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- Address:
1221 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107Neighborhood:
Center City
- Cuisine:
VegetarianPrice: $31 to $50
- Dining Style: Casual Elegant
- Website: http://www.vedgerestaurant.com/
- Phone: 2153207500x
- Hours of Operation:
Dinner: Monday - Thursday: 5:00pm - 10:00pm and Friday - Saturday: 5:00pm - 11:00pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,Discover,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Vegetarian, Global, International, Contemporary American
- Executive Chef: Richard Landau
- Dress Code: Smart Casual
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Farm to Table, Fireplace, Full Bar, Gluten-free Menu, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Personal wines welcome, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), Private Room, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine, Wine Bar
- Private Party Facilities: We are happy to accommodate private events for larger parties. Our private dining room can seat up to 16 and the entire restaurant can be made available. Please direct all inquiries to Joe either by phone (215-320-7500) or email (email@example.com).
- Private Party Contact: Joe Pachella 2153207500x
A word from Vedge
A modern vegetable restaurant by Chefs Richard Landau & Kate Jacoby, formerly of Horizons: Located in the historic Tiger Building on Locust Street, Vedge offers classical, elegant dining experiences as well as a sophisticated bar. The menu takes a fresh approach to cooking vegetables, presented in a series of mid-size plates. Think: Smoked Eggplant Braciole, Salt-Roasted Golden Beets, Wood-Grilled Maitake Mushrooms.Continued
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- Diners' Choice WinnerBest Food
- Diners' Choice WinnerBest Service
Vedge reviews from OpenTable diners
409 reviews since May 26, 2014
- Food4.7Service4.7
- Ambiance4.5Noise LevelModerate
fit for foodies (348)special occasion (266)neighborhood gem (175)romantic (158)hot spot (116)good for groups (75)notable wine list (72)vibrant bar scene (59)great for lunch (15)late-night find (15)kid-friendly (12)great for brunch (8)great for outdoor dining (3)scenic view (3)Show More
- Best flavors in town!georgiaDined on 9/19/2014Even though 5:15p.m. was the only available Fri. Night booking, the enthusiastic dining crowd made it seem like prime time. (Book far ahead.). The appetizers, mains, and sides (labeled "dirt") we're unusual with delicious sauces. (Shredded, then grilled Brussels sprouts, etc.) Presentation and food were wonderful. Staff friendly and knowledgeable. Great place, may try the cookbook.Special Features:
- Wow! Just wow!OpenTable Diner Since 2014VIPDined on 9/18/2014Best restaurant I've been to, hands down. The food was extraordinary and you wouldn't even notice that it is vegetarian and vegan. Each plate is a wonderful surprise exploding with flavor, I recommend going there with a group of friends and and basically ordering everything on the menu. It's fantastic price for the quality!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Wonderful as usualOpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 9/18/2014Once again a memorable dinner. Always something new on the menu and always very inventive. Foodies should love it here... Who would know it was vegan?Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/18/2014service was perfect. food was somehow beyond perfect...Special Features:
- For carnivores ...OpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 9/17/2014I'm a self-confessed foodie, and very much a carnivore ... and I love to go to great vegetarian restaurants. This is one of them. The flavor & texture combos of great vegetarian food are more than worth exploringSpecial Features:
- Great Happy Hourivy1Dined on 9/17/2014The happy hour is great - good food and good prices. In the main restaurant, the service is impeccable, and the ambiance is very pleasant. The food is interesting, but the portions are REALLY small, so you end up with a hefty tab if you're hungry - not a surprise. I was, however, a bit surprised about the food. It's definitely unique and creative, and I'm sure the ingredients are top quality, but all the dishes we tried had so many ingredients combined that it was not really possible to tell what anything was. My experience with elegant dining has been more of the type where you have relatively simple dishes in which you can see and taste the excellence of the individual ingredients. So, it depends on your preferred type of elegance.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Super Vegan DiningBCEA1234Dined on 9/16/2014My first visit to Vedge was wonderful. The creativity of the menu was outstanding the colors and flavors were beautiful and delicious. The staff was courteous, knowledgeable and friendly.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- always terrific146restaurantssampledVIPDined on 9/15/2014Vedge is always spectacular and interesting. five of us ordered everything on the menu and all enjoyed every dish. I am not a vegetarian (I don't even like vegetarians) but I always love Vedge (my daughter is a vegan so I go whenever she is in town).
- fav new placeveganwannabeDined on 9/15/2014my husband jokingly ordered a pork chop and that set the mood for a fun evening. He and I both enjoyed the food as we hoped based on raves from everyone who told us about it. We ordered the 3 favorites from the "dirt list" - the potatoes, mushrooms and brussles sprouts ( I don't remember the formal names) all were good but my favorite was the mushroom dish from the "hot plate list". Also enjoyed the beat dish and I'm not a beat fan. wasn't crazy about the hearts of palm dish but my husband enjoyed it. Loved the deserts. We ordered the cheesecake and the chocolate peanutbutter desert. that was amazing.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Amazingkmc2014VIPDined on 9/13/2014If I could give it more than five stars for every caterogy I would. Food and service were exceptional. A perfect evening from start to finish.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- AWESOMEOpenTable Diner Since 2010Dined on 9/13/2014If I had a chef who cooked like this at home. I would be a vegan my entire life. Absolutley awesome. The dining room is really loud. Makes it hard to have a conversation.
