Adventures in Living: Trying to treat ADD with meds, while at the same time, quit smoking – Day Twelve ( I think) Last Monday morning I smoked what I am hoping is my last cigarette for this lifetime. It was around 5:05 a.m. when I took my last puffs. Today I celebrate one week fromContinue reading “100 Days of Writing – Day Twenty-Eight”
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100 Days of Writing – Day Twenty-Six
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”
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-One
Record your family treasures. Write down a favorite family something: a recipe, a saying, a tradition, or a story. Beyond a shadow of a doubt, the family tradition that first comes to mind for me is our weekly Sunday lunches (or dinners, if you prefer). These have been a time-honored family ritual from my earliestContinue reading “100 Days of Writing – Day Twenty-One”
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 Nineteen
What is a hobby that you have and why do you think you enjoy it? My favorite hobby would have to be collecting soft drink advertising items. I started when I was a teen and continue the practice even today, although I’ve slowed down a bit due to storage space and price. I first startedContinue reading “100 Days of Writing – Day Nineteen”
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”
ADD in a Nutshell
The following excerpt from Edward Hollowell and John Ratey’s Driven to Distraction is a perfect assessment of what ADD is all about, at least for me. “Books, papers, odd socks, old letters, a few half-smoked packages of Marlboros, and other loose ends lay scattered about, much like the bits and pieces of cognition that wereContinue reading “ADD in a Nutshell”
David Lee 