I still am not sure why now at day 81, I am having a resurgence of pretty damn strong yearnings for a bowl of pipe tobacco. This ebbing and flowing of the desires for such are something I did not expect. I thought there would be a consistent, gradual decline in the desire. But, some days I have (surprisingly) little or no thoughts about my pipes. However, the last several days.... every day has had deeply strong yearnings to smoke my pipe.
Currently, it seems what I am missing so much are three things. It seems to NOT really be the nicotine. Even though it is quite sporadic now, I have occasionally used a lozenge or even an e-device. Neither is particularly pleasant, so their use is growing more and more sporadic.
But, what I miss from the pipe and pipe tobacco is this:
1. The "Flavor" - somewhat of a misnomer, but there really is something to the lingering odors and flavors of the pipe tobaccos that I am missing.
2. The "Textures" - I have been ruminating on how I miss the chalky, palpable texture of the pipe smoke in my mouth or in my nasal passage.
3. The "Relaxation" - there is something very quieting to me (perhaps to my mind) about pipe smoking. I miss that. The nicotine from a lozenge does NOT accomplish that in any way.
Those are the things I am wanting right now as I patiently try to continue to refrain from picking up my pipe.
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Friday, May 04, 2018
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I appreciate all forms of comments on my writings. I find that I miss the sponteneity of coming to read them here when they were unmoderated. I believe I wrote less due to the moderation. I have decided to adopt limited moderation. Hopefully the prior problems with unfettered comments will not arise again. Please feel free to comment as you wish about the essays I write. I will maintain those comments that offer kind-hearted and gentle opinion... be it positive or negative. The opinions of your comments will, of course, need to have relevance to the post as well.
I’ve never smoked much of anything but I do know how hard it was to give up Pepsi. A constant choice of I should but I don’t want to. Good luck with your endeavor. Keep up the hard work.
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