- A meatless wondermediatrekkerVIPDined on 9/13/2014Second time we went to Vedge. Outstanding! Not inexpensive by a long shot, but worth it. None of us are vegetarians, but we all thoroughly enjoyed the mean. Usually have interesting cocktails (my wife had a pomegranate sangria), a nice wine list by the glass and bottle, and a very good selection of beers both bottled and draft. But the food was the star. The beet dish was fantastic as well as a vegetarian deconstructed take on a reuben. There were no misses in the appetizers, main courses or side dishes. The first time we went, we had an order of the fingerling potatoes, which did not wow us. This time the custard for desert lacked flavor, but their take on cheese cake (made vegan style) with poppy ice cream, is not to be missed.Special Features:
- delicious and great balancePaulSmulpaapDined on 9/12/2014you start being amazed when you look at the menu: many choices and not a moment the thought: I hope that it is good meat / fish replacement. When the meal is served it looks beautiful, then it tastes wonderful, and the dishes are not too large, so that even including dessert you don't feel close to explosion. Service was most pleasant. Only (small) negatives: as the restaurant is vegan you don't get regular milk in your coffee and where we sat it was a little noisy.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Nancy0501VIPDined on 9/12/2014We dined at Vedge on Friday night, and then went to NYC on Saturday and Sunday. I can honestly say that Vedge far outshone Butter and The National.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2010VIPDined on 9/12/2014The menu is very creative, and everything was well-executed. The cocktails are a big hit. The happy hour at the bar is also an exceptional deal.Special Features:
- FantasticGoodfoodDined on 9/11/2014As always, everything was delicious. There's a wide variety of flavors and styles. The service was great. Our waitress was intensive, friendly, and happy to offer suggestions.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2007Dined on 9/11/2014Where to begin singing the praises of Vedge? The food was wonderful; our dishes were tasty, beautifully plated, healthy. We had a "veggie skeptic" in our group who began the evening by quizzing our waiter about the gluten free beers on the menu. It was immediately clear that our waiter was knowledgeable and eager to answer any and all questions. Then, the food began to arrive and our skeptic guest was completely won over. We are already making plans to return the next time we are in Philadelphia.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- WOWRockridegDined on 9/10/2014Loved everything we tried. going to get the cookbook!Special Features:
- Better and Betterfall75Dined on 9/10/2014The food at Vedge is superb! I like that the menu changes and the selections never disappoint. My daughter is a vegan and I'm a vegetarian and we were both very pleased with everything that was available. The presentations are beautiful and creative. The service is spot on.Special Features:
- FantasticOpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 9/9/2014Held a business dinner at verge. The carnivores were very skeptical. By the end of the evening they were taking pictures of the food and raving about the quality, taste and presentation. My only suggestion would be to beef up the wine list. Overall - 5 starsSpecial Features:
- Superb and superbly satisfyingmackenzieDined on 9/8/2014Vedge brings to fruits and vegetables the leading role they deserve in the theatre of culinary delights. Everything is delicious, from the extraordinary cocktails to the fingerling fries. If you go but once a year, it will be among your best meals of the year.Special Features:
- AcndDined on 9/8/2014Vedge was fantastic. I can't believe I have lived in Philadelphia for years without going! I am vegan but my husband is not - we both can't wait to go back. Interesting and creative menu, great execution, friendly/fast service... Highly recommended to anyone and everyone!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Pre-Anniversary DinnercamniniDined on 9/8/2014This was our third or fourth time at Vedge. We were supposed to be bringing friends for a birthday celebration, but they had to cancel. We weren't going to give up the reservation, so we made it an early anniversary celebration. The Dan Dan zucchini noodles were amazing. My blueberry cheesecake with lemon poppyseed ice cream was also a standout.Special Features:
- Fantastic as alwaysPaulDined on 9/5/2014I have been to Vedge on a few different occasions now, and every time I go I am absolutely floored by the quality of this restaurant. Each menu item is prepared with extreme care and nothing feels excessive or out of place on the plate. I feel that the drink and dessert menu are actually quite similar, in that they both offer refreshing alternatives to what you would find in most other restaurants. All in all, Vedge truly is one of the best restaurants I have ever had the pleasure of dining in, and while the cost perhaps limits it to only special occasions, it is more than worth celebrating your next big accomplishment here.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Delightful, delicious & divine...sweetestbaboonDined on 9/5/2014Vedge has one of the most innovative & intellgent menus we've ever had the pleasure of eating from, not to mention by far the most delicious. Forget about it being vegan, it's just freakin' tasty as all get out!Special Features:
- PerfectionKagooDined on 9/4/2014We had high expectations for Vedge -- and they were exceeded. Everything about it is sheer perfection: the warm greeting when you arrive; the professional, attentive (but never overbearing OR overselling) service; the setting; and, of course, the food. I am a vegetarian; my husband is a carnivore. We were both blown away. Never before have we encountered any food, let alone an all-vegan meal, on a level like this one. We loved everything: rutabaga salad, roasted carrots, fingerling potatoes, Brussels sprouts, grilled tofu, crepe with peas and cauliflower, and cheesecake (with no cheese -- how do they do it?). The flavors, the textures, the presentation....all superb. We simply cannot wait to return.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Vedge deliversMarkVIPDined on 9/2/2014Vedge deserves all its positive press. The dishes are beautifully executed. Staff are wonderfully trained. if i were to critique anything it would be that, like so many tapas-style places, the food can come out pretty fast...and keep coming fast. Overall, Vedge was a terrific restaurant experience.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Simply the best.repearlDined on 8/30/2014Everything was perfectly delicious in a beautiful, relaxed atmosphere. We just keep going back.Special Features:
- Spot onTigresSKSVIPDined on 8/30/2014Highlights in short: loved the decor (traditional with a twist), the service (attentive, but not in your face, polite, friendly, and anticipatory), and the drinks (inventive and well-mixed, even the non-alcoholic ones). Food: Could go on forever, but in sum, each course had more than one high note and altogether, Vedge inspired us all to try cooking similar dishes at home! My favorite course had to be the initial "for the table" option. My favorite dish was The Spicy Grilled Tofu. My favorite Dirt List item was the Brussels Sprouts. And dessert's Chocolate Uber Chunk was reminiscent of Marcie Turney's salted caramel budino in a smaller package with a pretzel-peanut crust. Scrummy!Special Features:
- Yes to Vedge!OpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 8/30/2014Very good food. Great service. Would definitely eat here again.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- ScooterDined on 8/30/2014I have been to many vegetarians restaurants that have blown me away with the transformation of veges into something incredible and savory! However, Vedge served us just what it was - vegetables. The taste was great and the small plates were a perfect size; however, I was not in awe of them nor did I notice any phenomenal transformation from the usual appearance - that is until dessert. They served up ice cream, gelato, and a chocolate pretzel delight. The flavors were exciting and delicious. This was the transformation i was hoping for with the main platters - the sweet corn and chocolate whiskery ice cream were fabulous as was the stout ice cream. The service was fantastic. Everyone worked together and the restaurant was very busy!Special Features:
- Beyond Amazing.moniquejustineDined on 8/29/2014I have wanted to go to Vedge for the longest time. Last night was the night. From the moment I walked in, I loved the laid back bar area and relaxed vibe of the dining area. The service was top notch and the food was out of this world. I am vegetarian and this was the best vegetarian/vegan meal that I've had. And, one of the best meals regardless of it being vegan. The fingerling potatoes, be still my heart. The zucchini dan dan noodles were so light and refreshing. Dessert - Double yum. I will be back!!!!Special Features:
- Food for food's sakeImwiththeveganDined on 8/29/2014For herbivores and omnivores everywhere. Even the carnivore may be pleasantly surprised at how freaking awesome the food is here. You owe it to yourself to try Vedge out at least twice. Who knows, maybe you will become a convert.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Tasty!red4limaDined on 8/29/2014Yummy veggies in interesting dishes. The presentation was beautiful. Certainly tasty but not inexpensive. Also more of a small plate destination.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Go Vedge!OpenTable Diner Since 2004VIPDined on 8/28/2014I spent the better part of young adulthood thinking the color green in food should be limited to guacamole and margaritas. That's changed over the past ten years, but I'm still not the kind of guy who normally goes to vegan or vegetarian restaurants. Nevertheless, every dish we had at Vedge was good and several were outstanding. Pair that with a warm, upscale atmosphere and easygoing, knowledgeable servers and you get an outstanding overall dining experience. Plus, they have a really nice wine selection. Go Vedge!
