Friday, August 24, 2001

Smokin' Habit

No, I won't be picking up the habit again. I choose not too. Fortunately, I'm not often in any situation that might tempt me and I only have one friend that smokes (we don't spend spare time together ... and I can smell it on their breath which turns me off). Cleaning out my car last night I found some packets of the nicorette gum that I used to quit in the glove box (they looked really disgusting in the packaging after being baked and frozen for 4 years). Maybe I should have kept that packet to remind me of what it took to quit. Fortunately (or not), I can also still clearly recall (even after 4 years) how cigarettes taste when you've got a head cold but are jonesin' for that nic fix (imagine eating a stale butt including the filter, maybe multiple).

Interestingly enough, I've found that most ex-smokers are really turned off by cigarette smoke, usually more than non-smokers (this at least holds true in my case). Also, you'll never fool an ex-smoker parent... now that we can smell again, you can bet we'll pick-up on the slightest whiff and we know most of the tricks (having used them ourselves). I even notice it on my clothes after being at a resturant where they allow smoking in a nearby section.

posted by Wuphon's at 5:35 AM