Tobacco - now there's a word that strikes terror into my heart. I hate to mention it in public. Smoking is a nasty habit. Take it from someone who has been hooked for more years than she cares to think about. I get up every morning feeling like my chest has caught fire from a forgotten butt, then cough for 30 minutes (gagging all the while) trying to get my lungs cleared out enough to take a breath. So why do I smoke? I'm ADDICTED, silly.
There tax funded programs for those unfortunates who are addicted to alcohol or illicit drugs, but no such help exists for people like me. My choices are: smoke, or pay exorbitant prices for cures which seldom work. I recently tried "The Patch." They WORKED! But I couldn't afford them the second week. It costs a bit over 30 bucks to buy the patches, and it only costs $22.50 for cigarettes for the same amount of time. Sounds like a bum deal to me. So someday when I am rich and famous I will buy some more patches and quit smoking. Yeah, right.
One more thing. I don't steal to fund my bad habit. It doesn't make me drive while out of control. I don't break any laws partaking of my tobacco. So before you condemn me and make me a social outcast, think about that beer you will stop and drink on your way home this evening or that joint you will roll and smoke when you get home.
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