Adventures in Living: Trying to treat ADD with meds, while at the same time, quit smoking – Day Nine I continue to trudge the road with prescription medication to treat my ADD and smoking cessation. I’ve taken a 10 mg pill for methamphetamine for the past nine days and seem to be having good resultsContinue reading “100 Days of Writing – Day Twenty-Six”
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100 Days of Writing – Day Twenty-Four
I saw it sitting there…that one lonesome cigarette. It was begging me to light it up. I am three days and ten hours into my quest to not smoke any more cigarettes. I’m not going to say it’s been easy, but I am not struggling as much as I have in the past. The nicotineContinue reading “100 Days of Writing – Day Twenty-Four”
100 Days of Writing – Day Twenty-Three
Adventures in Living: Trying to treat ADD with meds, while at the same time, quit smoking – Day Six Day six has once again been successful in terms of not smoking cigarettes (4:44 p.m.) I had an active day, babysitting my granddaughter and delivering Meals on Wheels. Staying active is definitely a plus when itContinue reading “100 Days of Writing – Day Twenty-Three”
100 Days of Writing – Day Twenty-Two
Adventures in Living: Trying to treat ADD with meds, while at the same time, quit smoking – Day Five Another day is nearly half-done and I’ve had more success today than on any of the other previous days. I awakened this morning at 5 a.m. and had a cigarette. Before retiring back to bed, IContinue reading “100 Days of Writing – Day Twenty-Two”
100 Days of Writing – Day Twenty
Adventures in Living: Trying to treat ADD with meds, while at the same time, quit smoking – Day Three Yesterday was my third day of taking stimulant medication to try to get a better handle on my ADD. I would also like to say I still have in mind to quit smoking, but didn’t takeContinue reading “100 Days of Writing – Day Twenty”
100 Days of Writing – Day Eighteen
Adventures in Living: Trying to treat ADD with meds, while at the same time, quit smoking – Day Two Today marks my second day at an attempt to treat my ADD and quit smoking. Results for the day (at 2:28 p.m) have been mixed thus far. I woke up at 6 a.m. and decided itContinue reading “100 Days of Writing – Day Eighteen”
100 Days of Writing – Day Seventeen
Adventures in Living: Trying to treat ADD with meds, while at the same time, quit smoking – Day One Here I am, at sixty-three years of age, dealing with two “situations” in my life: Attention Deficit Disorder and smoking cigarettes. I’ve tried a couple of prescription medications for both ADD and smoking without success. ThisContinue reading “100 Days of Writing – Day Seventeen”
100 Days of Writing – Day Sixteen
“The eyes of others are our prisons; their thoughts our cages.” – Virginia Woolf — What does this quote mean to you? One of the common thoughts we all have in life is to be looked upon as favorably by others. For many, self-esteem is directly tied to what perception others have of us,,,,at leastContinue reading “100 Days of Writing – Day Sixteen”
100 Days of Writing – Day Fifteen
“She stood in the storm and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.” – Elizabeth Edwards What does this quote mean to you? In looking at this quote, I am reminded that storms are a part of life. Life can tend to get “lifey” and we sometimes find ourselves inContinue reading “100 Days of Writing – Day Fifteen”
100 Days of Writing – Day Twelve
Why do I write? I started writing nearly twenty years ago in the first days of recovery. It was suggested by a therapist I was seeing at the time. I purchased a small journal and started writing and have written most every day since that time. I see writing as a form of therapy IContinue reading “100 Days of Writing – Day Twelve”
David Lee 