Weedless Wednesday 2024

	The third full week in January brings us Weedless Wednesday and is ostensibly a tobacco and recreational marijuana abstention vehicle. This year it is a January 24th occurrence and there are innumerable health conscious reasons for taking a break from smoking ... anything. It's a 24 hour break in that which some of us indulge much more frequently. My only issue with the day is the nomenclature. I was always one to refer to "weed" as pot and tobacco as "smokes". I don't suppose that given my present teetotaler 'tudes towards all recreational drugs including alcohol, tobacco, and the weed with the roots in Hell that anything regarding smoking really matters to me personally. I had to give up recreational drugs some 30 years ago when the United States became drug testing crazy. I simply was not going to allow drug testing to disqualify me for working ... seeing how I had grown accustomed to eating and living indoors. Now that the situation isn't nearly so bad, I simply decided that I liked the clear head that straight and narrow lifestyle provided and declined to restart any recreational drug habits. I also gave up tobacco at this time. My efforts were "cold turkey" as it were and having made up my mind I suffered no withdrawal to the marvel of many of my friends who continue to smoke and pop those pills to this day. You just have to decide what is right for you and act. So anyway I hope you have a good Weedless Wednesday and that your smoking corresponds to the wishes you maintain for yourself. It's a sad thing to be addicted to smoking, tobacco or otherwise. Happy Weedless Wednesday to you !