop, and the longer you wait, the harder it gets.

I know what you're saying here, and I know you speak from wisdom and experience, but right now it just doesn't matter to me. I quit once before, after about 3 years of smoking, but whatever reasons I had for doing it then don't apply anymore. I thank you for your concern, but I really need a personal reason to quit. If I quit because of what other people say, it won't be a permanent thing.

Besides, we've all got to die someday. It would be my luck that I'd be a physical health purist and die in a car crash at 30. It's not like I'm chowing down on cheeseburgers and fried eggs, anyway ... and there are all sorts of other excuses.

There's nowhere I can't reach.