- Sensory OverloadOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 8/28/2014I had been dying to go to Vedge and finally got to go with my mom. We both eat a mostly plant based diet. Our waitress was just great!!but if your not a big eater listen to this advise...the waitress recommended we chose 3 plates off of the 3 different menu sub choices. It was just too much food and too many different flavors and new things that we have never had before. It was sensory overload. Please don't get me wrong. The food was really good and the waitress explained anything we asked about. I feel like it just would of been better to have gotten maybe two things or better yet. The menu should offer a meal that comes with 3 complimentary items chosen from the chef.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OMV (Oh My Vedge)timboDined on 8/27/2014First time at Vedge on my birthday. From start to finish the food was innovative, fresh and delicious! The service was near perfect, they are a WELL oiled machine. If I had to make one critique, they could have had a slowed the delivery down by a bit. I could totally become a Vegan if I had this food at by back and call everyday.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- No meat and didn't miss itilovecookbooksDined on 8/27/2014I am steak guy! Give me a 2 inch thick porterhouse some salt and some fire and I am ready. This place turns this kind of thinking on its head. Small plates, big flavors. Too noisy but beautiful room. Great service. Innovative, spicy!!, unique and great!Special Features:
- disappointed in" The Vedge"justiceDined on 8/27/2014noted: The Vedge was one of the best in the country. Our family is vegetarian with many vegan days. We have frequented other vegan/vegetarian restaurants over the years with joyous results. Your restaurant is not kid friendly your food seemed pretentious and over dressed. We also felt like some of the food was meat like and not enjoyable. The Spicy tofu reminded me of salmon and the other item ordered seemed like salmon fish eggs were on the bottom of the pile (don't remember the name) Some food was not identifiable. Your wait staff was superior to many, however the carrot dish with one roasted carrot cut into pieces and stuck into I don't know what that had cardboard favor was just plain silly. sorry,
- Nom nom!girlsnightDined on 8/26/2014Vedge was so great! They have an extensive gluten-free menu as well. We ordered only off of that and didn't feel like it compromised our experience like most places. Seriously delicious food. Our server was really nice and very educated on food and food prep processes in general (not just menu specific). I would pass on the drinks next time which were meh and just let myself focus on the amazing food.Special Features:


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Emily Rose Gallagher, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P.
- Specialty:
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- Special Interest:
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- Languages:
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Dr. Gallagher provides medical care for children with craniofacial disorders. Working closely with the multidisciplinary craniofacial team, she coordinates care for children with congenital or acquired conditions that affect the head and face, including cleft lip and palate, craniosynostosis, and numerous genetic syndromes with craniofacial manifestations. In addition to helping determine a diagnosis, she provides ongoing care throughout childhood and adolescence, with particular attention to feeding, airway, developmental, and psychosocial concerns.
Professional Education
- Degrees:
M.D., Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
M.P.H., University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 2006
Pediatrics, University of Washington, 2010
Craniofacial Medicine, University of Washington, 2011
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This season's movie with momentum is crowd-pleaser "Argo," which has been building steam with big prizes at ceremonies such as the Golden Globes, the Producers Guild and the Directors Guild of America Awards.
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"Argo" marks a change for Affleck, whose first two features as director — "Gone Baby Gone" and "The Town" — were set in his native Boston. In "Argo" he stars as Tony Mendez, a CIA agent who poses as a sci-fi filmmaker in a risky plot to rescue Americans in Tehran.
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"Skyfall," the highest-grossing film in the Bond series' 50-year history, was named best British film — rare awards-season recognition for an action movie. Thomas Newman's score also won the best-music prize.
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Antioch Review
Volume 66 Number 1
Winter 2008
Review by Camilla S. Medders
The winter 2008 edition of the Antioch Review is titled "Breaking the Rules," though, as Robert S. Fogarty explains in his editorial, this is "no grand theme but a series of fragments and broken rules." The authors in this issue explore rule-breaking in many different ways, some through form, others through subject or theme.
The first essay, "Vickie's Pour House: A Soldier's Peace," by Maureen McCoy, presents a daughter's exploration of her father's rule breaking as she learns the details of his double life: one part spent at home with his family, and the other in bars, drinking with friends. The theme of dualism and the challenges it presents is also investigated in Robert Rosenstone's essay, "My Wife, Their Sister," a surprising and informative piece about a Jewish man traveling in the Middle East with his Muslim wife.
The poetry is gathered together in one section and, as I looked through the poems, I realized that this approach helps highlight and develop themes. "Winter," by Brian Willems, sets the tone, describing the season with a series of sounds and images: "stopped by knot stout near black / slivers dry needles and the Funnies." This theme of weather is carried through the next four poems, until Stephen Burt's poem, "After Rain," provides a link into more general subjects. The last three poems also share a theme, using animals to provide key images. Reading these poems is like being taken on a literary tour, through several related but diverse poetic universes.
My two favorite pieces of fiction play with the "rules" of story writing. In Peter LaSalle's "What I Found Out About Her," the narrator circles the plot, hiding details of the story under obsessive, numbered rants. This could come off as contrived, but instead, the form contributes to characterization of the protagonist and provides suspense. "Lily Pad," by Andrew Wingfield, features characters breaking racial and class stereotypes. In order to fully develop this theme, Wingfield switches between two first person points of view.
