tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post2843565297662439843..comments2023-10-02T04:08:31.104-04:00Comments on blogbaby: My AddictionBrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12280379332301301014noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-33099293451952841362009-06-14T17:08:25.853-04:002009-06-14T17:08:25.853-04:00My god totally!
(excellent!)My god totally!<br /><br />(excellent!)Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03406449906872692996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-26812512009630799342009-06-01T22:17:43.618-04:002009-06-01T22:17:43.618-04:00Maureen-Those boys-that basement-legendary. The m...Maureen-Those boys-that basement-legendary. The memories.Brookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12280379332301301014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-21648998572964385672009-06-01T12:21:24.857-04:002009-06-01T12:21:24.857-04:00So Funny - I actually was talking to my mom about ...So Funny - I actually was talking to my mom about this over the weekend - Connie and Tony! And Yes, several cute boys in that massive game room basement - I think the really cute one was Todd - affectionately called "Toad" by the brothers. They were cute, but they were all Boy- remember their bottle of Stench? Such a boy thing... lolMaureennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-79621720749929370892009-06-01T10:09:24.509-04:002009-06-01T10:09:24.509-04:00HD-I know-surprising isn't it?
Mom-you are addict...HD-I know-surprising isn't it?<br /><br />Mom-you are addicted to coca cola-there, satisfied?Brookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12280379332301301014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-7443650471100880482009-06-01T08:49:43.787-04:002009-06-01T08:49:43.787-04:00Oh, my darling daughter, do you really think I don...Oh, my darling daughter, do you really think I don't have an addictive anything? How bizarre. I am not so sure myself, but I thought perhaps you would be so astute as to point something out for me. The human psyche - who we are, who we think we are, who we think others think we are, and who others think we are. So complex.ginstonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831481549259081579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-82458962662720962832009-06-01T08:23:29.801-04:002009-06-01T08:23:29.801-04:00I'm not sure which hit a deeper nerve, your discus...I'm not sure which hit a deeper nerve, your discussion of spam or your past smoking. ;D<br /><br />Sign of good posting I believe.Huff Daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08374300106877859626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-34101284671496223802009-05-31T22:28:57.549-04:002009-05-31T22:28:57.549-04:00Mommy=you, I know, do not have an addictive anythi...Mommy=you, I know, do not have an addictive anything. I'm thankful for the fighting chance.<br /><br />No Tobacco-I agree. Our lungs(and bodies) have amazing capacities for self healing. I also think that many(most)people forget that we(addicts) are people. Real people with lives and everything. I am not advocating smoking(or anything-even white sugar-in the addictive sense)but you know-a little compassion, a gut understanding is not a bad thing.<br />Underwire bras and antiperspirents(not deoderants)are major causes of cancer and death. Where is that outcry? Is it discrimination? Lets practice fair-or at least across the board- sancture of cancer causing products and their producers. You(the person-not the rhetoric)are welcome to check back in on me, my life, and my thoughts and its pursuits)at any time.Brookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12280379332301301014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-4108250817498093532009-05-31T21:40:48.938-04:002009-05-31T21:40:48.938-04:00Quitting smoking is the MOST important decision yo...Quitting smoking is the MOST important decision you'll ever make in your life, for you and your loved ones. It is better to start Now, because the longer you stay on it, the more damage it will do to your body.No Tobaccohttp://www.tobaccobook.com/cdsguidebookspecial.