It’s happened in the wake of the tragic death of singer Whitney Houston. Or maybe it happened in the wake of CNN’s 4-day, 24-hour per day marathon coverage of her funeral which included an estimated 5,392,911 renditions of Whitney singing “I Will Always Love You.” Whichever it was, I was delighted to see that our society has truly stepped up to the plate. We are, thanks to Whitney, tackling the demons in our midst.
Starting with the one that has been keeping me up nights for years:
Can you really be addicted to lip balm?
Lip balm, no matter what they say about you, I will always love you.
FiftyFourandAHalf 
Lip balm must have a lot of uses for such an outcry.
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I love my lip balm and I hate dry lips. If it’s a dangerous addiction, well, what a way to go.
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It is tragic. Perhaps you can take comfort in the Suzie Chapstick commercial Frank provided above. Or alcohol might help.
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Here too, where the temperature shifts all the time. I keep several. I have never stolen to buy it, though, so I think I’m good.
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Living in Phoenix, lip balm is as important as tp or ice. You never want to run out of any essential!
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OK, I’ll give it to you. But next time you point out peculiarities of relatives, I think I must demand they be first degree!
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I like the long-wearing lipstick that I can forget about…. but my husband’s cousin used lip balm, and applies about 6,000 times a time.
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You had to go as remote as a husband’s cousin to find someone w who uses lip balm?!?!?!
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But we’re really close….
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Ha! Love it.
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Thanks, PW!
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Tag, you’re it! 🙂 http://cafe23.me/2012/02/22/tag-youre-it/
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Oh dear. I am a very slow runner. Picture me as a manatee.
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I didn’t know that lip balm can be addicting. I guess we all have our little addictions. I’m trying to stay away from sweets but I have so many relapse I stopped counting. Oh, well we can keep trying. We are here to motivate each other. Great post…..
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Thanks IT. I think this “addiction” is a bit much — I bet we all have more important things to worry about!
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Have you ever awaken mad from a long night of sleep? Well, I did this morning … My eyes opened and I was furious thinking about Dr. Charles Fleet, who invented Chapstick in 1880s … and then even before coming here, I had this flashback.
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Your comment cracked me up! Until I realized that he also invented products associated with the other end. Then I too got mad!
Thanks for the video!
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🙂
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I only wish I were addicted to lip balm instead of chocolate. Just think of the calories I’d be saving.
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Chocolate-flavored chapstick? (Sounds revolting, actually). Alas, I am addicted to both. Sigh.
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Hi Elyse. Nominated you for the ABC blog award! 🙂
http://uponatlas.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/abc-zap-zap-zap-zap/
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Thanks, Atlas! Congratulations to you. I am not sure if I remember the alphabet, though!
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I probably would be allergic to lip balm if I weren’t constantly losing them.
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That happens to me too. Perhaps there is a support group for wannabe lip balm addicts, too.
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Wow, we need to start a Lip Balm Anonymous group. I’m totally addicted too!
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Where is Oprah now that we need her?
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Lol! Hilarious =P
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And I will always love you, Elyse. Thanks for making me smile and then for the comments your pages get, a second giggle just there for the reading. Nice one 🙂
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You’re so sweet. I might even share a chapstick with you!
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LOL
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It is great to be able to provide such an important public service!
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I was wondering about lip balm addiction just the other day. I go through a lot of Burt’s Bees… Thanks for letting me know I am not alone!
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I wouldn’t say im addicted, but i do use lip balm a lot. My lips stay dry it seems, so i do find a constant need for it. I don’t get frustrated about it until that moment when i realize i cant find it anywhere. Funny how something so small can upset a person so much….lol.
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I think that this article shows that folks use the word “addicted” WAY too much! But if your lips are dry, there really isn’t any harm in it. Such a silly article, if you ask me.
Thanks for stopping by — and I saw that you’re now a follower! Thanks so much!
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Lol yea it’s silly, but i couldn’t help but give my two cents 🙂 Don’t be a stranger, stop by my place sometime, anytime….up to you:)
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I did — loved the play list (which, given that there wasn’t a single song on it that I have gotten stuck in my head opened up many possibilities!)
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LOL..thx 🙂
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Holy crap!! Is there a group for this?
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I’m sure there is. If not, we can form one, starting with my followers. Because clearly anyone who hits that “follow” button has problems that must be addressed — and soon!
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My problems have been addressed, and discarded. They said I was beyond help and to live as happily as I possibly could without endangering others. I made no promises…
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Does that mean you’ve agree to not share chapsticks?
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Hi,
But, where would we be without lip balm, no I just can’t go without it, I am totally addicted. 😀
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Mags, I am terribly disappointed in you. You don’t sound like you even WANT help. You and Whitney, just break a mother’s heart.
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I’m a Chapstick addict. I never leave the house without a backup. I don’t think it’s a problem. Until I leave them in my pants pocket when they go through the laundry. That’s a very serious problem.
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You should use my Vaseline ones, then. Because when they go through the wash either the top stays on or they take care of the annoying squeak the washing machine makes otherwise!
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True story– I took my kids bowling over the weekend and my daughter dropped her heavy pink bowling ball onto my purse. I went home later that day and my lips were parched as usual. I reached into my purse to get my trusty life-saving chapstick and found it was pulverized. I ended up sitting in the corner curled up in a ball weeping, drooling and mumbling.
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I lose most of mine to bowling accidents, too. It’s tragic. But when you are curled up in a ball, do your best to NOT drool. It only makes you miss the chapstick more.
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Yeah, but the drooling will moisten the lips, thereby doing what the lip balm is supposed to do…but naturally. So, drool away!
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Drool is cool, you say? Great! As luck would have it, this is school vacation week so I’m stuck inside with two bored kids all day. Let the curling up into a ball and blubbering and drooling commence!
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Perhaps you need to joint two different support groups — for chapstick addicts and for droolers. I am certain that there would be many multiple participants. You could carpool.
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I sprinkle cocaine on my lip balm, but I can stop whenever I want.
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Isn’t it kinda gooey to snort, then?
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I suspected.
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If you find a lip balm rehab facility please let me know because I have a problem, too. I have lip balms all over my house, in my car and in the pockets of most jackets. I’m always looking for a newer, better balm.
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Like you, until today, I didn’t realize that I had ANOTHER addiction. Damn. But those Vaseline Lip Therapy “Advanced Formula” ones, they just sneak up on you. Somehow, they convince you to spend $2 on .35 oz of something that you can buy for $1 per gallon. I think that’ where the “Advanced” part comes in!
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I think it is incredibly disturbing that the article about being addicted to lip balm already has 45 comments. That’s forty-five people, that all have an invested opinion about lip balm. Really?
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And then there’s me, who wrote another whole story about something this inane!
Most of the comments were kind of funny in the why-do-we-care about this issue sort of way.
Me, I often can’t help commenting on stupid things!
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file me under the same category .. I often will comment about “why are we paying attention to this anyway?” thereby perpetuating the inanity … apparently odd little bits of this and that just can’t help but grab our attention
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