way to go, dude!

Remember my friend? The one who's trying to quit smoking?

Well.

In spite of a veritable train wreck, he didn't.

I would have. In fact, I told him that I'd be half in the bag at the moment and three-quarters of the way through a pack of smokes.

We discover things about ourselves through adversity and trial. I think he just discovered how much he honors himself. And that makes me smile, from ear to ear.