NOW THAT'S GREEN LIVING A glass of Agwa goes down as smooth as water.

Nothing beats the feeling of a rejuvenated self, free of harsh chemicals, toxins and bad habits. Except, of course, for the feeling of reintroducing all those delicious vices back into your system after an oh-so-long break. Here are five of our favorite ways to indulge.

Marinara marvel
After spending a week away from red meat, you’ve lost a couple inches around the waist, and you want to splurge. The breaded steak sandwich at Freddie’s Pizza and Pasta (701 W. 31st St., 312-808-0147) will almost guarantee that you gave up red meat for nothing. This sandwich, nearly four-thousand calories of deep-fried breaded sandwich steak covered in marinara sauce, mozzarella, and giardiniera relish served on Italian bread, is as thick as a cyclist’s calf muscle or two giant burritos. If Elvis knew about this sandwich, it would have shaved an extra five years off his life, guaranteed.

Cuckoo for cocoa
After spending several days avoiding the empty calories of booze, one drink can’t hurt you, right? Take that argument to its logical conclusion at the L&L Tavern (3207 N. Clark, 773-528-1303) with a serving of Agwa. This liquor, distilled from coca leaves, might not be the thing to consume if you have interview for that new job in the morning, especially one with a drug screen. But if you don’t care, jump off the deep end and have owner Kenny Frandsen add wormwood extract to it. Drink too much and you’ll forget you have feet.

Puff, puff, give
Since you’ve weaned yourself off the cigarettes, you can breathe better, your mouth doesn’t taste like an ashtray and you remember what food tastes like. But drinking that agwa with wormwood will have you looking for something to take the edge off. Put that familiar tobacco taste back in your mouth with a couple puffs from Up-Down Cigar Shop (1550 N. Wells, 800-587-3696, www.updowncigar.com) owner Diana Silvius’ eponymous cigars. Made from premium aged Dominican tobacco wrapped in Connecticut shade tobacco leaves, you’ll need to brush your teeth twice before your mouth feels anywhere close to clean.

Caffeine dreams
Few monkeys cling to a back with the ferocity of caffeine. But the headaches have stopped, and now you feel like you have a new lease on life. Until you stop into Café Avanti (3714 N. Southport, 773-880-5959) and order a Café Boris that is. This coffee drink with two shots of espresso added to it is sure to put the tiger in your tank, a charge in your nervous system, and put the monkey back on your back where he’ll feel like he never left.

Boost your music collection
You’ve weaned yourself off credit cards, stuck to a budget and are on the path to taking that vacation you know you had in you. Then, while looking for music for the vacation, you run across eMusic.com, which is the equivalent of spending an afternoon at a dusty record store, except that it’s online. Most of the great local independent labels are on eMusic, including Bloodshot, Thrill Jockey, Quarterstick, and Touch and Go. Before you know it, you’ve given your card information, subscribed to the premium plan (at $49.99 a month) and bought three 50-song booster packs (at $20 each).