Author Archives: Skye

I’m currently in phase four of my quit smoking app and must wait an hour and twenty minutes between smokes. It’s already getting a little tougher and every time I think about giving up cigarettes entirely I feel panic. I’ve been thinking about why that is. I started smoking at the ripe old age ofContinue reading “Me And My Stupid Addiction (Part III)”

When I was thirteen years old I asked my parents if I could go on birth control. The answer was no, of course. I told them I was already having sex and didn’t want to get pregnant. I guess they figured the lack of birth control would deter me from being promiscuous but it didn’t.Continue reading “The Other Reason I Wanted Birth Control At Thirteen”

I was in my early forties when I first picked up a paintbrush. My oldest daughter came over to my place with some canvas boards, oil paints and paint brushes. I was immediately hooked! I had to put the paints away for a couple of years due to time and space limitations, then a hugeContinue reading “An Artful Journey”

Quitting smoking cold turkey hasn’t worked the last few times I’ve tried so now I am attempting to quit smoking by gradually cutting back. I downloaded an app to help me do just that. I entered how many cigarettes I usually smoke in a day (20 or so) and the app clocks intervals of whenContinue reading “Me And My Stupid Addiction (Part II)”

I am a smoker and have been since the tender age of eleven, I’ve been a smoker for forty plus years with the exception of about two years when I didn’t smoke. I have tried quitting at least a dozen times with varying degrees of short term success. One would think I’d be eager toContinue reading “Me And My Stupid Addiction”