# I'm Using Again **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 5, 2009, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-using-again/498805 "2009-06-05T12:48:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-using-again/498805/1 "2009-06-05T12:48:37Z")
I thought I could keep it under control. I haven’t touched one of these babies in, what, two years or so? I used to have a two-pack-a-day habit, but after years of addiction I realised that I was getting out of control – I had to stop. And although quitting was hell, I managed. I hadn’t even thought about using again until I was in that convenience store on Wednesday. I saw the rows of packs on the counter display, and thought “Wow, it’s been awhile…maybe I’ll pick up a pack. After all, _one_ can’t hurt”. Now I’m sitting here at my desk, looking at this crumpled, empty pack, and all I can think is “can I get to the store and back before I have to sign in to work?” Damn you, wintergreen BreathSavers. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-using-again/498805/2 "2009-06-05T12:52:10Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > I thought I could keep it under control. I haven’t touched one of these babies in, what, two years or so? I used to have a two-pack-a-day habit, but after years of addiction I realised that I was getting out of control – I had to stop. And although quitting was hell, I managed. I hadn’t even thought about using again until I was in that convenience store on Wednesday. I saw the rows of packs on the counter display, and thought “Wow, it’s been awhile…maybe I’ll pick up a pack. After all, _one_ can’t hurt”. > > Now I’m sitting here at my desk, looking at this crumpled, empty pack, and all I can think is “can I get to the store and back before I have to sign in to work?” > > Damn you, wintergreen BreathSavers. I’ve heard cigarettes are good for breaking that habit. ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-using-again/498805/3 "2009-06-05T14:52:40Z")
Don’t go with menthol though. All that does is get you hooked on cigarettes, and still craving the Breathsaver… eventually, you’re in an alley with a smoke stuck through a Breathsaver, wishing you could get back to your first experience of wintergreen wonder. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-using-again/498805/4 "2009-06-05T14:53:30Z")
Naw. After you have a cigarette, you need a mint. So the cycle just starts all over again… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-using-again/498805/5 "2009-06-05T15:18:45Z")
Better mint Lifesavers than mint jelly! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-using-again/498805/6 "2009-06-05T15:36:58Z")
Wintergreen’s okay but if you want really good breath wash down a bunch of crack cocaine with warm Schlitz. No bottles though… it’s gotta be from a can. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-using-again/498805/7 "2009-06-05T15:58:42Z")
I have a thing for the little pink wintergreen candies. I currently have a bag of them in the freezer. A reasonable person might ask why I keep them in the freezer. Well there is no good explanation. For some reason, stuff stored there doesn’t tempt me. So I have a bunch of stuff I should not eat there. But, a reasonable person might ask - why have it if you are never going to eat it? Well, as I said, there is no good explanation. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-using-again/498805/8 "2009-06-05T20:11:32Z")
Aren’t those the ones that spark when you bite them? I have a surreal recollection of me in Girl Scout Camp, sitting in a tent with a bunch of other 10-year-olds, crunching Lifesavers and watching the sparks in each other’s mouths. Entertaining a 10-year-old really isn’t difficult, is it? ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-using-again/498805/9 "2009-06-06T01:00:43Z")
Two packs a day? Man, I bet you thought your shit didn’t stink.