From Vanuatu with payment and postage

I made the mistake when I was a freshman in University, while at home on christmas holiday watching the 4am creature feature bored and unable to sleep after staying awake for a week during exams, of taking up smoking for it's soporific effects. I, like many of my addicted comrades, believe it is a habit easily kicked through force of will. I think we delude ourselves since smoking is passe and we'd be more hip if we were addicted to something more fashionable like painkillers. I quit for a week last summer and the first one I lit up in my failure felt like John Travolta looked in Pulp Fiction while driving the car high on heroin and it was something of a revelation in that moment just how powerful the drug known as nicotine really is and how it would require something more than just determination to walk away.

My sister told me about Zyban/Wellbutrin since she quit smoking with its help and recommended it. The health plan I have doesn't cover smoking cessation and I've not been to a doctor in years since it's generally a pain in the ass to figure out how to actually use the system. I went surfing on the net one afternoon to do a little research on the drug after hearing more people say that Zyban did the trick for them and I found a web site that claimed to sell this magical substance sans prescription. I figured why not try it and, after finding that a loophole in the law allows these companies to legally import prescription only drugs to individuals for private use, I ordered an 8-week supply. The package arrived today from Vanuatu bearing a diamond shaped postage stamp with a funky Easter Islandesque tiki thingy and a space satellite flying overhead with a customs form declaring the contents as 'health products'. :)

So, I'm a little nervous as I've not taken anything stronger than Advil in the last 20 years and I'd really like to succeed this time around. The side effects of the drug don't sound too shabby though as, if I am to believe the brochure, I should be thin and randy as well as smoke-free soon :)