being stoned w/o cigarettes is fucking wonderful once you get the hang of it
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 09:10 (nine years ago) link
really?? how on earth did you get the hang of it??
― surm, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 15:20 (nine years ago) link
every time i wanted a cigarette i'd just get more stoned
eventually your mouth gets so dry that a cigarette is like the furthest thing from your mind
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 18:22 (nine years ago) link
that's where the scotch comes in obv
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 18:23 (nine years ago) link
you guyssssssssssssss
― surm, Thursday, 8 December 2016 23:32 (seven years ago) link
first of lol Tracer at the last bit of advice you gave me. priceless.
― surm, Thursday, 8 December 2016 23:33 (seven years ago) link
Thinking of picking this up again
― Treeship, Thursday, 8 December 2016 23:33 (seven years ago) link
you knowwww
― surm, Thursday, 8 December 2016 23:42 (seven years ago) link
honestly? it has its moments
a few weeks ago, i was at a party for a friend, and another friend was really proud of himself for finally quitting smoking. he died in a fire Friday night.
― sarahell, Thursday, 8 December 2016 23:44 (seven years ago) link
oh jesus. i'm so sorry. that's fucking awful.
― surm, Thursday, 8 December 2016 23:46 (seven years ago) link
ugh yeah ... gonna go have a cigarette now.
― sarahell, Thursday, 8 December 2016 23:49 (seven years ago) link
i mean. the weird thing is, i know it's this awful thing now. i get it. but i also know that i have other things that are awful to deal with. and sometimes it's nice to deal with them knowing that i can have a smoke in contemplating. i'm not perfect...
― surm, Thursday, 8 December 2016 23:50 (seven years ago) link
as a regular smoker for 25 years, you will get no negative judgment from me <3
― sarahell, Thursday, 8 December 2016 23:56 (seven years ago) link
<3
― surm, Thursday, 8 December 2016 23:57 (seven years ago) link
Treesh, that warm golden light that suffuses your memory of smoking is a trick. It needs to be corrected by the memory of when you had a severe cold and yet could not resist the urge to bathe your raw, inflamed and painful throat with hot tar fumes.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Friday, 9 December 2016 00:09 (seven years ago) link
no judgement on anybody but I smoked from 1981-2008 and am so glad to be free. nine years next year. never would have thought it possible and feel so grateful.
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 9 December 2016 00:09 (seven years ago) link
dyou miss it more or less than burgers for instance
― loudmouth darraghmac ween (darraghmac), Friday, 9 December 2016 00:12 (seven years ago) link
I don't miss either, but I see the point of burgers: I remember really enjoying my trademark burger at a grill I used to work at. (Beef patty medium-well, bacon, sprouts, jalapenos, cheddar cheese, sour cream, mustard + ketchup, tomato, occasional onions. basically the heart attack special.) Because of how I feel about food now, it's hard to imagine enjoying a burger, but if the way I think about that stuff changed, I'd fry up a burger real quick. Cigarettes it's like remembering my time in a religious cult. I can see the use of a cult from inside the cult, but once you get free, it's like "lol why on earth would I do that, only a person who's been brainwashed would enjoy that"
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 9 December 2016 00:30 (seven years ago) link
...................
― loudmouth darraghmac ween (darraghmac), Friday, 9 December 2016 00:36 (seven years ago) link
sorry i'll try that again
no fuckit the only word i can see there is sprouts
like and the thing is I say this as a person who's had multiple addictions. heroin, meth, cocaine. I totally get why people go back to those: they feel awesome! cigarettes to me are like an addiction with none of the pleasure-center rewards, it's kind of hilarious to me that I spent SO much money over so many years on an addiction that gave me basically nothing
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 9 December 2016 00:37 (seven years ago) link
the sprouts are fuckin excellent on that burger, you gotta trust me here
like, I was a cook. take it from the cook, the sprouts are the pathway to new burger enjoyment
np alfalfa sprouts not bean we're not animals here
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 9 December 2016 00:38 (seven years ago) link
i have no option but to trust you because the only sure thing about the next 60 years is that i'm getting through them without sprouts on any of my burgers irl
― loudmouth darraghmac ween (darraghmac), Friday, 9 December 2016 00:39 (seven years ago) link
hahahaha
fuckin hell. cress?
