Non-Addictive Cigarettes

By On October 9, 2009 · 2 Comments
I have to tell this story & I apologize to the other person involved—you know I love you girl but this is too funny not to share. Lately with all the depression & think-y time I’ve had memories have been washing over me—some of them have been like a storm-tossed wave from the depths of Lake Superior.  Others have felt like warm gentle waves kissing my toes on a beach in paradise.  The following story falls somewhere in between….but it makes me laugh & that has been in short supply so I’m going to recount it. Back in my singleton days, when I was wild & crazy living in the Cities, I spent a lot of time with my best friend from college.  The two of us were inseparable in a lot of ways.  My 23rd birthday was our intro to the world of partying.  For the two of us that involved drinking & *gasp* cigarettes.  We had our share of rowdy nights & days wandering around Uptown & Downtown Minneapolis.  With cigarettes I have the odd ability to smoke them or not.  Never got hooked on them & I count myself very fortunate for that. My friend was a different story.  One day as we were standing waiting for a bus in Uptown I mentioned that I thought she was smoking an awful lot.  In true Roar fashion she looked at me and stated, “I can smoke as many as I want”.  This stunned me & I asked why she thought that.  ”Look”, she brandished her brand new pack at me, “they are non-addictive”. To this day there aren’t words for the initial shock I felt upon hearing those words.  My mouth agape & tears pouring down my face from laughing, it took me at least 3 minutes to answer the now frantic Roar, “What….WHAT….WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT”!  I finally managed to grab the back & slowly point out the word on that pack of American Spirits (yellow pack)~~ Non-additive…. That’s right, my dear friend (who is a very intelligent woman) had mistaken these “natural” cigarettes as non-habit forming…needless to say she was shocked & as concerned as I when she realized the extent her non-addictive habit had reached.  I am happy to say that we are both smoke-free these days — older, wiser & able to laugh still at those wild & crazy days roaming the city together.
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  • http://www.fitthisgirl.com Mary

    Very nice!! I love recounting memories too! It is good for the soul!! Love you!

  • http://littleindiana.com Jess Nunemaker

    Ha! Now THAT is just too funny! Non–addictive. Good thing she caught her mistake in time. Great story.

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