Give Up Smoking, They Said....
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You will feel so much better, they said....
Hah!
Have you noticed that it's been about three weeks since there was any new content on this page? Funnily enough, it's been three weeks since we gave up smoking, and we're pretty sure there's a link...
Yes, we're saving a shedload of cash, and hangovers are less than they used to be, but there's a whooooole lotta downsides to quitting that definitely were NOT in the brochure..
We don't feel physically better, we still wake up every morning feeling like we smoked a whole pack the night before, our digestive systems have gone completely mental, we want to kill each other and anyone else within reach.
We can't concentrate on our day jobs, because we're concentrating so hard on not tearing our workmates' heads off and smoking them, our fitness has actually decreased, we're putting on weight, and the children are terrified.
Oh yeah, and this is the kicker: WE CANNOT WRITE!!!!!
Who would've thought? A chemical and a set of behaviours that have been part of our lives for twenty-five years can have infiltrated our brains and our psyches so deeply and so strongly? Well, it's true.
So please bear with us, fans... The April issue may be a little late, and we may just write in heiroglyphics to disguise our lack of sentence-making and such.
Love to those who love us,
Off to the salt mines with those who don't.
Justin & Jane
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