you call cress sprouts hahaha oh man you guys you kill me
this is a sprout man
http://i3.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article6990748.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/Brussel-sprouts.jpg
― loudmouth darraghmac ween (darraghmac), Friday, 9 December 2016 00:40 (seven years ago) link
I should confess my diet was so poor in those days that the sprouts may have been my body conspiring with my brain to feed me something green afore I deed
xp no cress is a leafy green! these are sprouts. there's bean sprouts (thick stems) and alfalfa (v. thin)
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 9 December 2016 00:40 (seven years ago) link
now back to yr normal smoking thread pleasure sorry
― loudmouth darraghmac ween (darraghmac), Friday, 9 December 2016 00:41 (seven years ago) link
these are sprouts. they are a delightful, mildly crunch-adding addition to the burger I detail above. this burger could not but be embraced by the true burger lover, among whose numbers I counted myself for many years
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8UsJ7u-sFSM/maxresdefault.jpg
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 9 December 2016 00:41 (seven years ago) link
don't worry we all call those sprouts too
― banfred bann (wins), Friday, 9 December 2016 00:43 (seven years ago) link
because that's what they are
nobody doubts your burger once it has been clarified that you aren't advocating for small noxious cabbages in it, stand down
― loudmouth darraghmac ween (darraghmac), Friday, 9 December 2016 00:43 (seven years ago) link
I must defend my burger. it is a fond memory
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 9 December 2016 00:44 (seven years ago) link
Brussell sprouts have gotten sort of trendy recently. I'm having none of it.
― Treeship, Friday, 9 December 2016 00:46 (seven years ago) link
Those wispy crunch sprouts are chill though
JCLC's burger sounds fucking amazing
― El Tomboto, Friday, 9 December 2016 00:53 (seven years ago) link
I'd probably want a cigarette after that burger and a couple beersThen I'd want a nap
― El Tomboto, Friday, 9 December 2016 00:54 (seven years ago) link
medium well?????
― call all destroyer, Friday, 9 December 2016 01:00 (seven years ago) link
award-winning brussels sprout burger
http://media2.abc15.com//photo/2013/08/28/Brussels_sprouts_burger_from_RnR_Scottsd_871560000_20130828095147_640_480.JPG
http://www.abc15.com/lifestyle/sonoran-living/recipe-brussels-sprouts-burger-from-rnr-scottsdale
― the electric catholic bible (soref), Friday, 9 December 2016 01:02 (seven years ago) link
I had a really bad, persistent hacking cough this winter that still hasn't really gone away. But I'm sure it would have been much worse, if not unbearable if I was still a smoker.
― calzino, Friday, 9 December 2016 01:05 (seven years ago) link
having a touch of asthma has been a tremendous boon in that it makes smoking more than 4-5 cigarettes a day a living hell, and also makes it v easy to remember that awful feeling and then not smoke again at all for 3-6 months
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 9 December 2016 01:08 (seven years ago) link
xp - i definitely noticed a major difference in health when i stopped smoking in my apartment. i haven't had a cold/flu in 2 years.
― sarahell, Friday, 9 December 2016 01:10 (seven years ago) link
I'd probably want a cigarette after that burger and a couple beers
this burger was during my sober years but be assured I smoked two Winstons before I ate it and two more after, every time
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 9 December 2016 14:34 (seven years ago) link
i was a "only smoke when drinking" person for years and just recently knocked that off. it's been weeks but every time i have more than one beer my skin basically starts crawling for a cigarette. it can get intense. i assume it can't be chemical as i go all week w/out and don't even think about it. just this deeply rooted pavlovian thing.
― circa1916, Friday, 9 December 2016 15:14 (seven years ago) link
one of my favourite things about ilx is that any thread, at any time, can bubble over into a free and frank exchange of views on whether enjoying a given type of food makes someone a disgusting savage or not
― Rush Limbaugh and Lou Reed doing sex with your parents (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 9 December 2016 15:24 (seven years ago) link
I want to eat that burger now for sure.
It needs to be corrected by the memory of when you had a severe cold and yet could not resist the urge to bathe your raw, inflamed and painful throat with hot tar fumes.― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Thursday, December 8, 2016 7:09 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Thursday, December 8, 2016 7:09 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I think about this every time I'm sick now. Like, yeah I may be shambling around with the flu, but at least I'm not prolonging it by two weeks by refusing to compromise my hourly smoke breaks.
― how's life, Friday, 9 December 2016 15:26 (seven years ago) link
After 3 years off the cigs I’ve been smoking again for the last 4 months. Started again as I got a new job and various life circumstances were stressing me. Any advice on quitting again?
― after party for the apocalypse (Ross), Monday, 23 April 2018 22:57 (six years ago) link