Overall, this Antioch Review's collection of
rule-breaking, while nothing radical, was refreshing.
Volume 1 Issue 1
Review by Stephanie Griffore
"We're trying to take you somewhere." Isn't that every writer's goal? To take the reader from their comfy couch or their little corner and place them into a scene to which they can relate. Or maybe it's to put them in a situation they've never been in, but affects them in some way.
This magazine is very successful in that goal. I was constantly reminded of my own experiences from poem to poem, taking in the senses and picturing the images. I especially loved Sarah Sloat's "Used Books." There's nothing more amazing than going to the library and getting books with silent history. As she says "dog-eared and lawn soft" comparing the hems of the pages to the "wallpaper of a motel / nicotine-thick with confessions."
Another poem that stuck out, not only for content but for structure, was Joshua Marie Wilkinson's "from The Book of the Umbrella." Each small section is separated, and I found myself reading it in my head, juxtaposed and split, like a water droplet would fall, the spacing representing the movement.
A few others to point out would be "notes on origami" by Britton Shurley, in which the author describes origami as "an intricate process through negation" continuing on to step-by-step instructions much more poetic than a how-to book. In "Today" by Lindsay Coleman, the author wonders how all the sea horses in the world are doing, what they're doing, asking them to forgive her for not thinking about them the day before. It's a wonderful concept that could be related to numerous other things besides seahorses.
Don't let the small format of this magazine fool you. There are
plenty of places to be taken, each poem trying its best to
accomplish the goal of the magazine.
The Bellingham Review
Volume 30 Numbers 1/2
Issue 59
Spring/Fall 2007
Review by Kenneth Nichols
The Bellingham Review celebrates its thirtieth anniversary in this issue with three essays from the journal's editors, past and present. While interesting for their historical narrative, the pieces are also a testament to the inspired, beautiful madness one must possess to start a literary periodical. At the end of the volume is an index of the pieces from Bellingham's run (so far).
Mark Wisniewski's "Stricken" is included as winner of the Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction. This story compares the random literal shock of a lightning bolt to the somewhat controllable drift between spouses. Wisniewski is efficient and lyrical, while keeping the story at the forefront.
"Photographic Memory," a multi-part poem from Jim Natal, examines our relationship to the past as chronicled by the only faithful record we have. Even in today's internet-backboned world, our memories are still buffeted by "The whole disposable world / seen through a viewfinder, / a transparency structured on sparks, / stop-action wingbeats / with one singled out." Holly J. Hughes's "Painting of John Harrison" considers the intersection of science and art and its relation to human progress.
In "School Shoes," Deborah A. Lott presents a memoir that takes an unexpected look at the crucible of childhood. Sometimes, parents can show their love based upon what we wear on our feet.
Parents (fathers in particular) receive a different treatment
in Peter Bognanni's entertaining short story, "The Pad Man
Chronicles." The first-person narrator, the Pad Man's daughter,
must reconcile the fact that her father loves her with his
sensational transgression. The first line proves this is no dry
meditation: "The summer before my father was sent to Mount
Pleasant Penitentiary he dressed in emerald-colored spandex and
advertised carpeting on network television."
Winter/Spring 2007/2008
Review by Camilla S. Medders
Derek Walcott provides the centerpiece of the Winter/Spring issue of ep;phany with a selection from his new book of poems, White Egrets, and an excerpt from an essay called "Down the Coast." The poems, most of which are about Spain, use dense natural imagery to transport the reader. The essay describes Walcott's attempt to turn the Caribbean stories of his childhood into a film, which leads him to many fascinating ruminations about film-making and cultural identity.
Many of ep;phany's other pieces echo Walcott's themes of nature, culture, and childhood. Carla Gericke's essay, "Father Let Me Walk With Thee," describes her experience as an Afrikaans girl in a British South African boarding school. This essay fits nicely with Douglas Rogers's "The Bait," and is set in the same part of the world. Rogers imagines his father's experience, a white farmer guarding his supply of fuel at night in Zimbabwe, where political turmoil has sent the country into chaos. Rogers's essay is beautiful with a surprise ending that almost brought me to tears.
The fiction focuses on parents and children. Sameer Pandya's "M-O-T-H-E-R" tells the story of an Indian mother's ambitions and the effects it has on her sons. Odette Heideman's graceful story, "Madame Solomon," shows a woman coming to terms with her own aging, forced to reach out to her estranged son for help. But my favorite story, Erica Ciccarone's "Pit," takes up other themes, illustrating the breakdown of a marriage through the couple's treatment of their animals.
The poetry is diverse, and generous. Ep;phany devotes several pages to each poet. Martin Edmunds contributes long, dense explorations of historical themes, such as "Quilombo," a persona poem about a Brazilian slave in the 17th century. B.J. Buckley, on the other hand, gives stark descriptions of collisions between humans and nature in "First Cutting": "the lambs / drowned in stock tanks, that mare / mired in mud / whose heart just quit / were kind of a relief."
This issue of ep;phany presents a rich world, full of
images, cultures and really good writing.
Volume 36 Number 3
Winter 2008
Review by Stephanie Griffore
Each year Event holds a creative nonfiction contest in which the winners' manuscripts are published in a special Creative Non-Fiction Contest issue of the magazine. The winners, Kanina Dawson, Davis Swanson, and Ayelet Tsabari, each had pieces worthy of the $500 prize.
"Pashtu, for Bird and Other Words that Hurt" by Dawson was an intense view of a bombing from two different soldiers' viewpoints. One is on the ground; the other is a lookout in a tower. The structure has each part separated by military time, and the font changes to italics with each shift. The detail is amazing. The soldier in the tower describes the scene from above, while the soldier on the ground has short, choppy sentences to exhibit the quick action and decision making processes after the attack.
Swanson's piece, "Glimpses of my Father," is just what the title states. He uses sections to recap different parts of his father's life: "A Lover," "The Basement Man," "Travel," and "Return, Photograph, Dementia, and Death." What's interesting is that he doesn't go in order, but goes through each part as if he is sitting and recapping his father in his mind, jumping from memory to memory. It's as if he knows his father, but at the same time the man remains a mystery to him.
The final winner, "You and What Army" by Tsabari, definitely had the most attitude. It's about a Pakistani girl who was forced to join the army, accused of stealing guns, and had no fear of talking back in a place where order was high on the list.
