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Nicotine, ReΜve, and Intimacy
Lying there, even before opening my eyes, I was already thinking about lighting a cigarette. So much so that I now can't think about anything else. Every morning it's literally my first thought as I slowly transition from being in my cozy dreamland and fast asleep to the rude sensation of being awake. I feel I may have even been dreaming of enjoying a cigarette before waking up. It just makes my desire for the taste of smoke on my tongue burn ever more intense.
At that moment I had only one ambition. As I try and fail to force open my sleep filled eyes, my hand is already reaching out to my bedside table. My fingertips feel around blindly hunting for my pack of cigarettes. My heart rate is increasing, with every hurdle. First my nails find my cool glass of water, the ting sound sends a shiver down my spine. I pause as I hope that I don't knock it over, then a second later my fingertips find my glasses, I don't want them on the floor either. Frustration is building, the anticipation of the sound of the lighter clicking is growing. The pack was definitely there last night. My fingers start sweeping, like a radar search, my fingers are walking further away from me. After finding my unread book, I can suddenly breathe again, there is that initial feeling of relief. The moment my fingers eventually touch the smooth surface of the cardboard pack, it's only then that I am ready to open my eyes fully. I know I can light my first cigarette of the day.
With daylight now reaching my retina, the monster headache predictably arrives like an express train right between the eyes, but at that moment who cares, I don't. I can't worry about it. I just have to focus on one thing at a time. That is to slide the cigarette out of the pack and bring it to my lips. That's all I care about. I need a cigarette. My heart starts thumping again with the unlit cigarette in position just to the left of my lips. There is a moment of pause as I focus on the lighter. The simple flick, and hot flame is far too bright in the darkly lit room. My eyes and headache certainly don't like it. Then there is just a wonderful feeling. An indescribable pleasure. I finally have smoke in my lungs. I immediately close my eyes as my chest rises, as my lungs pull in the delightful sensual smoke down my throat.
The thudding in my skull was so bad it made me feel nauseous. I distract myself as I focus just on the positive sensation of the cigarette between my lips, the taste and texture of the smooth smoke sliding down my throat and filling my chest up. So much so I instantly forget about the headache. At that moment it's really not important to me.
I gingerly sit up a little, wiggling myself backwards on my elbows, it's a precaution, just to make sure I wouldn't fall back asleep with the cigarette still in my hand. I have this very naughty habit of smoking my first cigarette of the morning with my eyes closed. Falling asleep again in a nicotine wave of relief is a serious possibility. I sit up straighter so I can savor every single bit of pleasure from the smoke of that first cigarette. I don't want to miss an inch of it.
I shift my body. I have to readjust the bed sheet to keep warm. It had fallen down. I realized once again that I hadn't bothered to get dressed for bed after undressing after last night. In fact, lying there I barely remembered the previous night at all. Most mornings there is a beer and vodka fueled blur about the previous evening.
As I pulled yet more smoke into my lungs, I hoped that the nicotine buzz would help my thoughts as I tried to recall it. But however much I think, I fail. It's just a hazy vodka mist. I was also just too busy savoring the delightful feeling of the nicotine flowing in my bloodstream. Genuinely feel it's the perfect way to start every day. The aim from there on in is to maintain it all day. This sensation was assisted to a higher level by the bedsheet softly brushing against my bare skin as I inhaled. I love the feeling of my nipples being tingled by the fabric as my chest rises. So much so I instantly started getting wet between my thighs. It genuinely doesn't take much for my libido to move through the gears. As I nearly finished my cigarette, I was already ready for round two.
I might not remember the whole night, but I get a flash back to the excitement as my fingers soon find that below my stomach, my bare moist mound along with the top of my thighs are still very sticky and damp. We definitely had finished the night properly.
Before I knew it my cigarette was practically burning my fingers meaning it was sadly finished. I shouldn't, but why not? I opened my eyes again just to see how many cigarettes were left in the pack before I'd have to get out of bed. Another wave of relief. I had a four, more than enough left to indulge myself in bed a little more. There was no rush to get up.
One thing I didn't want to do was open my eyes to be faced by reality. Playing housewife was not my strong point or my priority in life. The state of the bedroom reminded me of this every morning. The mess surrounded us like an emotional cage. The smell of the overflowing ashtrays, the bedside units covered in dust either side of the bed, the sight of a dozen empty beer cans, empty liquor bottles scattered, along with embarrassment of both our clothes strewn all over the floor. It was quite a scary sight. As with most of my real worries in life all I wanted to do was avoid them and sink back into my little smoky cloud and forget about it.
Before I did anything else, I first took some Advil with a sip of water. For my drunken mess I always keep a full bottle of water and Advil within easy reach. It's very practical when you're hungover continuously. It was not long until there was then another wave of relief it me as lit my second cigarette
It was then I was clearly wiggling around too much, my amazing man started to stir, the smell of the cigarette potentially waking him up. I call him Potato. When we first met, he behaved like a couch potato. Sitting and doing nothing. The name stuck. Sometimes he is my sweet potato and others when he wraps himself around me tightly, he is a jacket, on some occasions when he is truly annoying me he is mashed. But for everything he is my universally useful and loved Potato.