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-5141917486051985172009-05-31T20:56:24.971-04:002009-05-31T20:56:24.971-04:00I am so glad the last 9 years I have had a smoke f...I am so glad the last 9 years I have had a smoke free home. My dad smoked, all my husbands smoked, and I am of the generation when you didn't ask people to smoke outside. Even when that became more the norm, I was never able to enforce a no smoking rule in the house (or the car) even when I tried, but you know what a pushover I am. I actually smoked myself for about 2 or 3 months. I tried as a teenager and a few other times, but they made me nauseous, then around my 30th birthday I was out with friends, lit up & they didn't make me sick. It was mostly about the ritual and kept me from biting my nails. Then one day I lit up and the nausea was back. Even at that time I only smoked a pack a week. Virginia Slim Ultra-lights - they looked like mosquito tampons.ginstonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831481549259081579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-52605736561823403492009-05-30T14:26:16.704-04:002009-05-30T14:26:16.704-04:00Maureen-wasn't it Connie and Tom? And they had an...Maureen-wasn't it Connie and Tom? And they had an incredible basement and HBO? And a cute son in the basement? Way older than us of course but that didn't stop us from looking. I can just see you and Mel shoveling snow into your mouths trying to kill the smell-you'd have had more luck chewing on pine needles(just saying).Brookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12280379332301301014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-28735896065608331982009-05-30T11:54:06.736-04:002009-05-30T11:54:06.736-04:00This story reminds me of that family that had the ...This story reminds me of that family that had the foster kids. Connie was the mom, I'm pretty sure, anyhow...not the point.<br />I think I was about 9 and they had this girl staying with them. Well, she was older and way cool. She was 13 and her Mom would buy her cigarettes when she went on a visit. Melanie and I went into the woods with her and just had to share in the cigarette experience. Well, at 9 I didn't quite get the whole process and fully inhaled a puff... Gross!! We were being called back to the house when we realized we might get caught, so in our childhood wisdom we ate snow to get rid of the smell!! Yeah, it didn't work! Big time trouble. I didn't try to smoke another cigarette until I was in my late teens. <br />Thanks for posting your blog. It is so fun to remember these childhood antics, as too often I am at a lost for childhood memories.Maureennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-52700027543327077982009-05-30T11:26:42.122-04:002009-05-30T11:26:42.122-04:00DCN-Thank you(and thank you). So often we focus o...DCN-Thank you(and thank you). So often we focus on the nasty bad for you aspects of smoking and we forget that smoking is a ritual, it is an addiction, it is a function in many peoples life and not all of it is ugly, that there is indeed beauty among the ashes.Brookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12280379332301301014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-13440515894545044782009-05-30T05:02:39.085-04:002009-05-30T05:02:39.085-04:00Beautiful description. I have waned to pick up smo...Beautiful description. I have waned to pick up smoking (I know, I'm weird) but I could not. I love the object cigarette, the lighter, the burn, the movements, the whole ritual, but I am too reasonable and I don't like the taste... oh well... I don't know why I wish I was different.<br /><br />Your writing was beautiful and learning about you was delicious.Dark Cloud Ninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02958348600372118224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-62801841936786966342009-05-29T14:39:18.070-04:002009-05-29T14:39:18.070-04:00Monty,
Five years is a long time. You did it once...Monty,<br />Five years is a long time. You did it once, you can do it again.Nejhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00982042722943000994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-61492193872850264312009-05-29T14:37:35.754-04:002009-05-29T14:37:35.754-04:00I will quit again, I can tell you that. It's avoid...I will quit again, I can tell you that. It's avoiding smoking that first one after a long absense I fear. I only made it five years last time.<br />MontyThe CEOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132181032041726978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-24910397452302522522009-05-29T13:37:34.033-04:002009-05-29T13:37:34.033-04:00CEO(Monty!!!!!!!)I know you smoke. And if your ex...CEO(Monty!!!!!!!)I know you smoke. And if your experience with addiction resembles mine then perhaps you too can find it in your self to not smoke the next one, and the next one, and the next one until one day you realize that now you resist smoking that first one after all this time. It can happen.Brookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12280379332301301014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-80722775087869975892009-05-29T13:13:27.094-04:002009-05-29T13:13:27.094-04:00As you know, I smoke. I started again this past De...As you know, I smoke. I started again this past December. I look forward to quitting again. It's not as easy as people think. I was only smoke-free for five years.