Of course, not to overshadow the other pieces, the poetry and fiction were exquisite also. Authors such as Esther Mazakian and Elise Partridge had no trouble playing with format, while also paying close attention to imagery and word choice with lines such as "She's sun-bittin /…a devil in the flesh / dining on their protein intake," from "Loophole" and "a wolfs head brooch / with ten black pearls / a pair of ruby crusted clocks," from "Where your Treasure is."
"The Gray Metal Desk" by Barry Dempster allows readers into the life of a man named Brice, trying to cope with the fact that he may not be able to have children. It touches on his emotions, his ego, and the problems it could cause him and his wife.
Overall, the magazine contains a wonderful selection of poetry
and fiction, not the least bit fearful of boundaries, making the imagery new
and the topics interesting. This, along with the stories from fresh
new talent, makes Event an enjoyable read from start to
The Florida Review
Volume 32 Number 2
Fall 2007
Review by Jennifer Sinor
The fall issue of The Florida Review is their contest issue, highlighting winners of the 2007 Editors' Awards in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.
Kate Myers Hanson won in nonfiction, and her haunting memoir "There's a Child Living in This House," is more than worthy of the recognition. Rendered as an interior monologue, the piece is less like prose and more like a tiny jewel, hard and bright. She writes about her father's sickness and addiction, a man she once danced with and who now cries out in pain. She also writes about her mother, a worn woman with a hand on her hip where "there's no meat to grab, only a bony place," who must now mother both her husband and her daughter.
Grace Danborn was awarded the prize for poetry. The small cycle of poems included here detail a journey to Alaska where the narrator learns to see the burned-out landscape differently, to see that "brown means more: / salmonberry and red-veined vetch, / gauze of tundra cotton." The Alaska found in these poems is sharp and fierce but also populated by people like the woman in "Learning Borealis" who "whistles at the sky."
Lastly, Joseph Levens's short story "Critical Cartography" is
a fortuitous pairing with Hanson's memoir. The award winner in
fiction, the story centers on Ethan, a precocious boy consumed
with the injustices found in this world and his mission to find
"the small good things" that might repair the damage that
surrounds him. It is a beautiful story, a powerful one, and
leaves us wondering about what luck really looks like.
Gulf Coast
Volume 20 Number 1
Winter 2007/Spring 2008
Review by Jennifer Sinor
Gulf Coast is published twice a year in October and April, and each issue is a work of art in itself. The journal includes fiction, poetry, nonfiction, interviews, reviews, as well as the work of artists – a blend that facilitates both a visual and textual experience. The full-color pages in the most recent issue include collages by both Donald Bathelme and Michael Miller, and each visual artist's work is accompanied by a commentary on their pieces.
Also included in the spring issue are interviews with David Roderick, Emily Barton, Emily Raboteau, and Tiphanie Yanique. In an issue that is close to 400 pages long, it is difficult to choose highlights. Each selection feels like a gift. One could turn to the poetry of Christine Garren and notice the way the world can offer small gifts after a tragedy, the ability to "hear the dove's heart in its lavender breast," "hear / its spigots of blood."
Elizabeth Bull gives us a short story entitled "Map of September" that is written as an outline. Even though she has only limited space, she unfolds the story of a one-night stand where the two people involved want nothing more than to touch, yet end up passing in the hallway, the woman's back against the wall where "ancient nail heads prick [her] spine." What is remarkable about this story, aside from its form, is Bull's ability to render the fear most of us have to not to be torn in two.
Gulf Coast is a remarkable journal, creating a
conversation between literature and the fine arts and inviting
the reader to stay and listen.
Number 56
Winter/Spring 2008
Review by Camilla S. Medders
Kaleidoscope magazine "(explores) the experience of disability through literature and the fine arts." The articles, essays, stories, and poems in this issue do just that, giving the reader insight into life with many different conditions, including Parkinson's disease, cerebral palsy, lupus, and multiple sclerosis, to name a few. Most importantly, the authors featured in this magazine present honestly and admirably, without asking for pity, without resorting to sentimentality.
The essays were my favorite part of the magazine. In "Bruising Cycles," Natalie Illum describes life with cerebral palsy, a condition which makes it difficult for her to walk. She describes her pain in detail: the bruises she gets from falling, the pain caused by a surgery to "unclamp my muscles," the emotional drain of explaining her disability to curious strangers. On the other hand, Illum makes it clear, without boasting or preaching, that she has the strength to survive her pain, to turn it into art. I also enjoyed Hayley Mitchell Haugen's essay, "Inheritance," which explores her attitude toward disease through her experience with lupus, and Barbara Warman's "The Freedom of Cages," about living with multiple sclerosis.
The fiction and poetry in Kaleidoscope is more diverse, often dealing with disability lightly and indirectly, if at all. For me, this helps broaden the scope of the magazine, reminding the reader that people in general have more similarities than differences. For example, the speaker of Linda Herrings poems, "Solitude" and "Winter Evening," both of which contrast a cozy indoor scene with nature's menacing beauty, could be anyone, sick or well, able or less able. On the other hand, my favorite story, "At the Floating Palace" by Mary Dayle McCormick, tackles disability head on. In this story, a woman who has been paralyzed by an accident shares her experience with a man who is struggling with emotional wounds.
This Kaleidoscope also includes a couple of
well-written, informative articles, and a selection of art by
two featured artists. Overall, this magazine is providing an
important service for its readers and its contributors, making
the experience of disability more accessible for everyone.
New Letters
Volume 74 Number 1
Review by Jennifer Sinor
Robert Stewart, the editor of New Letters, begins this issue with a note on the kind of writing the journal seeks. In his words, "We want writing….that comes out of something." Writing that is real. That kind of intensity is felt in the opening work of fiction by Andrew Plattner, a short story entitled "A Marriage of Convenience," where the reader is introduced to two brothers, Marian and Joe, who are bookmakers with, it turns out, enormous hearts. Marian, the older brother and supposedly the tough guy, wonders at one point, "why he was a bookmaker, why he spent so much time in the shadows, why he liked to keep the odds on his side." Maybe, he wonders, "it wouldn't find him, all that people lost." What is so wonderful about this piece is Plattner's narrative pacing, which makes the ending feel unexpected and exactly right.
The highlight of this issue is an essay by B.H. Fairchild on "A Way of Being: Some Observations on the Ends and Means of Poetry." He writes that what poetry does is "verbally illuminate being" and does so by "being the thing rather than being about the thing." Any writer will be inspired by this essay that leaves the reader wondering about the possibilities found in language, its capacity to "reveal the face of Being."
