Picking up a vice...

Most of the time you hear about people pledging to give up a vice. Whether the Vice is smoking, eating chocolates or gambling, the idea is to improve oneself. In fact, many of us were raised to avoid vices by all means necessary. That is until we are all given the freedom titled " Freshman year" and end up drinking, smoking and gambling all in one good night in the dorms. However, each one of these experiences was part of us growing up. We quickly learned that it wasn't a good us to finish off that bottle of Rubinoff[1] before the boat cruise and that betting your book money on online poker usually ended with more losses than wins. These were the things we had to learn the hard way and we have the scars to prove it[2]. As we grow older, we have packed away the vices of our college years. Occasionally, we will sneak a cigarette outside a bar or bet big on a upcoming game. We have even at times traveled down the dark road that begins with plastic bottles of cheap vodka and ends with a list of regrets and fuzzy memories. Nonetheless, we have been diligent to avoid these vices in the name of living better. Well, I have decided this summer that I am going to the exact opposite. I am going to pledge to gain a vice; to indulge in something that most people strive to give up. Consider it the antithesis of a new year’s resolution. I am going to take up cigar smoking. Yes, it isn’t exactly the most taboo of vices[3], but it works for me. You see I have never smoked a cigarette in my life[4]. I have always avoided them even when many of my best friends were picking up 2 pack a day habits. Hell, my best friend of 7 years has smoked ever since I met him[5]. So why cigars? Well, I have always wanted to develop an experienced palate[6] for cigars and I figured what better time than now especially given that I have the health and the lack of responsibilities to embark on such a idiotic quest. With this is mind, I am going to pledge to smoke at least one cigar a week. I have just ordered a mix pack of cigars from a website and I am prepared to learn my lesson the hard way. I am sure by a month or so IN, I will realize that picking up cigar smoking at Twenty Five isn't the best of ideas.
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[1] My experience was actually sophomore year and ended with my roommates putting make up on me
[2] Exhibit A: chin scar; lesson learned: Don’t assume after a few drinks that you can maneuver a bike like Lance Armstrong. Exhibit B: 13 stitches in left eyebrow; lesson learned: Don’t attempt to use a heavy wooden door as a shield from your track star roommate
[3] See Thai Sex binges, Russian Roulette, High stakes Poker, Underground street fighting
[4] I have smoked cigarettes, but without inhaling into my lungs(like one would smoke a cigar)
[5] I believe he has since given up or is still attempting to give up smoking
[6] I don’t even know if this actually exists, just need an actual goal.