By Jim Byrnes
Smoking like a chimney for forty years had left me in a state of rapidly declining health.
I had to find a way to quit; if I didn’t, I knew I would be meeting Saint Peter before my time.
Some friends suggested aversion therapy, which consisted of administering mildly uncomfortable electrical shocks while I smoked. Disassociation of pleasure with the act of smoking would be the result.
After the treatment the desire to smoke vanished.
Strangely though, I am now unable to stop shocking myself, while needing increasingly higher voltages.
I find myself shocked by this totally unexpected turn of events.
This is great!
Kill “had” from first line, and “some” from third para. See how that looks to you.
A nice dose of addictive humor! Good job.
Love it! In part because it’s not overworked. Simply good!
Shocking story. I like it.
Cliches such as “smoking like a chimney” should be avoided.