# Fighting addiction. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 13, 2001, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-addiction/49909 "2001-01-13T22:06:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2001, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-addiction/49909/21 "2001-01-14T21:53:57Z")
Love you too, honey. 😉 I haven’t had one all day! \ [sub]does licking empty tins for the crumbs count? Oh, damn…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2001, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-addiction/49909/22 "2001-01-14T23:18:05Z")
Hmmm…let’s see…I already sent her and quietgirl jewelry…(at least I think I did)…what else could I mail to Kristen…Ah! I see. I can send 5 gross of Altoids to Dartmouth for just $600. OK, 600 more Delta miles for me…where is that credit card…oh and look! A new perfume on their website - “Altoid Spring Breeze”!!! …hmm…now if I sent this perfume to quietgirl, I wonder what would happen to her if she used it around Kristen… :eek: :eek: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-addiction/49909/23 "2001-01-15T00:08:03Z")
Actual conversation: Boyfriend: “So what’d you have for lunch?” Me: “A box of Altoids and a bottle of Diet Pepsi.” I laugh at the wusses who can only eat one at a time. You need three or four to really feel it! And it’s peppermint, always peppermint! ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-addiction/49909/24 "2001-01-15T00:46:43Z")
Anth hon? You are Eeeeeeeeevil. I like that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-addiction/49909/25 "2001-01-15T01:13:09Z")
Lets see, let me check my desk…3 empties and one half full. One tin of non-Altoids I recieved from Santa. I’ll have to regift those. Sometimes I have to have a drink to mask the minty breath so my wife doesn’t know what I’ve been eating. But its not a problem. I could quit if I wanted to. Really, I just don’t want to quit. ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-addiction/49909/26 "2001-01-15T01:28:46Z")
Una, That’s it, I’m calling off the coup. I can’t compete with your evilness. (BTW, didn’t you get my thank-you note? Jen and I love the jewelry) Altoid Spring Breeze? Be still, my heart… [sub]so cruel to me, so very cruel…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Palmyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@Palmyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palmyra)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-addiction/49909/27 "2001-01-15T03:20:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Carina42 \* > \*\*Not to mention, they’re a great oral sex enhancer. Works both ways…or three ways…or whatever… > > oooohhhhh. > 😛 > \*\* I’ve tried this. It’s LOVELY 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-addiction/49909/28 "2001-01-15T05:44:14Z")
I have lasted for 26 hours so far. Damn, I feel good. But non-minty… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![fnord1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@fnord1966](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fnord1966)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-addiction/49909/29 "2001-01-15T07:37:25Z")
Hey, it could be worse, you could be addicted to “dingle berries” at least with altoids your breath smells minty fresh instead of unwiped butt-hole. ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-addiction/49909/30 "2001-01-15T08:53:21Z")
**andygirl** for the rest of your life, you will never lose the urge to be minty. The cravings will subside in time, but when you come to accept the fact that you will always be an addict, only then can the healing begin. It’s your commitment to be non-minty that will keep you strong. Good luck!!! Be strong!!! ---
**Author:** ![sorrel554](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@sorrel554](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sorrel554)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-addiction/49909/31 "2001-01-15T14:42:49Z")
I favor the cinnamon variety. I’m not addicted, but if I keep them in my desk at work, I WILL eat them one after another all day, because I’m not allowed to have water or anything else at my desk. If we could think of something creative to do with these empty boxes, we could be millionaires. Everyone who eats Altoids keeps the empties, yet does not seem to know why. I keep them also. Good luck, **andygirl**! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-addiction/49909.md?page=1)