While I was practically bedridden with bronchitis, I found that lozenges did a lot to ease my endless coughing. I tried several brands, but I found Strepsils® Chesty Cough to be most effective. I loved the moniker, too. For some reason, ‘Chesty Cough’ made me think fond thoughts of my boobs, and that kind of made me feel better, strangely enough. But then, I shouldn’t be surprised with all the codeine that was in the lozenges. That’s probably why they worked so well, methinks.

I am now a lot better and almost back to normal. I say ‘almost’ because right now, I seem to be going through some sort of withdrawal shit from my beloved Chesty Cough lozenges, and it’s not pleasant. It’s my fault, really. I was only supposed to take a total of 6 lozenges a day, but I may have had a bit more than that. Okay, that’s an understatement – I was sucking on lozenges as if my life depended on it because, well, it kind of did. So all in all, I pretty much had more opiates than I bargained for, and I’m now suffering the aftereffects of forcible opiate detox.

I believe blabbering about it is part of the process.