<br /><br />Your post was a perfect description of me. Thank you. You know me well.The CEOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132181032041726978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-76002806509579917202009-05-29T11:49:46.354-04:002009-05-29T11:49:46.354-04:00Jackass-Olfactory memory is an incredible thing is...Jackass-Olfactory memory is an incredible thing isn't it? Amazing how a certain smell can just take you right back there-good, bad, ugly or somewhere in between, it all comes rushing back.Brookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12280379332301301014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-4284727606168806152009-05-29T11:39:24.701-04:002009-05-29T11:39:24.701-04:00Tiff and I's father smoked borkum riff but quit be...Tiff and I's father smoked borkum riff but quit before our youngest sister was born. To this day, I can pick that smell out anywhere.Jackassnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-33804395987856736282009-05-29T11:15:29.268-04:002009-05-29T11:15:29.268-04:00HD-I know what you mean...really I do.HD-I know what you mean...really I do.Brookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12280379332301301014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-81983817835329088712009-05-29T10:35:53.323-04:002009-05-29T10:35:53.323-04:00Oh, don't misunderstand me, I don't hate my friend...Oh, don't misunderstand me, I don't hate my friends and family that smoke. That would be A LOT of people. I do glare at smokers in restaurants, not bars though. I avoid those, exercising my choice. NC restaurants go smoke free Jan 2! I can't wait!!!Huff Daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08374300106877859626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-22112812785169047812009-05-29T10:18:11.173-04:002009-05-29T10:18:11.173-04:00HD-The insidious smell of stale smoke is perhaps t...HD-The insidious smell of stale smoke is perhaps the one thing I don't miss-and maybe the morning breath(though that first cigarette with coffee took care of that pretty well ;) There are many many wonderful people who smoke-I have great friends who still smoke, and as many times as I'm tempted so far I have avoided that first one. And that's the one that'll get you. If for no reason except the expense be glad that you never picked up this particular habit. Like you I don't feel that cigars are the same-though I don't smoke/puff on those either.<br /><br />Nej-Pipe tobacco is luscious. No question. I once saw a woman roll a cigarette with what looked and smelled like my dad's pipe tobacco and was immediately grateful that that was one idea that I had not come up with.<br />I often feel that some of our dreams are alternate realities. That perhaps we are living another life in them. I've had some that were so mundane, so real in their boring details and physical sensations that upon waking I'm not sure if this life isn't the dream world.Brookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12280379332301301014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-25366595362366969992009-05-29T09:31:06.001-04:002009-05-29T09:31:06.001-04:00When I got divorced I thought about starting smoki...When I got divorced I thought about starting smoking just as a way to meet people. ;DHuff Daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08374300106877859626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-1125582925877867702009-05-29T09:27:17.781-04:002009-05-29T09:27:17.781-04:00Luckily, my parents didn't smoke. And neither did...Luckily, my parents didn't smoke. And neither did my grandparents, or my parents friends (that I know of)...so I was never exposed to it head on when I was young. I DO remember a friend of my dad's being a pipe smoker. To this day I love that smell!!!!! <br /><br />I've never smoked, never tried, and never wanted to.....but I used to be a pretty heavy smoker in my dreams. <br /><br />I can, to this day, remember the feel of it. Strange, eh??<br /><br />Putting that addiction behind you is a very hard thing to do....congrats!Nejhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00982042722943000994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-946659791058487112009-05-29T09:00:23.923-04:002009-05-29T09:00:23.923-04:00My whole family smokes though my mom finally quit....My whole family smokes though my mom finally quit. I NEVER had any interest. I despise cigarette smokers and cigarette smoke. With one exception, the sound and smell of a Camel being lit by a zippo lighter. That's my dad. That first billow of smoke though, yuck. And I HATE the smell on my clothes. I never knew I smelledd like that until I left home.<br /><br />For some strange reason I feel the opposite about cigars.Huff Daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08374300106877859626noreply@blogger.com