Category Archives: Addiction

Love Burroughs

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within; this documentary about the incendiary “Beat” writer illuminates the man and his contributions to American culture. I recently read Naked Lunch, after many starts and stops because I just couldn’t take that much information at once. I then read Queer, and am looking forward to Junky. Burroughs has inspired

I Want A Cigarette

After 3 months of not smoking…

Picture Cigarettes

I “quit” smoking almost six weeks ago. I say “quit” like that because quit without the quotation marks gives the impression of finality and totality I can’t really claim. I have smoked cigarettes since then. The next step back I’d like to claim is that I haven’t bought cigarettes since then, but that’s not true