Still smoke about every other day. It makes my throat sore, though. I don't think I'm inhaling, and people claim you can tell when you do, but shouldn't the throat be fine? Could be I smoke it too fast (draw and puff too much) and overheat it, especially near the end when it becomes intoxicating. End-of-cigar smoke feels way more intense and good.
It's better when you take some time off from it too (like with jerking off).
I have a sort of informal playlist of music that has some kind of meaning to me that I listen to while smoking. Usually by the end I've achieved the sense of wonder and free floating thoughts that I go for. But like any drug, it requires set and setting. Requires full attention if you want to really enjoy it, for example. I've considered that breathing meditation may be a more useful use of my time if I could will myself to take it seriously.
I like to think of it as breathing in (almost like making out with) the spirit of the country. Like, it's a New World crop (though these cigars all come from Central America, it's never United States farms), THE New World crop what with how the Indians used it. When you distill something you capture and isolate its spirit (hence why they call distilled beverages spirits) and likewise burning something involves releasing its spirit, such as people doing their cremation rituals. So a person that's smoking is sort of engaging the country around them in a flow, let the released spirit flow in and then flow out in a repetitive pattern, creating a combination of joy/relaxation/acceptance and heightened awareness.
I'd consider trying smoking other things, like maybe mint out of a pipe.
Then sometimes I just smoke and listen to I Glued My Balls to My Butthole Again and giggle.
Booze is complete garbage compared to tobacco
