A lapse

Oh dear, I’m sorry to have to report that I smoked two cigarettes this evening. Bad blogger. Weak willed, I was. Someone insisted while I was at a bar and I gave in – but I have not bought a packet of ciggies, which is usually what happens after these incidents.

I’m not good at being a non-smoker and Italians don’t help either; it is quite acceptable to ask complete strangers here for a cigarette and this is bad news. In the past I have stopped smoking and then re-started because I felt guilty about scrounging cigarettes from others.

Stop reading, start speaking

Stop translating in your head and start speaking Italian for real with the only audio course that prompt you to speak.

Funnily enough, I don’t feel any craving for another puff and hope to start not smoking once more………

Write 1000 times – “Smoking is bad for your health and your wallet.”

Chad

+Alex Roe is from the UK, but has lived and worked in Milan, Italy, for many years. Alex has been interviewed by the BBC on Italy issues. He tweets news and information about Italy to over 37,000 Twitter followers via @newsfromitaly on Twitter.

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