All Lit Up

By Lee You are a failure. You never finish anything you start. You are too addicted to just quit. You are a piece of @#!#@, so you just can’t do it. The voices in my head are mean. And they aren’t just mean, they are damn loud, too. Since I expressed my desire and intention [...]

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Foodie Friday: The Hunt for “Special” Sauce

By Lee One of my all-time favorite Italian restaurants is located in Cleveland’s Little Italy, called Maxi’s Bistro.  The chef and owner is French although he cooks the Italian cuisine with the best of them. The top items that I highly suggest are: Sauteed Escarole; Fresh Mozzarella & Tomato Basil Salad; Fresh Fried Banana Peppers [...]

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Dancing with the Devil

by Lee For so many years, cigarettes had been like the angel on my shoulder. Saving me, rescuing me, making me look “cool.” When I started smoking it created a falsified sense of adulthood. It was my right of passage. I remember clearly stealing two cigarettes from my mom’s pack, which was located in the [...]

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I’m Going Public

By Lee For as long as I can remember I have been a smoker. My first ‘puff’ was at the young age of 13. The act of smoking has been so ingrained in my daily life that really it has become a physical and emotional reaction to everything. Based on many anti-smoking campaigns in the [...]

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