Frozen Steps for a Smoke

Walking three miles in freezing weather just for cigarettes sounds insane but I did it anyway.

My hands went numb after the first mile and I couldn't feel my face by the second.

The gas station clerk looked at me like I was crazy when I walked in shivering.

Paid for the pack and realized I'd have to walk back in even colder darkness. That walk home made

me question every choice I'd made. Sometimes addiction makes you do the most ridiculous

things and you don't realize how far you've fallen until you're literally trudging through

ice for nicotine.