Slog - Comments on My Smobriety (And Other Whiny Recoverers) http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/my_smobriety_an The thing that nobody tells you...ever...about quitting smoking is that, once the nicotine completely leaves your system, your body becomes a lush and abiding petri dish for any virus that may come along. I have been ill for the last six days with the worst goddamn cold I've had since I had mono ten years ago. Two days in there, I slept for 19 hours. All of the anecdotal evidence I've scrounged up has confirmed that, not only is the Viciously Bad Cold part and parcel of the smoking cessation, I'm also likely to get sick two to three more... Copyright 2007 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 12:19:20 -0800 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 12:34:33 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Joh After quitting smoking (Around the beginning of November) I felt like a million dollars. My whole life I've been a paragon of health as far as colds/flus have gone.

Since quitting smoking, I've gotten 2 differnt cases of tonsilitis, and had a nasty sore throat in between all that.

The reality is that I'd rather add an extra 30+ years onto my life and deal with 12 months of sickness.

]]> Joh http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/my_smobriety_an#c013859 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/my_smobriety_an#c013859 Arts Fri, 03 Feb 2006 12:34:33 -0800