Recently returned from Iraq.
Deployed with the Army National Guard.
Currently a full-time student graduating June 2007 with a B.A. in English.
Need to know more? Check out the "About Me" section at my blogging website:
www.americanbabble.com

or visit my music site at:

www.myspace.com/TheCombatBaby

My passion is ...

art (music, writing, visual)

I know too much about ...

the military

My parents always told me ...

You can be whatever you have the burning desire to be.

My childhood ambition ...

to be a veterinarian.

Why I write ...

to help me understand myself better.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

My first job ...

bookstore clerk

My best moment ...

returning home from war.

My inspiration ...

people who never quit.

Health & Fitness > Nicotine Dependence Instantly noticeable benefits of quitting smoking

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By far the first thing you may notice is smell. Instantly, you'll realize that cigarette smoke buries itself in clothes, carpets, automobiles, and hair. When you recognize this, you'll wonder how anyone could stand to be near you. And in the future you will also find it difficult to be near other smokers after you've quit.

Of course, health benefits may not be instantly noticeable. In fact, your health may appear to be getting worse. You will experience nicotine withdraw symptoms that effect you both physically and emotionally. You may also begin to expectorate phlegm as the tar trie...

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