Tic-Tacs
When I was in highschool I became addicted to tic-tacs. Just the normal mint ones- nothing special flavourwise- it all just kind of started when I got abit stressed and had a few minty pills.

They kind of calmed me down- they stopped me feeling sick (Which I often do when I'm stressed) and helped me think when I needed to.

As school became more work due to exams, I ate more and more of them- I was literally going through a couple of packs a day.

Now one of the interesting things is that tic-tacs include an ingredient that causes you to have the runs...alot-
a constant diet of them and suddenly I'd seeminly built up a resistance to this- though there was a period of time where this wasn't the case and that was very very uncomfortable.

I even cracked 2 of my teeth from chomping on fresh tic-tacs when stressed- and so have 2 crowns in my mouth that I had to get at the age of 16.

Once I left the states and came back home for Uni- I was in full addiction flow- I was literally on 5 packs of tic-tacs per day, I couldn't go in a shop without impulsively buying some.
They had become my vice- jsut like some people smoked, some people drank- bignutter ate tic-tacs. I covered my window in halls with empty boxes- because i could more than anything, and thought it was cooler than empty beer cans :)

At graduation, in the middle of the ceremony, I took out a box of tic-tacs- chewed down a few, then passed the box down the line- I set off a minor disterbance due to all teh teaching students eating tic-tacs and giggling

Those little mints got me through alot- all my exams, my teaching placements, my breakup with my ex fiancee- the bullying at my first teaching job.


Life has kinda calmed down from all that drama- I'm much happier with things- much less stressed. I've kinda kicked the habit, but still keep a box of tic-tacs around in case I need some reassurance or feel sick- they just do the job....


Might be abit weird- but its better than alot of other addictions- and a hell of alot cheaper :)


Shame about length...they are about 2cm long at the longest :(
(bignutter, Thu 18 Dec 2008, 19:52, Reply)