Mia Leonin embodies rather than describes loss in her poem
"Florida Story"; one of the many treats in this issue. She
writes, "I unhymned my mother's plans / unbuckled her
tangle-haired clan from my waist // and walked in the only
direction, unbuttoning / every dress I had ever worn, touching
each hem for the last time." This issue of New Letters is
full of these kinds of moments: writing that comes from
something and takes us somewhere.
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The United Nations Security Council has called on Israel and Hamas to uphold the ceasefire agreement brokered by Egypt.
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Since the fighting began over a week ago, Israel and Palestinian militants have killed at least 160 people.
US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton said there was still much work that needed to be done.
World powers also thanked Egypt's new government led by President Morsi for its successful first turn on the diplomatic stage.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had agreed to the ceasefire after speaking to US President Barack Obama.
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The Judgment of Caesar
Nobody does ancient Rome better than Steven Saylor, as fans of his novel -Slaves of the Empire- (written under his nom de soft-core Aaron Travis, and about to enjoy a reissue) can attest. But there were other great powers in the ancient world, and Saylor pays a visit to one of them in a book about loss and rediscovery. Steven Saylor delivers a tale of reconciliation in the tenth installment of his Roma Sub Rosa series.
The most obvious moment of reconnection is between the main character of the series, Gordianus, and his estranged son, Meto. The moment Meto shows up in Alexandria, where Gordianus and his wife Bethesda have journeyed so that Bethesda may bathe in the healing waters of the Nile, it seems like a sure thing that father and son will put their differences aside. It's been a long time, after all, since Gordianus publicly disowned Meto (back in the eighth book in the series, -Last Seen in Massilia-), and the journey from Rome has been a hard one.
To begin with, the boat on which Gordianus and his family sail to Alexandria is blown off course by a sudden storm; then, when the gale subsides, a new and more political tumult greets Gordianus and company in the form of a fleet of Roman warships under command of Pompey, a bitter enemy of Gordianus and the general opposing Julius Caesar in the Roman civil war. A sudden reversal saves our hero from Pompey's revenge, but strands Gordianus and his family on the shore, miles from Alexandria. Next, a series of incidents combine to bring Gordianus and party into the presence of King Ptolemy, the Egyptian monarch embroiled in battle with his wife and sister Cleopatra for supreme rule of the land -- but not before Pompey's wife, Cornelia, has made a gift to Gordianus of a vial of poison.
Like a loaded gun, a bottle of poison glimpsed in the first act is bound to make a reappearance in the third. And sure enough, late in the book a poisoning brings Gordianus' son Meto under suspicion for treason and attempted assassination. It's finally time for Gordianus to set aside his anger and disappointment and use his noggin -- because if he fails to clear Meto's name, he will see his son executed by Cleopatra and her new playmate, Julius Caesar.
And here's where the next level of reconciliation comes into play, as the parallel civil wars in Egypt and Rome both come to bloody conclusions and a new friendship is forged between the two great countries (and their rulers). Passions boil over; the delicate business of drawing room seductions resound on the battlefield as Alexandria becomes the site of urban warfare and the Nile a proving ground for the forces of Caesar and his Egyptian opposition. It isn't an easy situation to sort out, but Saylor makes use of the political intrigue afoot in Egypt to recap the saga of Rome's civil war, as well as to explain, entertainingly, the attitudes and theocentric belief systems of the ancient world.
This development gives rise, finally, to the most pervasive, and most subtle, of the book's several entwined variations on the theme of reconciliation -- the ecstatic reunion between mortals and the gods. From Cleopatra's presumptive incarnation of the goddess Isis and Caesar's claim to be a descendent of Venus to the River God of the Nile appearing to claim some of the characters for his own, gods from ancient times haunt the pages.
The mystery of the poisoning takes a back seat to the greater mysteries of fate and divine will. Saylor doesn't spend much time on Gordianus' deductive prowess, though the riddle behind the poisoned wine is deftly put together by Saylor and adroitly unraveled by his characters. What the author places at the center of the work, rather than a standard whodunit, is a sense of life's unfolding as a mystery in its own right. Rattling around a richly evoked Alexandria, Gordianus is stricken with an acute case of nostalgia; pent up in his rooms at the royal palace, as rioting and war afflict the city, he has time to reflect on the needs of his family and the choices he has made, sometimes selfishly, in the course of meeting them.
Gordianus engages in an inner struggle, for among his terrors and concerns there are regrets as well -- for mistakes, for losses and time vanished, for having spent so many years among the 'great men and women' of his age, only to come to the realization that, "They're no better than criminals and madmen, but because they perpetrate their crimes on such a grand scale, the rest of us are expected to bow before them in awe." Saylor is quite a bit younger than the hero of his books, but, precociously enough, he has tapped into the wisdom and the discontent of late middle age. But there is also, by the end, a sense of calm and content as Saylor allows Gordianus (and us with him) a few moments between the bewildering tapestry of half-lies and fuzzy truths that defines life, and the enigma of eternity, to pause and ponder the whims and symmetries of personal and political history.
by Steven Saylor
Publisher: St Martin's Press. Pages: 290. Publication Date: June 1, 2004. ISBN 0-312-27119-0


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Good parents dont smoke???!!!
I have finally had it with society in general! (apologies if this turns in to a rant!)
Yes I smoke, yes I smoke more than 30 a day, yes I smoke in my home and (wait for it) yes I smoked whilst I was pregnant!
Before everyone jumps on me about this let me explain that nobody could hate me for this more than I hate myself! My addiction to nicotine has become an absolute thron in my side. Before you start suggesting tips for quitting let me list what I have already tried;
Champix (twice - second time was on the course 6 months and still smoking before the doctor decided to take me off it. I appreciated the weight loss tho!)
Patches, Gum, Inhalators & Lozengers ( simply just created an additional addiction)
Will Power (Believe me I have lots of this but after a few weeks I always cave in)
Hypnosis (Twice - two different therapists. Is there something wrong with me??? They advertised that 9 out of 10 quit?!)
'Easyway' by Allen Carr Read the book twice and have just finished the second book 'Onlyway' I absolutely believe these book were the best method I tried and on both times of reading 'Easyway' I successfully quit (once for 18 months) but whenever something stressful happens I run back to Nicotine)
Shockingly, this is not the full list of what I have tried. And I have spent an absolute fortune trying to quit but just cant. If any of you smoke you will understand that feeling of despair when those adverts come on the tv with the kids speaking directly to their mums/dads saying they dont want them to die. My daughter has now picked up on this and continuosly goes on at me to quit. It is not that I am ignoring her - I am trying and FAILING! and the guilt is horrendous.
