Fish Wrapper: 2007.06.13
June 13, 2007It is so freakin’ depressing to encounter a group of young adults who lack the self-esteem necessary to [say: ] “Just say no… I’ve got more brains that that.” You seem to be intelligent so why can’t you see you’re feeding off one another? No one wants to be the first to stop and say: “What, am I freakin’ crazy?” (Probably so.)
…At least the bums up on Northside lack the money for smokes [as most of you do] I wish someone would video the mini-ghetto you’ve created at 606 N. Sheppard…you’d see how ridiculous and sad you look.
When I was growing up in the “mini slums” of Boston, most of us grew out of this anxiety by puberty. Cigarette tar and stale coffee on the breath…great turn ons, eh?
— [Name redacted]
I cannot speak for the others of the 606 ghetto, but I have been smoking on and off for nearly 8-years. So for me, it goes beyond the “just say no” mantra of peer-pressure preventatives. I have an addiction. It’s something I deal with on a daily basis, and it is a struggle that occurs outside of the view and judgment of the group.
Like I say, I don’t speak for the others. I do not defend or contest the health and social implications of smoking. I believe in a public smoking ban.
I smoke because I enjoy it. But to suggest my smoking is born out of puberty type anxieties would take it too far. Am I freaking crazy? Sure. But I’ll just add that to my list of things that need changing.
You’re mostly right and I appreciate your concern.
— Michael
Then, before you die (like Yul Brunner and others), you have a social and moral responsibility to warn others of what has happened to you.
I really doubt you smoke because you enjoy it…rather, you smoke because it relaxes the stresses caused by the drug dose wearing off.
If you can’t “man up” (all it takes is a will/passion stronger than the addiction), I strongly urge you to go to the patch ASAP. You are talking to someone who has personally seen the devastating effects.
— [Name redacted]