Smoking, Drinking, and Other Relaxation Methods for Imperfect Parents
Posted
May 29, 2008 at
9:51 pm by
Redsy
I used to drink. A lot. Too much, really, for someone with my family history and proclivity for creating chaos and drama. So I stopped. About 8 months ago. And life has gotten much better…. but that’s a story for another time.
Like many imperfect parents, I’m more or less a very good parent on most days… but this requires a certain amount of concentrated effort and a whole lot of help. I used to get help in a bottle, and now I get help from a variety of sources.
But I still need and want a vice.. something that serves no other purpose than pleasure and rebellion. A way to cut loose and be onesself without getting mistaken for a “ma’am” or a “sir”… or someone who is, say, turning 40.
I like to joke about starting a respite center for mothers staffed with hot Italian boys (or girls, depending on your preferences).. and I’m only sort of joking. Seriously, it’s so very easy to take parenting too farging seriously these days.
But the thing is, I miss having a vice. I don’t want anything life or health or marriage threatening, just something to spice things up and remind me of the wild girl I used to be long long ago.
So when my friend told me of her new “thing” for nicotine-free cigarettes (doesn’t that sound like “no strings attached” sex?? nice idea but highly unlikely?), I thought I’d give them a try.
I’ll report back soon.. but until then.. any vices you’d recommend?
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1. Allison G.
May 30, 2008 @ 1:09 pm
These new cigs; How can it be a vice if it’s not bad for your health? Really. Kinda pointless, just like non-alcoholic beer, IMO……
2. Jessica
May 30, 2008 @ 1:21 pm
Yeah, but it’s not good to put anything forcibly in your lungs, except oxygen of course! If it’s smoke, it still has to be toxic, right?
I guess food and the Internet would be my vices. I guess I’m not that interesting. Check back with me in ten years though, I might have something better for ya.
3. Rita
May 30, 2008 @ 1:41 pm
Yeah..I dunno, eating and arguing? Those seem to be my ways of dealing things.
4. Tracy
May 30, 2008 @ 5:29 pm
[quote comment="167177"]Yeah..I dunno, eating and arguing? Those seem to be my ways of dealing things.[/quote]
Ah, I’ll second this!
5. Baby Girl Names
June 2, 2008 @ 5:27 am
it’s good that you stopped drinking. i never understood people that drink and smoke,it’s a very bad behavior
6. Erika
June 2, 2008 @ 9:40 am
Baby Girl Names, the Sanctimonious Parent blog is three doors down to the left.
Eating and arguing are it for me, too, these days. I loved smoking, though (LOVED it), and if there was a way to do it without killing myself (well, and smelling like a smoker), I would be all over that shit.
7. SHS
June 18, 2008 @ 7:25 pm
I loved smoking too! But I quit the minute I found out I was pregnant. It wasn’t even hard…there was this baby that was soooo wanted, I never had a single craving either. Now there is other stuff that can be smoked too….I grew up in the 80’s….
Ah yes!