Is there anyone else out there who can relate? (please dont anybody post "just dont smoke" because I have tried and tried and tried that one) Do you not feel like a bad parent because you smoke? I do and then other people reinforce this on me daily. Of course I love my daughter more than cigarettes but they somehow have a hold on me. Does anybody understand me?
(sorry rant over)
Hi littleangel,
right back at ya, yep I smoke too, of course I cant justify it and the adverts make me feel so awful but it is an addiction and its so hard to conquer, i've tried and failed too, i did however manage to not smoke whilst pregnant but it didnt take long for the nagging craving to win after the baby was a few months old.
To be honest even though its a disgusting habit it does help at times of stress, no i cant condone it but when the kids are in bed i have been known to retire to the garden to reflect on life whilst smoking away.
Dont beat yourself up maybe one day you will be sucessful in kicking the habit, or maybe you will always be a smoker, there are worse things in life to be.
A friend of mine is using the inhallator at the moment, i must admit i think next time i give it a bash i may try this option as my usual tatics are cold turkey and pure will power.
love yourself as you are
ali x
The chap who fitted the walk in shower here was using the inhalor and said it was the first thing he found that helped...
My oldest smokes an I'm so disappointed that he started.
Having said that, I'm not anti-smoking....
The inhalator didnt do it for me I enjoyed using it but I still smoked aswell!
Nearly every ex-smoker I know quit using hypnosis which is why I forked out for two seperate sessions - but nothing!
The sad part is I do suffer physically because of it. I have very harsh asthma and have had bronchitis twice and pneumonia once. Going to the doctors just entails another lecture about how I must quit. So frustrating because I want nothing more than to be smoke free! I hate smoking! The fact these evil little cigarettes dominate me as they do drives me insane
Hi littleangel. You made me laugh, expecting a whole heap of abuse or whatever for admitting you're a smoker hehe. Now, if you were on Netmums, that might have caused a huge eruption, but at One Space, we don't judge people, and we certainly don't go in guns blazing. I'm a smoker too, and like you, I've tried on a number of occassions to give up the filthy habit. I've tried Champix, it did work for a while, but then I went back to it, tut! I've bought the Allen Carr book (not so long ago), also bought the chargeable cig, and still I'm smoking (tut). Last week I bought patches, and they are sitting in my bag (not opened). I have an operation coming up next Monday, and despite this, I'm still puffing. Like your daughter, my son also nags me about the advert, saying he'd like to go on TV to speak to me. I wish I could wave a magic wand I really do. At Christmas I was so ill with a chest infection, and just the other week the same thing. Frightened me to death, if I'm honest, but still.........
If you're serious about giving up, perhaps you and I and maybe Ali Jay could set up a thread on here and encourage each other to do it? At least we'd know we weren't on our own. What do you think?
Nicotine is one of the most addictive drugs of all. I have always said to my boys the best thing to do is not to start. Eldest does smoke but not heavily.
I do believe that once you have been "hooked in" then you never get free completely. I stopped smoking when I wanted to have children, and stayed smoke free for FOURTEEN YEARS then when I got into an abusive relationship I started again. Gave up for a second time two years later and I have now been stopped for almost eight years. However, the first thing I thought as I walked away from the hospital where my Mum had just died was "I want a cigarette"....so I think it has definitely stayed with me.
The best thing we can do it to try and smoke outside and away from the children, especially when they are small, to cut down as much as we can and look at reducing stress or finding other ways to cope (not always easy to cut down stress when it is being caused by someone else!) The ONLY tip that helped me when trying to cut down was to delay the first one of the day by as much as possible and I always think extra fruit and veg are helpful as smoking can deplete vitamins.
As for doctors....I guess every little thing you get is put down to smoking. My friend had a cyst in her breast and was told it was because she smoked. If we all went to the doctor with a blister on our toe, one of us would be told it was due to smoking, another due to being overweight, another due to drinking too much and another due to the menopause.
However, I do think that smokers have recently been made the "demons" of society. There are many things that I find offensive (people spitting in the street for example) but smoking isn't one of them.
Hazeleyes - fab idea! I am sooo up for it! I think we should call it We WILL quit! and choose a date for us all to attempt it and then encourage each other. What do you reckon?
Lol the reason I expected abuse is because I get it from everyone! I am one of the last smokers of my gang and all my ex-smoker friends have become those 'holier than thou' types.
Louise you are so right about the doctors, I am currently in my second week of an awful ear infection caused by (you guessed it) smoking! great isnt it! Doctor has even stopped my antibiotics even though the swelling is still there and told me to just cut down on cigs and it will clear?! (really?!) Also I once had fallen arches in my feet (really painful condition) and one doctor told me it was because I was overweight (I am not skinny but not obese 12st and 5' 5") but I went straight back the next day as pain was so unbearable and the second doctor said it was nothing to do with my weight but to do with the structure of the bones in my feet.
As for smoking in the house, I know I shouldnt but I live in a flat and its 2 floors up (no balcony) so it not that simple just to nip outside. I smoke in my room and the kitchen with the window open but must admit I smoke in the living room when my daughter goes to bed.
Hi there, I am a smoker too No its not cool and its not clever. (That smiley is me hiding my face, not being cool)
My daughter used to go on and on about it when she was smaller, I continuously explained addiction to her and how she should never get caught by the demon weed and actually I think this has set her in good stead being a teenager and being around drugs and smoking etc. As she is just not interested.
I did watch Allen Carr's video self help DVD and that worked a treat, for a week, I didn't even think about cigarettes!
Now I only smoke next to an open window, I think since the smoking ban, it has got easier not to just light up in the front room with no windows open.
