THE CIGARETTE EFFECT – PART 6 – A SET ROAD: MY INEVITABLE SLIDE INTO ADDICTION; In my quest to get drunk pretty fast, I experimented with much. The first was drinking on an empty stomach. The second was never drinking beers but spirits and liquors. The third was not eating meaty stuff before drinking, for, it would delay the high. Smoking a cigarette while drinking got me there fast. I recount smoking my first cigarette with Denton at Garden City. The earliest recollection I have of smoking something close to a cigarette is in my childhood. I bundled up tea leaves in a paper and lit it up. I might have picked up this idea from observing my uncle smoke, or from my mom—my memory is faint when it comes to that—or Wagaba, the caretaker who was looking after my cousin and I when young. Years down the road, I would hang with Wagaba in Drop Zone pub. He takes much pride in raising me and calling him dad lights him up. In… https://kin2therapper.com/the-cigarette-effect/