Family Concerns

I’m an avid health buff. I take many different types of vitamins. I spend for pricey dietary supplements, all in the hopes of becoming as healthy as possible. But the big irony is that I indulge in guilty pleasures that are anything but healthy. You name it -cigarette (and pot on occasions), booze, unhealthy sleeping, and eating habits, and I have it.

But heck, that’s how I am, contradictory in many ways. No wonder people think I’m odd. What do you know? These contradictions may have the balancing effect I need. All the dietary supplements I’m taking may just offset the risks of smoking and drinking. Besides, I don’t ever want to quit cigarette or booze. And I actually have good reasons for not wanting to.

For one, cigarette cases are just way too fabulous. If I quit smoking, I won’t have any reason for bringing them around anymore. And practically everybody around me smokes. Even if I do stop smoking, I will still be inhaling second hand smoke, which is just as perilous. If I don’t smoke, I will be getting all the adverse effects without enjoying my guilty pleasure. And oh, my favorite Zippo will lose its utility. What a shame.
And what if I give up drinking? My uber sophisticated leather wine carrier will be gathering dust at the pantry. Nobody wants that. And my social life will be totally dead, not to mention the family ties severed. I won’t be able to bond with my friends anymore. Now imagine all the profound talks I will be missing.

Besides, it’s my privilege to be born in this post-Prohibition era. During the Jazz era, when booze stopped flowing because of the dry forces’ success to move forward a law banning the distribution of alcohol, people had to go underground to get a decent drink. Some had to make their own alcoholic drink at home while others had to get false prescriptions just so they can get their hand at some medicinal whiskey. It would be a shame to let alcohol pass me by when they’re easier to get by.

Also, I am well aware that my sleeping habits are unhealthy. But if I do take on a healthy sleeping schedule, I will not be seeing my friends anymore, or any member of my family for that matter. But why, they are all a bunch of night owls. As for the unhealthy food I eat, I will be getting them only now, while I’m alive. So why miss on them? I won’t be having them when I’m dead.

Go ahead and enjoy your own guilty pleasure!