If you decide to give up here online, I will support you, not sure if I will join in, but will back you all the way
I guess everyone has seen these sites:
Tips to help you stop smoking
I paid the money years ago to an Allen Carr's Easy way clinic - i have never smoked since - one thing i would say is that i found it difficult the first week - once or twice and i phoned the help line and said "aarggh I need a cigarette" the person i spoke to said "answer me this one question" "if you have a cigarette will it change the situation you are in?" i knew the answer to be no! so i didn't even bother having one!
there were a few people at the session who said - I stopped years ago but then my mum died/ i split up with my partner etc and I remember thinking how can you stop for years and then start again. Well i must admit since i have split up with my husband i have come really close to having a cigarette but then i know it will change absolutely nothing!
i hope i don't sound like i am preaching but it was well worth the money to go on the course - i used to smoke about 40 a day!
i never say "i gave up smoking" i just say i have stopped smoking - the course taught me to think about smoking in a different way and stop kidding myself
i hope others find a way to stop and feel better about themselves - sending you all positive vibes
Well done lrh. You've done really well, and not even smoking again when you split from husband.
Anna, I might now have to go and get the DVD. I thought you said the book before, so off I went and got that! Do waterstones do DVDs? Actually I shall take a look on line.
littleangel, get set and all geared up, then we're off
Hi hazeleyes here is the DVD.
Well done you littleredhen, it sounds like you have well and truly conquered those weak moments.
Going to a face to face group would be challenging because you have your peers disapproval to contend with!
Although I am looking forward to you guys doing it together online, we will all be cheering you on and hopefully ex smokers will join in and add tips!
Well done littleredhen. I have to say of all the methods I have tried Allen Carr was by far the best. Strangely enough for the 18 months I quit using his method I didnt ONCE want a cigarette! Not even on day one! That is why I feel such a mug to be smoking right now because I cant diagree with a single word in that book, everything he says is true. The saddest fact is when I started to smoke again I actually had to FORCE myself to get used to cigarettes again - what a fool! The reason I threw myself back in to the smoking pit? Because I gained some weight (not as a result of quitting but as a result of overeating during xmas) and for some reason unknown to me now I thought it would be a clever idea to start smoking in order to lose weight. I now know this was absolute nonsense because I never lost a single pound (smoking does NOT aid weight loss, people gain weight when quitting because they try to substitute nicotine with food - something I didnt do when i actually quit). If only I could go back to my crazy self before I bought that pack of cigs - idiot!
Problem is now that I have read the book (both editions) the message just doesnt seem to have that magical effect it did first time
Hazeleyes if you have the book or the dvd you will probably find quitting a breeze. I have a law exam next thurs so cant contemplate a quit before then lol
aah but littleangel remember that smoking won't change the stress you feel about the exam
good luck seriously though - just try and remember those messages and tell yourself you want to stop smoking - not give up - there is nothing to give up
good luck with the exam also
Thanks hun. I know there is nothing to give up but everything to gain
Its just that big monster nagging in my head... lol Love that book.
Had to bring this back to life because I NEED to quit! I am a very bad asthmatic (i know am a fool for smoking!) and when the sun comes out breathing is difficult. I am puffing on 4 different inhalers and taking steroids just to keep my oxygen levels up - so why the hell am I smoking???!!! Even losing family members to smoking related illnesses hasnt done it?!
This is a battle that is really doing my head in, why cant I win?! I escaped violence, got in to uni with no a levels, have lost some weight (with a lot of sweat & tears), raised a child on my own from nothing, battled severe depression & anxiety - but those evil little cancer sticks keep beating me - grrrrrr!!!!
Allen Carr has done me well in the past but I cant read his books for a 3rd time so I am off to docs next week for some NRT and will be praying for a victory this time.
Will keep you posted...
let me tell you a little story
I quit using an Allen Carr's clnic - at the time it was going to cost approx a month's worth of cigarettes (i used to smoke about 40 a day!)but it did have a money back guarantee so I thought what have I got to lose
At the clinic various people told their story and at least two had re-started because of divorce or death of a loved one
So I stopped smoking after attending the clinic and after a few days I was very agitated and upset and rang the helpline and said " I am so stressed I need a cigarette" the words of the advisor changed my life, he said
"Tell me, if you have a cigarette will it change your stressful situation?"
So of course I said "No but it will make me feel better"
He told me to go away from the situation for a few minutes and take some deep breaths and he told me that if I smoked a cigarette I might feel some temporary relief but then a few minutes later I would be annoyed with myself
So I did what he said and I carried on "not smoking" for the last 14 years - do you know I do occasionally think I could have a cigarette especially all I have been through but I tell myself these things
1) It won't change my circumstances
2) It will affect my health and that of my children
3) It will affect my finances and that of my children
4) I will be mad with myself for starting again
5) I am NOT going to let nicotine get a hold of my head again
Hope the above helps
Thanks LRH, of course having read Allen Carr's Book (Easyway & Onlyway - Twice) I do know that cigarettes do not change any stressful event! I also know they create more problems and solve none - so why do i do it?! Only god knows the answer to that but having read the books I am questioning why I am even going for Nicotine Replacement when I know they only serve to keep me addicted to nicotine Arrrrgggh! If i had £120 I would go to the clinic but I cant afford it. I need my head testing for ever re-starting after reading Allen Carr's book!
Lol LRH, I have been on twenty a day for a while now (from30). I probably could afford it if I didnt smoke for a month and stored up the money - but if I didnt smoke for a month I wouldnt need to go lol Its having £120 in one go to hand over thats the problem.
I do really want to go though so may have to be extra kind to other half and see if he will sub me
littleangel. I think like you, actually no, I am like you. I can spend money a day on a packet of cigs, but don't have £120 straight away to spend out on quitting, so I know exactly where you're coming from. Have you tried the tablets? You can buy on line, or see your GP, if you don't have to pay for prescriptions. Can't think of the name right now, but will get back to you. xx
So cutting down hasn't been viable for you, little angel? Have you ever tried those puffer things? you smoke them like a cigarette, I think Nicorette make them and you get them through the doctor.
Like LRH I gave up some time ago. And I agree that stress can bring back thoughts of smoking. When my Mum died, after the initial shock, my first thought was "I wish I still smoked"....so maybe it never goes away. And I am the one who did not smoke for 15 years and then got into an abusive relationship and started again. I finally stopped again by having a "giving-up buddy"
Let us know how you get on at the doctor
Thanks guys, Hazeleyes are the tablets you mean Champix? I have tried them but didnt quit last time (but did lose some weight lol) Your right £120 in one go is hard to raise but £6 a day seems somewhat affordable?! Lol crazy.
Louise, I am gonna check with doc if I can have the inhalor or the gum, I cant do patches they irritate my skin and dont fancy lozengers. I'll let you know how it goes. Wish I could just be one of them people who wake up one day and quit!
hmm well I don't know many of them!!!!! good luck at the doctor.
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