Being 15 Again (586 hits)
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Submitted by Goose <goosehkr at hotmail dot com> (View user info) at 2005-07-11 11:32:50 EDT
I've discovered how to feel like a 15 year old again. All I needed to do was quit smoking for a few months. See, I used to smoke upwards of three packs a day for a few years. Well, all through college and most of high school, to be exact. However, when I got out, I decided to join the local fire department, and in my area, emergency services personell are forbidden from using tobacco products of any kind - the medical insurance was getting too expensive. I stopped cold turkey on 01 January 2005. It was rough, because I got lucky that New Years, and it was the first time I couldn't have a post-coital smoke in seven years.
The secret to time travel, however, is to quit for a few months, and then have a really bad day and bum a cheap-ass Newport off of a kid hanging around outside of my apartment building. One drag, and BAM! - you feel like you're 15 again - lighthead, dizzy, and just a little guilty. I swear, I looked over my should to see if my mom was sneaking up behind me.
I also had the wierd urge to track down my old super nintendo, but that could just be my general geekiness overriding my common sense.
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Submitted by ShadowFacsimile (user info) at 2005-07-11 13:31:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by RaineLark (user info) at 2005-07-11 12:25:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Cigarettes make my hair smell like a casino. They're so nasty!
Submitted by JML (user info) at 2005-07-11 12:03:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
No Comment
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2005-07-11 11:46:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I promised my wife that I'd quit before I turn 30. I have until Friday.
Submitted by jgreening (user info) at 2005-07-11 11:43:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
How is this positive?
Seriously?
Submitted by ess-arr (user info) at 2005-07-11 11:39:37 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
SNES WOOOO!, still got mine, still ticking.
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2005-07-11 11:39:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I gave up after 10 years of smoking a couple of years ago- have fallen off the wagon and had one a couple of times. tasted nasty.
Submitted by Mike00295 (user info) at 2005-07-11 11:37:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
You have given me the inspiration to quit today. Ok maybe not. Good effort though
Submitted by FATMANTPK (user info) at 2005-07-11 11:37:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Newports! ALive with pleasure. I think I will go have one now
Submitted by Sphagnum (user info) at 2005-07-11 11:35:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I need to quit soon as well....
Maybe next week.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2005-07-11 11:33:49 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I plan on quitting at the end of the summer, for real this time.
It's gonna be a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG winter