Thursday, August 25, 2022

I've "fallen off the wagon" - but it's not what you think

 Normally, the phrase "to fall off the wagon" means that you have started drinking after successfully giving it up for a while.

Well, a few days ago, I decided to buy chewing gum again. I had given it up more than a decade ago because chewing gum caused my fillings and crowns to come loose and repairing them cost money.

However, since my problems with staying asleep now has a name (sleep maintenance insomnia) and the cause of that is stress and one way to reduce stress is to chew gum....I caved in and bought some Wrigley's spearmint gum again.

I now chew the cud like a cow again, but I believe it has relieved some tension, so that's a good thing.

And fortunately, the packet sizes seem to be a lot smaller than they were in the 70s. Does anyone remember this advert:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndS5_0MKWkM

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