[Congressman Billybob]

Well, actually a nicotine addict CAN put down a fag. I decided not to have a third heart attack. So I gave up smoking, the most serious addiction I ever experienced. And it worked.

John / Billybob

[zarf]

I decided not to have a third heart attack.

So that begs the analogy, can or should an sexually transmitted AIDS sufferer give up being gay even though the damage is already done?