It is hot these days. The sun is bright and the air is extremely humid on a regular basis. So, since a few weeks ago, I started eating ice chips, which means ice cubes. (I prefer calling ice cubes ice chips because that name makes ice cubes sound more like a snack then a chunk of frozen liquid.) Yet this has become a huge problem. I am addicted to ice chips, really bad by this point. When I am bored or I feel hot, I would just take a few ice chips. I enjoyed chewing and suckng ice chips, because it gives me work to do with my teeth when I am bored. Also, the cool ice chips are really effective in cooling my temperature when I feel sweaty and hot.
Now, I chew dozens of ice chips a day, and I am not kidding here. My water purifier is not so good at giving the right amount of ice chips I need. It either gives too little but more often gives too much ice chips. Now, since ice chips melt, you cannot keep it for later. Yet if you try to throw the ice chips away from the sink, it would easily clock up the drain hole. So I have to eat it all anyway. Yet ice chips wear out easily, even if you consume 5 at once. The cooling sensation disappears quickly, and it only takes a few bites to chew up an ice chip. So I end up eating ice chips again and again. And now I am addicted to ice chips. If you have a cure for me, please leave it in the comments! Thanks!
Try gum ^^